Introduction Recently, the rulers of the Western Hemisphere met in Miami to continue negotiations on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) treaty, another blatant power grab by the corporate oligarchy. At the summit, Nov. 17-21, trade ministers signed …
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For over five years, villagers in Portugal have been battling the mass planting of eucalyptus trees, a “quick money,” fast-growing, drought resistant tree which, according to its advocates, provides a good light fuel and prevents soil erosion. In reality, the …
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This conversation between writers Anu Bonobo & Daniel Pinchbeck–author of 2012: The Return of Quetzacoatl (2006) and Breaking Open the Head (2002) (and co-founder of RealitySandwich.com)–transpired over email in February 2007. Pinchbeck’s latest book 2012 is just out in paperback: …
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Vietnam Newsletter Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam Vol. 1, No. 2 1101 W. Warren, 832-5700, May, 1966
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China is in fashion. Enthusiasm for China can be found amongst liberals, technocrats and members of the World Bank. In the popular view “the people are brave and the culture squeaky clean.” Maoists and proto-Maoists proclaim China as a genuine …
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Fifth Estate Archive Back issues Resource pages Fifth Estate Live interviews This section of our site contains articles from Fifth Estate’s past issues, grouped by the number of the issue in which they were published. You can also purchase back …
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See also: Other remembrances of Federico Arcos (online only) Introduction Federico Arcos (July 18, 1920-May 23, 2015), a lifelong anarchist, participated in the Spanish Revolution and Civil War in the 1930s, and later took part in the antifascist underground there. …
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MOMENTOS Compendio PoéticoFederico Arcos Ilustraciones de Alfredo Monrós 1976 A life, gone, into eternal sleep… A body, lying in state…Perhaps, to die, is to be free. F.A. Esta labor ha sido realizada con trabajo voluntario, comprendida la labor artística hasta …
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Robert C. Elliott died in 1981 in the very noon of is scholarship, just after completing his book The Literary Persona. He was the truest of teachers, the kindest of friends. This paper was prepared to be read as the …
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Introduction For a number of years, the Fifth Estate has been writing about the crisis of Western civilization and its industrial/technological plague. At the same time we have been profoundly interested in primitivism and the cultures of earth-based peoples, realizing …
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