When President Barack Obama announced on October 21 that the nine year U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq was ending, it didn’t even make first spot on many news reports. Another imperial slaughter had ground to an end, with many …
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What is Capital
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 266, September, 1975
To avoid any confusion over the usage of terms, let us give a brief definition of the way in which Capital or capitalism is used in articles in the Fifth Estate
Letters to the Editor
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 389, Summer, 2013
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Targeting Who?
by Agent Automatic
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
“And what could be more natural nowadays than to suspect someone of a fondness for drugs?”
Rise and Fall
by Fran Shor
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
A defining historical feature of the decline of specific empires in the world capitalist system has been the conflict surrounding the emergence of a successor. The United States and Germany engaged in a protracted struggle in the first half of …
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 …
Occupy the Future
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
They’ve wrecked the earth, destroyed her treasures, and inflicted misery on the many, all so they can golf or set up their lawn chairs on some clear cut forest. It’s over whether we do anything or not, but if we …
Drones
by Miles Pouchez
Fifth Estate # 388, Winter, 2013
A July 13, 2012 New York Times article, “That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker,” by Peter Maass, suggests that we should consider smartphones, computers, and other connected devices as tracking machines rather than appliances of personal convenience. The manufacturers of …
A Changing Vietnam
by Jonny Ball
Fifth Estate # 388, Winter, 2013
Having lived and worked in Vietnam for a year now, I have only a slightly better understanding of the country than when I first arrived. This is a country of extremely complex paradoxes and antagonisms. I remain dumbfounded by the …
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