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Free John Sinclair and All Political Prisoners poster

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

Jan. 24 and 25 Saturday January 24 2 p.m.-1 a.m. $3.00 Grande Ballroom Sunday, January 25 3 p.m.-11 p.m. $3.00 Grande Ballroom FREE JOHN SINCLAIR AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! HELP END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION Mitch Ryder, Abbie Hoffman, Ken Cockrel, Skip …

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Free John Sinclair Day

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

“THERE IS NO LAW IN AMERIKA TODAY—only the racist power structure and its victims. The revolutionary youth of this weirdo country are an oppressed people—the victims of a calculated cultural repression movement instigated and carried out by the Government and …

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Free John Sinclair

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 86, August 21-September 3, 1969

“There is no LAW in Amerika today—only the honkie power structure and its victims. We are down to the nitty-gritty now, with our backs to the wall, and the population is quickly polarizing: oppressors and oppressed. The revolutionary youth of …

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John Sinclair, poet, author, activist

by Peter Werbe

Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024

John Sinclair, poet, author of Guitar Army, manager of the MC5 rock band, anti-racist White Panther Party co-founder, and early Fifth Estate writer, died of heart failure at 82 in Detroit on April 9. Sinclair was remembered in publications across …

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Pigs Scalp Sinclair

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 82, June 26-July 9, 1969

John Sinclair has had his hair cut twice in the last three years. Both times by pigs.

White Panthers Fight to Free Sinclair

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969

In a session on September 9 the Michigan Supreme Court denied John Sinclair’s request for appeal bond saying he had not “persuaded the Court that he has a meritorious basis for appeal.” This upheld the ruling of Court of Appeals.

Sinclair Court Hassles

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969

The police conspiracy out to put White Panther leader John Sinclair behind bars has suffered several important setbacks in the last few weeks.

Sinclair Moved

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 89, October 2-15, 1969

John Sinclair, Minister of Information for the White Panther Party, remains as political prisoner of the State of Michigan.

The Photography of Leni Sinclair

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023

Using the descriptor, ironic, to define almost anything has become an overused cliché. However, Leni Sinclair’s 1966 photo of John Coltrane taken at Detroit’s Drome Lounge deserves that adjective. The image has been displayed in museums and reproduced hundreds of …

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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 …

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Sinclair Going to Trial

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969

Web archive note: This article is untitled in the print original. In a lightning-fast surprise maneuver the Detroit courts have moved to bring John Sinclair to trial on his famous marijuana charge next Tuesday, June 3rd, in Recorder’s Court. This …

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Artists’ Workshop Press offers

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 3, January 1966

WORK, a journal of new writing, edited by John Sinclair $1.00/copy, 4-issue subscriptions $3.00 CHANGE, a new jazz magazine, edited by John Sinclair & Charles Moore, $1.00/copy, 4-issue subscription: $3.00

Sinclair

by Mike Tyre

Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 1968

Marijuana—a harmful and dangerous drug. This is the title of a paper by Joseph E. Maher, Recorders Court Judge, which states the ruling of a three judge panel on the constitutionality of Michigan’s marijuana laws. The decision stems from a …

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Mistrial Called in Sinclair Pot Trial

by Dave Marsh

Fifth Estate # 83, July 10-23, 1969

Weirdness continued as the State of Michigan suffered another set-back in its attempt to put John Sinclair behind bars.

Sinclair Appeal Brief Filed

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970

The future of John Sinclair, imprisoned chairman of the Youth International Party, hinges on two things at this point. John is currently serving a 9-1/2 to 10 year sentence for possession of marijuana in Marquette Prison.

Masthead

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 5, March 6-20, 1966

The Fifth Estate 1107 W. Warren Detroit Michigan 48201 831-2525 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Harvey Ovshinsky EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Robin Diber, Steve Dibner, Steven Simons STAFF: John Sinclair, John Hawksley, Magdalene Sinclair, and Janet Klotman

Sinclair in Court

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 91, October 30-November 12, 1969

John Sinclair was arraigned in Federal District Court in Detroit Oct. 23, on charges that he conspired with two other White Panthers to place explosives at an Ann Arbor CIA office last year.

Pigs Attack Sinclair

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968

Poet John Sinclair and MC5 guitarist Fred Smith were brutally assaulted, beaten, MACEd, and arrested by members of the National Security Police and the Oakland County (Michigan) Sheriffs Dept. while performing at a Michigan teen-club on July 23rd.

Free University of Detroit

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 5, March 6-20, 1966

Poetry Seminar Tuesdays 7-9 p.m. John Sinclair & Robin Eichele Contemporary American Prose & Drama Thursdays 9 p.m. John Sinclair The Surrealist Stance (Arranged) Allen Van Newkirk Seminar in Pre-Homeric Greek Civilization (Arranged) Sinclair, Eichele, Van Newkirk Theatre Techniques/Acting (Arranged) …

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Trans-lovers busted

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 86, August 21-September 3, 1969

A group from Trans-Love had gone to Woodstock, to raise funds for brother John Sinclair’s defense and trial costs.

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