We want to save the world, and we want to save ourselves. It’s the same thing. The problems confronting us are enormous and at every level: personal, social, planetary. I will spare you a list. My aim is to suggest …
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I’m Sticking with the Union?
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
“Hey! What are you guys doing here? You hate unions!” —A strike supporter The labor militant who aimed this question at us was surprised, almost shocked, to see a group whom she considers anarchists critical of unions, shoulder-to-shoulder with striking …
Hiroshima, First Shot of World War III
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 285, August, 1977
The barbarity of the nation-state since its emergence 8,000 years ago has only been limited in its intensity by a lack of the technological means needed to perpetrate horrors upon humanity. By the advent of World War II, science and …
Anarchy and the Left
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
In recent months, we have been critical of a number of anarchists, through correspondence and in person, on the question of working politically with marxist-leninists on specific projects of joint interest. Those we have been in contact with on these …
Germinal Gracia
by Federico Arcos
Fifth Estate # 338, Winter, 1992
Germinal Gracia (Victor Garcia) August 24, 1919-May 10, 1991 Among Germinal Gracia’s many pseudonyms (Germen, Julio Fuentes, Quipo Amauta), Victor Garcia was the most common. Born in Barcelona, Spain on August 24, 1919, he spent his infancy and boyhood in …
Animal Revolt
by Aesop
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
In late March, Takoma, a 22 year-old Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin trained by the US Navy to detect underwater mines for Marine Corps reconnaissance divers, went absent without leave while on patrol in the Persian Gulf outside of Umm Qasr. In …
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 …
Bits of the World in Brief
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
The people at Back Room Anarchist Books in Minneapolis have announced a continental anarchist gathering to be held June 18-22 in that city. After the success of the May Day/Haymarket events in Chicago last year, most of our appetites have …
Woman’s Freedom
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
a review of Reproductive Rights and Wrongs by Betsy Hartmann, Harper & Row, New York, 1987; paper $10.95.
Was Malthus Right?
by Bill McCormick, George Bradford (David Watson), William R. Catton Jr.
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
Dear Mr. Bradford: Thank you for bringing to my attention your Fifth Estate essay, “How Deep Is Deep Ecology? A Challenge to Radical Environmentalism” [FE #327, Fall, 1987]. I appreciate its extensive treatment of my book, Overshoot. Here are some …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
The FE BOOKSERVICE is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate newspaper, both of which are at 5928 Second, Detroit MI 48202—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to give us …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
The FE bookstore page is more than an advertisement—the actual bookselling part of the project takes time and makes little, if any, money. We like to pass on books that have interested us or that have been “self-published” by friends …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, MI 48201—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to …
Indigenism & its Enemies
by Primitivo Solis (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
indigenous, adj. 1. Occurring or living naturally in an area; not introduced; native. 2. Intrinsic; innate. [From Latin indigena, native. See indigene.
Letters to the Editor
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
To the Editor: A reply to Mr. Wilbert McClendon; not because he will listen (he won’t) but because someone has to maintain the balance: