Beyond the Mantic Ray

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Fifth Estate # 324, Fall, 1986

  1. I am a sick man…a spiteful man. I think there is something wrong with …

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Six Theses on Empire, Denial & Nuclearism

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Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995

1. Nuclearism is inherently totalitarian. The apparent controversy over nuclear power is not really a matter …

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Insurgent Mexico!

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Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994

“The political status quo in Mexico died on January 1. Every Mexican institution is now in …

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Civilization is Like a Jetliner

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Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983

The night the Korean airliner crashed into the newspapers, I dreamed of a tornado. A tornado …

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Saturn and Scientism

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Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980

There she is, looking vaguely pornographic on the glossy covers of the weekly magazines, the planet …

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Uncovering a Corpse

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Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981

The letters which appear in this issue of the Fifth Estate do not represent the entire …

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The Unabomber and the Future of Industrial Society

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Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996

“…If one has courage and daring without benevolence, one is like a madman wielding a sharp …

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The Annunciation of the Papal Visit to Detroit

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Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987

All the city mourns, and the crumpled masses languish at the gates, and the cry of …

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July 1967

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Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987

July ’87 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Detroit riots: the largest American rebellion of the …

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Patriot Songs

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Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004

‘I hear America singing’ “—so what.” — D. Campion