a review of Ursula K. Le Guin, A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back. Illustrated by Julie Downing. New York: Orchard Books, 1992.
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The Lessons of Vietnam
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
Although the phrase, “The first casualty in war is truth,” has been aptly realized in the media coverage of the Persian Gulf war, the truth is often the last casualty as well. In the case of America’s military adventure in …
John Brown’s Raid & Space Ships Dot an Alternative History
by RB
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
a review of Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson. PM Press, 2009
G20 Gender Violence
by Kelly Pflug-Back
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
Under the Canadian Criminal code, violence is not defined as a gendered issue. When a girl or woman is physically or sexually attacked, the act is subsumed under sections 244-246, which define assault, assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, sexual …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
Send letters to fe – AT – fifthestate – DOT – org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220. All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten; letters may be edited for length.
JFK: Cold Warrior
by Jack Straw
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
“I shall never be able to forget where I was standing on that dramatic day when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy nearly killed me. It was during the nuclear confrontation that arose out of his war on Cuba.” —Christopher Hitchens in …
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
FRI. JAN. 24 “PARIS ON THE BARRICADES,” film of May-June events in France, will be shown at Debs Hall, 3737 Woodward at 8 p.m. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING every Friday night at the International Institute. 111 E. Kirby, 8 p.m. KENNETH …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977
Mutual Aid To The Fifth Estate: I have been delegated by the Anarchist Fund Raising Picnic held Sept. 11 at Santa Teresa Park, San Jose, California, to disburse the following funds to support the anarchist propaganda projects in the English …
They Just Said ‘No’
by D.M. Borts
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
Our courageous contemporaries in Eastern Europe had clear ideas about the urgency to do away with a malignant growth which usurped their self-powers and which claimed to be indispensable to social well-being. They were less clear about what, if anything, …
1989 Anarchist Gathering
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
Final planning is in high gear for the 1989 Anarchist Conference/Festival to be held in San Francisco on July 20-25. Its theme and name are “Without Borders.” Over 3,000 anti-authoritarians and anarchists from around the world are expected to attend, …
How we can exit the era of ecological destruction & affirm life
by Peter Linebaugh
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
a review of Between Earth and Empire: From the Necrocene to the Beloved Community by John P. Clark. PM Press 2019 pmpress.org
Ammunition Books Catalogue
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 268, January, 1976
This is by no means a complete catalog of all the books that we have. We hope to have an extensive catolog finished in the near future. To get a copy;; send a large self-addressed, stamped envelope to Ammunition Books.
Zionism or Arab Nationalism?
by World Revolution
Fifth Estate # 268, January, 1976
Today (1973) a new imperialist war breaks out in the Middle East and the vicarious social-patriots who constitute today’s established “left” can hardly contain themselves in their eagerness to rush to the defence of one bourgeoisie against the other.
Creating CHAOS
by Abbie Hoffman
Fifth Estate # 65, October 31-November 13, 1968
Editors’ Note: The following is from Abbie’s book Revolution For the Hell of It, to be published by Dial Press later this month, by the author “Free.”
Calemdar
by Karen Kovac, Naiomi Epil
Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967
The calendar is prepared by Fifth Estate calendar girls, Karen Kovac and Naomi Epel, [Naiomi Epil —Web Archiver] with cooperation from Detroit Adventure. Copy deadline is the 6th and 22nd of each month and should be sent to the Fifth …
Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
FILM CINEMA GUILD PRESENTS: a series of films being shown on Thurs., Fri., Sat., and Sun. at 7 and 9:05 p.m. at the Architecture Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Adm. 50 cents. March 16 & 17: Les Quatre Cents Coups (The …
The U.S. War against the Iraqi People
by Ali Moossavi
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
If you were to ask most people in this country to define the Persian Gulf War, they probably would describe it as a victorious, six-week long military conflict, in which the U.S. repelled Iraq, a hostile invader, and restored the …
Conversations with Allen Ginsberg
by Allen Ginsberg, Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Two interviews with the poet on life, death, sex, poetry, Kerouac, and meditation—the first from 1991, published here for the first time; the second from the October 1969 issue of Fifth Estate.
Education
by A. F.
Fifth Estate # 269, February, 1976
Today’s Lesson Schools are the training ground which provides compliant, disciplined, work-orientated, patriotic model citizens who are necessary to staff the compulsive relationships of everyday life.
Earth Diet, Earth Culture
by William H. Koethke
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
Fifth Estate Note: In “Earth Culture-Earth Diet” author William H. Koethke chronicles the life and culture of the inhabitants along New Mexico’s San Francisco River watershed over a millennium up to the present time. At the time he wrote the …