“If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and …
FE Author: Sunfrog
De-schooling the de-schoolers
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Schooling in an authoritarian society is often demeaning and determined to inculcate ignorance and obedience. When schooling fails, we deem it a social disaster. But without a viable alternative, the subversion that sneaks inside the doors and out from under …
Everybody but Bush
by Don LaCoss, Sunfrog, Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Don LaCoss The election is already over and we have lost. The name of the president for the next four years won’t be announced until November 3, but I know right now that the guy who won is a white …
Letter from Pumpkin Hollow
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Pumpkin Hollow, Tenn.—I’m trying to pick this narrative up off the gravel road, gyrating back into the woods. This odyssey of drift must stop somewhere; that somewhere is here. Perhaps my nomadic motion can continue in psychic space as my …
Love Note for Allen Ginsberg
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Dear Allen, Are you really dead? I don’t believe it. My hands are black with ink & my eyes are wet with the sting of The New York Times front page. You are embalmed in the headlines as “Countercultural Guru” …
404 Willis: Detroit’s Autonomous Zone
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
In May 1992, 404 Willis will celebrate its first anniversary as a collectively-run community center and autonomous zone in Detroit’s Cass Corridor. The evolution of 404 has been the combined effort of many individuals united in their desire to create …
On Class & Solidarity
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person and learns from the other. I have a lot to learn …
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 374, Winter 2007
“A little duct-tape, a little cardboard, and it’s a show.” –Stephanie Monseu aka Philomena Bindlestiff, co-founder of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus // Share this on…
On Having Something to Do
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
We tried dropping out, and we tried working in the factory. We tried teaching, and we tried going back to school. We tried organizing the workers, and we tried permitted protest marches. We tried passing leaflets to every passerby, and …
Still From Detroit: Fifth Estate reflection
by Sunfrog
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
Gritty and grimy to the core, inner-city Detroit was a daily regimen of gravel and glass. // Share this on…