The Fort Hood Three Defense Committee announced September 30 that the U.S. Court of Military Appeals turned down the request for a review of convictions of the Fort Hood Three.
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For Ft. Hood 3, Prison Conditions Improve
by Marlene Tyre
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
The shocking prison treatment of the Fort Hood Three, the three GIs who refused to go to Vietnam, has improved slightly as a result of the publicity of their situation and a flood of letters to government and Army authorities. …
Ft. Hood 3 Sent to Leavenworth
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 19, December 1-15, 1966
PFC James Johnson, Pvt. David Samas, and Pvt. Dennis Mora, three antiwar GIs court-martialed two months ago refusing to go to Vietnam have been transferred from Ft. Meade, Md., to the federal military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Defense Grows For Fort Hood Three
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
Support for the Fort Hood Three, the three GI’s who refused to be transferred to Vietnam, is growing rapidly (see Fifth Estate August 15). A Defense Committee, set up to assist the men, has leaflets, pamphlets and buttons available on …
Appeals Set for Fort Hood Three
by Evelyn Kirsch
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
The court-martials for the three GIs who have refused to go to Vietnam began on September 6. All three were convicted—Pvt. David Samas and Pfc. James Johnson to five years at hard labor, forfeiture of pay and dishonorable discharges, and …
‘Inhuman Treament’ Charged by Families of Fort Hood Three
by Marlene Tyre
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
Last month the Fort Hood Three were convicted and sentenced to prison terms of three years for Mora; and five years for Samas and Johnson. The Fort Hood Three, to perhaps refresh a few memories, are Pvt. Dennis Mora, Pvt. …
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The Fort Hood Three: An American Tragedy
by Marlene Tyre
Fifth Estate # 17, November 1-15, 1966
“Conscience is a costly thing, and I am paying dearly for the rights to my mind. Five years a cement wall and cold iron bars… is the price I am paying for real freedom. If it must be this way, …
Fort Hood Three Has Prison Terms Lowered
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
As the result of an appeal brought on June 23 of the court-martial of the Fort Hood Three, Pvt. First Class Jimmy Johnson, Pvt. David Samas and Pvt. Dennis Mora, the sentences of Jimmy Johnson and Pvt. David Samas were …
Fort Hood 3 Found Guilty
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 14, September 15, 1966
The Fort Hood Three—the three GI’s who refused to serve in Vietnam—were tried last week by a court martial board and found guilty. Pvt. Dennis Moras received a three year sentence at hard labor and Pvt. David Samas and PFC …
Fort Hood GIs Revolt
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 61, Sept. 5-18, 1968
KILLEEN, TEXAS—More than 160 black soldiers from Fort Hood refused to take part in riot control operations in Chicago.
ACLU Honors Hart and Sachs
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 2, December 2-16, 1965
Senator Philip A. Hart and Theodore Sachs were recipients of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Annual Bill of Rights Award on Saturday evening, December 4. The Award was made during the intermission of the show “VOICES, Inc.”, the musical production …
Anti-War Soldier’s Hearing Begins
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
The Fort Hood Three Defense Committee announced that civil liberties attorneys Stanley Faulkner and Selma Samols went before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Dec. 13, to argue once again, in the case of Pvt. Robert …
I will not be used
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
FT. HOOD, Texas (LNS)—Richard Chase, 26, was sentenced to two years hard labor in a Kangaroo Court-Martial here Dec. 20 for refusing to participate in riot control training.
Anti-War GIs Face Trial, Court Martial
by Louie Collins
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
Can the Army brass deny a GI his constitutional rights to hold and express ideas differing from those held by the administration in Washington—including ideas in direct opposition to the Vietnam war?
Detroit GI
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
Big news, you say, it happens every day. Ask any serviceman. The difference in Bell’s case is that the Army is trying to do a job on him because he refused to go to Chicago during the Democratic Convention last …
Letters To The Editors
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
To the Editor: The article in your last issue—”Playboy’s Tinseled Seductress”—I liked [FE #17, November 1-15, 1966]. The pointing out Playboy’s magnificent superficiality was, I thought, sound and much needed. But the conclusion!—ugh!—that the marriage institution suffers thereby—that “somehow …
Anti-war GIs March
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
WASHINGTON—In August 1968 forty-three GIs at Ft. Hood, Texas refused to go to Chicago for riot duty. Their protest was the first in what has been a long series of anti-war and anti-military protests that have led to the growth …
Black GIs Convicted
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
FORT HOOD, Tex.—A court-martial found five black soldiers, including two Detroiters, guilty of refusing to obey an order growing out of a demonstration against possible anti-riot duty at the Democratic National Convention. The specific charge was failing to report for …
Seditious Children
by Mycle
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
We will meet at the midnight hour past the tree stump forest. We will be sneaky slinkies and walky- talkies. Robin Hood’s woods would be so proud. Merry boys and girls sing
Letter From a Prison Cell
by David Samas
Fifth Estate # 17, November 1-15, 1966
Although I am being held in solitary confinement, the prisoners and guards find occasion to speak with me. I was ordered to remove the name tags from my uniforms and from above my cage door. I now exist as the …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967
Councilman Nicholas Hood’s recent “anti-crime” breakfast of Negro “leaders” may have been a lot more clever than one would think at first glance. This writer’s first reaction was: What kind of crap is this—that, according to Hood, “Negroes should utilize …
Supreme Court to Hear GIs
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
The first GIs to publicly refuse to go to Vietnam, known as the Fort Hood Three, asked the Supreme Court to hear their suit against the war, and against the government’s right to send them to Vietnam. Jimmy Johnson, 21, …
Those who Refused
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 12, August 15, 1966
On July 7, three American GI’s were arrested in New York City as they prepared to speak at an antiwar rally. Pvt. Dennis Mora, PFC James Johnson, and Pvt. David Samas, had, on June 30 held a news conference to …
GI Sues to Stop Viet Transfer
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
(Washington) — Robert Luftig, 22, a soldier from New York City, Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to block the Defense Department from sending him to Vietnam.
Gentrification
by Tolbert Small
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
Quick call the police; The Negroes are barbecuing at the lake. Quick call the police; The Negroes are drumming too loud Quick call the cops The colored choir is singing too loud. Quick call the cops That pregnant Negro’s belly …
The People Own the City in Detroit Uprising
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“Light My Fire” rises through the radio ranks for weeks and, when it hits number one on the stations, the people respond and burn the city down. Or play Archie Shepp’s “Fire Music” album as background music for the Detroit …
Cops Disciplined
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
For once it appears that it pays to be black. At least the sons of prominent black ministers and politicians. The Detroit Police Department actually disciplined several of it’s men for their drunken and cowardly beatings of several black youths …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
One of the biggest problems of “rebuilding Detroit” after the July 23 rebellion will be the attitudes and actions of the very powerful “white liberal” leadership in our community.
G.I. Coffee Houses for Peace
by Harvey Stone
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
FORT HOOD, TEXAS July 12 (LNS)—The war in Vietnam is now the longest war in America’s violent history. In addition to the genocide being committed against the Vietnamese, thousands upon thousands of American G.I.’s have been killed or wounded. But …
American Servicemen’s Union
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
The following interview with American Servicemen’s Union (ASU) chairman Pvt. Andrew Stapp (Ret.) was conducted by Fifth Estate staffer Dena Clamage.
Briefs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 54, May 16-31, 1968
Indict Cops A Federal indictment was returned May 3 charging three suspended Detroit cops and a private guard with violating the civil rights of ten persons during last summer’s uprising.
November 5-7 Set for International Peace Protest
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
A national conference was held in Cleveland Sept. 9-10 to plan for a united nationwide peace action this fall. The conference was called by the University Circle Teach-In Committee of Cleveland, with the assistance of the Inter-University Committee. The meeting …
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Students Plan Viet Summer Action
by Lissa Matross
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
From Michigan Daily—An estimated 600 students from 100 high schools and colleges across the nation overwhelmingly approved a resolution here Sunday calling for a nationwide Vietnam referendum on campuses next fall. The students took part in a two-day Student Mobilization …
GI Resister Speaks Out at Fifth Estate Benefit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“I’d rather face the uncertainty of opposing the war and going AWOL than face the certainty of being shipped and fighting in a war that I am against.
Read All About It!
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
“Read All About It!” for this issue consists of those papers put out by and for GIs. It should be obvious from the number of papers existing, especially the ones from army bases, that the opposition within the armed services …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
To the Editors: John Watson and the Fifth Estate are revolutionaries and that’s why they support the Teamster workers. [See “The News Gets Ready,” FE #68, December 12-25, 1968.] Revolutionaries remember 1937 when industrial workers in Flint fought the …
Prison and Gary Gilmore
by Marcus Graham
Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977
During the last score of years there have been numerous prison outbreaks and attempted prison escapes throughout the United States. The media has invariably labeled these as “riots” and acts of “dangerous criminals.” What the media deliberately fails to reveal …
Ba-Roooom!
by David Gaynes
Fifth Estate # 91, October 30-November 12, 1969
When I was six, my old man picked up a ’54 Buick, which escalated our family into the burgeoning ranks of two-car amerika and made the local pump-jockeys clean the windshield with those snappy strokes shoe-shine boys used to reserve …
Teachin’
by Jackie Gasson
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
I load my briefcase (big gold stars, red marking pencils, paper clips, safety pins, string for cheerio necklaces, Conscientious Objector Handbook, Fort Hood Three Newsletter, Substitute Directory, lunch, throat lozenges, cigarettes) and wait for that damn phone call.