Out of the Fog

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Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025

On Jan. 1, 2024, the city of San Francisco sent New Year’s greetings to its beleaguered …

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Precarious Dreams

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Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022

Just as obtaining job-related income is being made more precarious every day by automation, our sleeping …

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Anarchist Cabaret

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Fifth Estate # 361, Summer 2003

a review of The Anarchist and the Devil Do Cabaret by Norman Nawrocki, Black Rose Books, …

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Tuning in to the Media Dreamscape

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Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003

  Introduction From September 10-15, the Cascadia Media Alliance hosted a Reclaim The Media Convergence in …

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The Ludic Path to Utopia

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Fifth Estate # 355, Fall-Winter, 2000

a review of Utopian Prospects, Communal Projects: Visionary Experiments in Literature and Everyday Life, Andy Sunfrog …

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The Parable of the Horseshoe Crab & the Seagull

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Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020

“What have you got in your pockets, Apple Hat?” asked Mr. Anthill pulling at them. “Guts? …

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The Marvelous Dance of Anarchy & Individuality

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Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020

“There is no individuality without liberty, and liberty is the greatest menace to authority.” —Emma Goldman, …

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Toward A Surrealist Re-Enchantment of the World

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Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019

Anarchy and surrealism have had many enchanting encounters over the years, and the convivial nature of …

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Dancing to the Beat of Indigenous Resistance

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Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003

Black Indian identity charts a course that, by its own hybrid nature, sails beyond the simplistic …

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Where are You, Arnold Shultz?

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Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004

Though he never recorded, his spirit hovers over the American musical imagination, whispering his hidden secret …

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