Issue intro

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Fifth Estate # 357, Summer 2002

The magazine you hold in your hands represents the ongoing project of a dedicated group of …

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You Might as Well Dance

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Fifth Estate # 355, Fall-Winter, 2000

With a name like the Layabouts, it should come as no surprise that Detroit’s Cass Corridor …

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Support Your Local Utopia

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Fifth Estate # 355, Fall-Winter, 2000

a review of The Golden Book of Springfield, Vachel Lindsay, 1920, Re-Introduction by Ron Sakolsky, 1999, …

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Communes in the 21st Century

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Fifth Estate # 355, Fall-Winter, 2000

a review of Communities Directory: A Guide to Intentional Communities and Cooperative Living, Third Edition, Jillian …

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A Treatise on Electronic Anarchy & the Net

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Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995

“Every year of her life…the Net had been growing more expansive and seamless. Computers did it. …

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404 Is Dead!

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Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994

After 3 years of action, an anarchist center closes its doors, but a more ambitious project …

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Can a computer virus create anarchy?

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Fifth Estate # 342, Summer 1993

“You could say that cyberpunk is intrinsically anarchistic. It’s endlessly anti-authoritarian, and it can be employed …

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Pornography & Pleasure

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Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992

After years of reading essays in the seemingly endless debate over pornography in the feminist and …

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Law & Religion: An Awful Combination

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Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to permit the display of the biblical Ten …

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Compromising and Computing

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Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000

Staff writers at the Fifth Estate collective have been vigorous critics of technology for more than …

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