After only three hours of deliberation on December 22 a half black half white Detroit Recorder’s Court jury found Alfred Hibbitt, member of the Black Legion, the paramilitary arm of the Republic of New Africa (RNA), innocent of assault with …
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Cockrel Acquitted
by Chris Singer
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
A rose, is a rose, is a rose, is a rose. And a racist judge is, in fact, a racist judge. This is how attorneys for Kenneth Cockrel developed their case that the young black attorney should not be cited …
Police Love-in
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 82, June 26-July 9, 1969
Detroit Police Commissioner Johannes (The Lover) Spreen has called for another “love in” to improve police relations with the community.
The Woodstock Nation
by Joyce
Fifth Estate # 87, September 4-17, 1969
WHITE LAKE, N.Y. (Good Times/UPS) —The Woodstock Festival was a huge nonviolent explosion of people and music. The New York Times called it a nightmare but it was more of a fantastic dream. True, there were low scenes—three accidental deaths, …
Deee-Troit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
It may take two or three years, but beware: Mayor Gribbs has let it be known that he is not adverse to a $1.00 admission fee to the Detroit Zoo, along with plans to raise the Sunday parking fee to …
View from the Top
by Thorstein Smith
Fifth Estate # 86, August 21-September 3, 1969
This column will be devoted to an exploration of Establishment thinking, as revealed primarily in power structure publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, etc. The assumptions of the writer are Marxian, Marcusian, and C.W. Millsian: in brief, …
Recorders Court Jury Fraud Exposed
by Sam Stark
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
Accused persons in Detroit Recorder’s Court have been tried and, in many cases, found guilty by juries of which Blacks, other minority group members, Southern-born, foreign-born, working-class people, ADC mothers, students, bearded males, and persons convicted of moving traffic violations …
Mainers Against the Klan!
by Robcat
Fifth Estate # 399, Fall, 2017
It’s Late February in central Maine. A group of anarchists and other anti-racists have gathered at the Margaret Chase-Smith bridge in Skowhegan to respond to recent Ku Klux Klan activity around the state.
Rafael Viera on the Young Lords
by Roland Young
Fifth Estate # 100, March 5-18, 1970
The following article is a reprint of an interview with Rafael Viera, Chief Medical Cadre of the Young Lords Organization (YLO), that first appeared in the Black Panther Newspaper. Viera is one of three men that were indicted following the …
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