Previous to this era, opponents of capitalism, particularly marxists, but also anarchists, saw the internal contradictions inherent in the political economy as the basis of the system’s overthrow; the working class was to be the agency of revolution. Other marxist …
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A Speed bump in the road?
by Chris Clark, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999
The following interview with Chris Clark, editor of the Earth Island Journal, publication of Earth Island Institute, was taped the week of January 18. I chose Clark to interview since he and his organization seem sensible in their theoretical and …
Profane Existence publishes last issue
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
We received word in mid-October that Minneapolis’ Profane Existence magazine was printing its last issue. The collective also announced cessation of their wholesale and mail order distribution, and record production operations.
Love & Rage Implodes
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
Talk about going out, not with a bang, but a whimper. Love & Rage, the failed attempt at a continental anarchist federation, formally imploded earlier this year. So insignificant was their demise that we were unable to find out any …
Hiroshima, First Shot of World War III
by Peter Werbe, R. Relievo (Rob Blurton)
Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995
Introduction by R. Relievo As E.B. Maple points out in the following article (which first appeared in FE #285, August 1977), the atomic bombings of civilians by the American Army Air Corps at the end of World War II was …
Noam Chomsky
by Noam Chomsky, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
Noam Chomsky is a major figure in 20th Century linguistics although best known for his social and political criticism. He has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1955.
The 2020 Election
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020
The 2020 Michigan presidential primary on March 10 marked the end of the progressive fantasy that the American political landscape could be altered by supporting U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders as the Democratic Party nominee.
A history of a little Detroit printing co-op
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
a review of The Politics of the Joy of Printing: The Detroit Printing Co-op by Danielle Aubert. Artbook/D.A.P.
Godless: 150 Years of Disbelief
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
a review of Godless: 150 Years of Disbelief edited by Chaz Bufe; Introduction by Don Arel. PM Press, 2019 pmpress.org
In Havana?
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
It seems improbable that a conference was held in Havana last May to examine the life and ideas of the Russian Bolshevik, Leon Trotsky. One would think the Cuban Stalinist bureaucracy would be averse to allowing a gathering sympathetic to …