I wonder how Alfredo is taking it—not making the 10 million that is. We all worked hard to reach that goal: 10 million tons of sugar, the largest in Cuba’s history. In March and April, when we were cutting cane …
FE Author: Various Authors
Gloria Made the Revolution
by Fifth Estate Collective, Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 110, July 23-August 5, 1970
I was born in the Sierra Maestra in 1934. I am 36 years old. My mother is from Camaguey and my father is from Oriente and my grandfather is French. My grandfather lived and worked in the countryside but my …
Dig this!
by Fifth Estate Collective, Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 110, July 23-August 5, 1970
As of 1970, all homes in Cuba are rent-free. In Cuba, medical care is free. Since 1967, there have been no cases of polio in Cuba; immunization of children is free and carried on each year. In 1970, some cities …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 103, April 15-29, 1970
To The Fifth Estate: I ask that you print this letter in the next issue of your paper in order to repair some of the damage I fear has resulted, inadvertently, from an inaccurate report of an interview I gave …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 109, July 9-22, 1970
To the Fifth Estate, As a result of the Airports and Airways Bill, which was passed by Congress recently, all air travel within or from the U.S. commencing after July 1, will involve changes in U.S. Transportation taxes. The local …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 108, June 25-July 8, 1970
Dear Fifth Estate: We’ve stumbled upon your paper at the right time. Our heads have been infiltrated with “lifer” propaganda. We’re becoming radical and have developed a leftist attitude. It’s hard to accomplish in the Army but we continue …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 173, December 16, 1972-January 5, 1973
Dear F.E. A few months ago we read a blurb in your “letters” column from a couple of prisoners in an Ohio penitentiary who wanted to hear from any of your readers. We wrote, expecting to join the hundreds …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971
Sisters: Subject: “Abortion Must Be…… ” [FE #126, March 4-17, 1971]: Working women often fear that demanding free abortions means we want more money out of their paychecks.” Just who are you if you are not a part of the …
Letters to the Editors
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967
To the Editor: After reading an article in the FIFTH ESTATE entitled “Detroit’s Shameless Old Lady, the Eastern Market” [FE #27, April 1-15, 1967], I was a bit pissed off at all the lies. I was very interested in the …
Letters to the Editors
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 27, April 1-15, 1967
Dear Friends: Sol Plafkin is way off-center in his remarks about Congressman John Conyers, Jr. and the Powell case [FE #26, March 15-31, 1967]. He forgets that Mr. Conyers was against stripping Powell of his seniority, even to breaking with …