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Detroit 1967 Rebellion
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
The July, 1967 Detroit rebellion left 42 dead, hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and scars still unhealed today. The Fifth Estate office was in a hard-hit area: the August 1, 1967 issue featured first-hand accounts from staff members …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 85, August 7-20, 1969
UNCLASSIFIEDS cost 50 cents per line per issue. Figure four words per line. (A word is a word including one and two letter words. A phone number is a word. Street numbers are words. Abbreviations should be sensible. DISCOUNT RATES: …
Tuning in to the illegalist continuum
by Ron Sakolsky
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
Bank robbers The Bonnot Gang were notorious anarchist bank robbers whose daring exploits in pre World War One France were legendary examples of illegalism. In contrast to the stalwart proletarian solidarity prized by the anarcho-syndicalists of that time, the illegalists …
Hot Town—Pigs in the Street
by Bob Kundus
Fifth Estate # 82, June 26-July 9, 1969
It’s over. Nobody really came out ahead. Washtenaw Sheriff Douglas Harvey became Pig of the Year and liberal Ann Arbor Mayor Robert Harris and U-M President Robben Fleming both lost many points with their respective constituencies. Sixty-nine people were busted …
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 …
Anarchism and the Anti-Authoritarian Personality
by Jim Feast
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
All generalizations founder on the rock of their exceptions, but can it be said that certain definable character structures emanate from one’s political philosophy or position within capital’s work apparatus?
PCAUR Drives it Home
by J.R. Kennedy
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
The cement never sets on the WSU empire. A sign is attached to the cement wall of the new Foreign Language Building at Wayne State University. It faces the John C. Lodge Freeway and the Matthaei Physical Education Complex beyond …
Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 17, November 1-15, 1966
The calendar will be a regular FIFTH ESTATE feature. We know that there is more happening in the Detroit and Ann Arbor areas than what we have listed, so we need your help. Send us information about what your group …
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 …
Warfare 1970
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
“a very great revolutionary force latent in the American people” —Peking Radio, May 9 President Nixon’s announcement of the invasion of Cambodia effectively implemented the old SDS slogan “Bring the War Home!” Millions of people joined the revolutionary struggle, striking …
Vietnam Resource Page
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # Archive
Vietnam Rsesource Page Fifth Estate articles in date order Dr. Norman Pollack Vietnam Fifth Estate #2, December 2-16, 1965 https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/2-december-2-16-1965/vietnam/ “Perhaps the biggest mistake many of us make when speaking about Vietnam is that we focus only on Vietnam, and …
The UK Struggle Against Roads
by Pablo Routledge
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
Just to the south of Glasgow, amid the woodlands and park lands of Pollok estate, a site of extraordinary resistance has emerged. From the roadside, a huge red banner with bright yellow letters proclaims “Pollok Free State,” and where the …
The House of Obedience
by Lynne Clive (Marilynn Rashid)
Fifth Estate # 312, Spring 1983
reviewed in this article Juliette Minces, The House of Obedience: Women in Arab Society, 1980, translated from the French by Michael Pallis, Zed Press, 1982.
Stoney Point Reclaims Land and Voice
by Kathleen Rashid
Fifth Estate # 349, Summer 1997
Background on Stoney Point In 1942, the Canadian Department of National Defense invoked the War Measures Act to seize the land of the Potawatomi people of Stoney Point Reserve and established an “advanced infantry training center.” Many of the …
Escaping from Europe
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
“[The Arawaks]…brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned …They were well built, with good bodies and handsome features….They …
Events Calendar
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure THURS APRIL 2 JOHN SINCLAIR, White Panther Party Chairman, appears in Recorders Court at 9:30 am to seek an appeal bond on his marijuana case. Come and show your support! at Frank Murphy Hall of …
The Crime and Punishment of John Sinclair
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 85, August 7-20, 1969
“Your day has come. You may laugh, Mr. Sinclair, but you will have a long time to laugh. I sentence you to not less than and not more than ten years in the state penitentiary.” —Judge Robert J. Colombo, July …
The Collapse of the Armed Forces
by Robert D. Heinl Jr.
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
FE Note: The article reprinted here first appeared in the Armed Forces Journal, June 7, 1971, and is excerpted here from The Movement Against the War, Ramparts Press, 1972. Col. Heinl’s hawkish military columns were a regular feature in the …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
Dear E.B. Maple: As a writer who is often criticized for being too difficult, academic or stylistic, I was immensely heartened by your response to London Greenpeace’s letter (see FE #326, Summer 1987) taking you all to task for those …