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 …
The Practical Marx
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979
FE Note: The following article, an attempt to come to grips with the implications of Karl Marx’s everyday life by long-time FE contributor John Zerzan, has stirred considerable controversy among those of us presently working on the paper and necessitates, …
On The Future of the Earth
by Russell Means
Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980
Related: see FE Staff introduction, “Against Civilization,” in this issue. The only possible opening for a statement of this kind is that I detest writing. The process itself epitomizes the European concept of “legitimate” thinking; what is written has an …
Cuba: From State to Private Capitalism
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 383, Summer, 2010
HAVANA — We entered the elevator on the ground floor of Havana’s renowned FOCSA building in the city’s Vedado district and were quickly whisked, non-stop, to the 33rd floor. When the doors opened, tuxedoed waiters welcomed us to La Torre, …
Rebellions Rock the World
by Paul Walker (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
In the latter half of 2019, the streets of Hong Kong, Santiago, Barcelona, Baghdad, London, Paris, and Beirut were flooded with huge demonstrations demanding reforms or the removal of politicians.
The Empire Exits Iraq
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 386, Spring, 2012
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 …
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.
The War and the Spectacle
by Bureau of Public Secrets
Fifth Estate # 337, Late Summer, 1991
The orchestration of the Gulf war was a glaring expression of what the situationists call the spectacle—the development of modern society to the point where images dominate life.
Nature Strikes Back!
by Jack Straw
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
Talking about the weather just isn’t what it used to be. These days it is no longer a diversion. A January cold wave of historical dimensions resulted in all-time record lows in places such as Pittsburgh, Louisville and Indianapolis, records …
Concentration Camps U.S.A.
by Charles R. Allen Jr.
Fifth Estate # 25, March 1-15, 1967
The Arizona road dipped suddenly out of a high serpentine ridge and fell straight out like a great javelin dropping ever faster and deeper down, down until it was lost from sight in the blinding rays of a white-hot sun.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 295, November 3, 1978
Ammunition Books shares space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper(?) [question mark in original] and can be found at 4403 Second Ave, (telephone (313) 831-6800. Our hours vary quite a bit, so it’s always best to give us a telephone call …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
Anarchist Gathering in Ottawa Between May 19 and 21, a regional anarchist gathering sponsored by the Outaouais Anarchist Circle was held in Ottawa (the capital of Canada, located on the border between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec). The …
Archive
Fifth Estate #
Fifth Estate Archive Back issues Resource pages Fifth Estate Live interview archive (May 2020 – May 2021) Fifth Estate Live, a weekly hour-long livestreamed broadcast hosted by singer/songwriter and Fifth Estate contributor David Rovics and produced by Fifth Estate editorial …
Fifth Estate Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
ANARCHY OR CHAOS by George Woodcock Written as World War II raged around him, Woodcock’s brief history of anarchism is filled with youthful enthusiasm. Lysander Spooner, 124 pp. $9.50 THE REVOLUTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE, by Raoul Vaneigem First published in …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 379, Fall, 2008
Send letters to fe – at – fifthestate – dot – org or Fifth Estate P.O.B. 201016, Ferndale MI 48220
Terrorism: The State Marches On
by Alan Franklin
Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977
From South Africa comes the news that what even conservative observers took to be a very bad joke on the part of “Justice” Minister Jimmy Kruger turns out, on closer analysis, to be the certified honest-to-god truth.
Motor City Happenings
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971
Compiled by Resa Jannett in cooperation with Detroit Adventure Wed. March 17 GRANDE BALLROOM, Fifth Estate Benefit to help support the Youth New Coalition, 7 til 11 pm. Adm. $2.50. Lots of music and even films, light show too. Y’all …
Murder In Nigeria
by Mitchel Cohen
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
In the old days, when the state hung somebody and the braided rope broke or the gallows came crashing to the ground it was taken by God-fearing men as a sign that a mistake had been made and the condemned …
Hiroshima, First Shot of World War III
by Peter Werbe, R. Relievo (Rob Blurton)
Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995
Introduction by R. Relievo As E.B. Maple points out in the following article (which first appeared in FE #285, August 1977), the atomic bombings of civilians by the American Army Air Corps at the end of World War II was …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective, George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
Notes on errata and lacunae (G. Bradford) An FE staff member currently traveling outside the U.S. wrote to us upon receiving his FE, that while the content and the layout were good, “there were a fair number of typos, …