Detroit’s friendly neighborhood rock and roll band, the MC5, recorded their first album under their new contract with Elektra Records at the Grande Ballroom last month, and it was a killer affair. The festivities took place on the First International …
First I must say that this statement, like all statements is bullshit without an active program to back it up. We have a program which is on-going and total and which must not be confused with anything that is said …
Fifth Estate A Newspaper of Detroit EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION Tommye Wiese NEWS EDITOR Alan Gotkin MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair PHOTO EDITOR Mike Tyre ART DIRECTION Blalien ADVERTISING Gunnar Lewis CALENDAR Resa Jannett IDEOLOGUE …
FLASH! The Ann Arbor Free School and in particular John Sinclair’s class “Total Assault on the Culture” have been doing some truly revolutionary things. Total Assault Class meets every Monday night and takes its assault to the street, where the …
Fifth Estate A Newspaper of Detroit EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION Tommye Wiese NEWS EDITOR Alan Gotkin MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair PHOTO EDITOR Mike Tyre ART DIRECTION Blallen ADVERTISING Gunnar Lewis CALENDAR Resa Jannett IDEOLOGUE …
The virtual vacuum that has been left in the wake of SDS’s floundering may be filled by the New Youth International Party. With repression growing and the need for a national organization crucial, YIP looks promising as a junction for …
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro David Gaynes Jim Kennedy Rick London Nick Medvecky Bruce Montrose Claudia …
“We are all outlaws in the eyes of America.” —Jefferson Airplane “The chickens are going to come home to roost.” —Malcolm X
Reprinted from Fire I. Necessity The average Amerikan cannot help but read several hundred thousand words per day of pig shit in the form of advertising, slogans on police cars, etc. Revolutionary wall painting effectively combats this totalitarian bombardment of …
Winter Anti-War Offensive The Winter Offensive against the war in Vietnam is beginning. The Fall Offensive culminated in 800,000 persons in Washington and people came back to Detroit with even a greater sense of the need to bring all the …
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Rick London Bruce Montrose Claudia …
To Those People Who Like The Stooges: I used to like ’em too, just like everyone else, caught-up in that follow-the-other-people, emotional group-cohesion thing. But then I began to think! The Stooges are one example of a group that takes …
Remember Bevo Francis, sports fans? Well, Abbie Hoffman does.
“One man of 74 said he opposed the war but declined to write or send a telegram for fear that ‘if they find out, they’ll take my social security away.’ A housewife said, ‘My son’s in college now and I …
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Rick London Bruce Montrose Claudia …