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HipPocrates

by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.

Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969

QUESTION: Is there such a thing as sexual allergy? I have been dating a recently divorced woman, but we have had intercourse only once. Here’s why: Shortly after we shared one of the most explosive, mutually exciting and uninhibited amorous …

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Unclassified

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 11, July 30, 1966

AD RATES: 50 cents per line. Call 962-9334 with your message or stop by 937 Plum St.

Free Press Confirms Fifth Estate Stories on Leroy Killing

by Frank H. Joyce

Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967

On Sunday, September 3, the Detroit Free Press ran a five page feature entitled, “The 43 Who Died.” It was an in depth investigation into each riot connected death carried out by three competent Free Press staff reporters.

Read All About It!

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969

A woman wrote in recently and asked for the addresses of several radical and underground papers. This made us realize that our paper may be the only one of its kind that is known to many of our readers. Since …

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Contents of Print Edition

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!

*Articles with Asterisk have extended versions on our web site. 4 Anarchists & Sex Work Aaron Lakoff 6 Wholly Shit – Church Reviews Stephane 7 Grand Jury Resister Freed

Free Readers’ Ads

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977

Though we do not accept commercial advertising, this Unclassified ad space is free for our readers’ use. We do not accept ads over the telephone, so please send your ads in writing to our office at: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit …

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Calendar

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 25, March 1-15, 1967

FILM FILM. “Nothing But A Man,” with Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln, Benefit for SNCC & People Against Racism (PAR). Central Methodist Church (Woodward at Adams), March 4 8 p.m. Advance tickets $1.25 available at 5th ESTATE Bookstore; $1.50 at …

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Events Calendar

by Resa Jannett

Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969

in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure WED. JULY 23 HELP KEEP SONNY’S DADDY OUT OF JAIL. Legal Self Defense Benefit at the Grande Ballroom. MC5, Stooges, and Tate Blues Band. All proceeds to go to the John Sinclair Defense Fund 7 …

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Accused Bombers Tumble

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968

(by the Demolitions Editor) “Send a boy to do a man’s job and naturally you can expect those involved to start falling apart when they get caught.” This is the opinion of one of the defense attorneys for those accused …

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The Lovin’ Lidfull

by anon.

Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967

Reprinted from The Berkeley Barb (Underground Press Syndicate).

Poem by Joshua Newton

by Joshua Newton

Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970

Yesterday we were in your station. it was not what we had in mind, that morning—to be pulled over at gunpoint & shoved upagainstthecar / motherfucker. surrounded by five or six cars with pigs jumping out of each pigcar like …

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History Quiz

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004

Name: Please choose the best answer for the following questions. 1) Before becoming governor of California in 1967, Ronald Reagan

Detroit Love-In Set for April 30

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967

“Hey people now smile on your brother. Let me see you get together and love one another right now.” The Detroit tribes will gather together for the first time in many moons for the first modern Michigan Pow Wow on …

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Art in the Fifth Estate

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021

We welcome submissions of art and photography. Send high resolution images to fe@fifthestate.org. The Fifth Estate is an all-volunteer project. Images that appear in our pages are separate statements on subjects addressed in articles. P. 5 Paul Signac, “Portrait of …

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Letters

by Various Authors

Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967

To the Editor, As the yearly retreat to the diploma mills nears I thought your readers would like to know of the continued existence of some essentially less repressive alternatives.

The Zen Already in Anarchism

by Spencer Sunshine

Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

The combination of anarchism with spiritual or religious beliefs is almost always controversial, even in the pages of Fifth Estate. Opposition to church, state, and capital is the holy trinity of the “classical” anarchist tradition, and the movement’s anti-clericism was …

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State Jails Anarchist Webmaster

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003

In early August 2003, African-American anarchist revolutionary Sherman Austin was sentenced to one year in jail, a $2000 fine, and three years probation. His crime? Being a black man who published a website with links to bomb-making information.

Events Calendar

by Resa Jannett

Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure THURS. JAN. 8 FROM SOCIAL DISEASES to the common cold, Open City will cure it, at their free medical clinic. 4425 Second at Canfield. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Call first or come in for an apt 831-2770. …

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League Sues Crysler

by Fifth Estate Collective

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

“We are bringing our legitimate grievances to the legal establishment of the white man’s government to give the racist monopoly capitalist system the opportunity to begin to redeem itself for the crimes which have been perpetuated against Black workers and …

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Rock & Roll Dope

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969

I remember two and three years ago and longer writing columns for the Fifth Estate and trying to hip people to a new music and never getting anywhere—people just didn’t seem to be ready for the high-energy jams for one …

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King Marchers Convicted

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969

Fr. James Markunas of St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church has been convicted of illegally marching last April during the so-called “emergency” following Martin Luther King’s assassination. (See Fifth Estate, April 16-30, 1968.) Markunas was arrested April 7, 1968 with 107 others …

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Events Calendar

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968

THURS., JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION’ International Freedom Festival sponsoring a “Let Freedon Ring” ceremony. Bring your American flags and apple pies. 12 noon, Greenfield Village.

Subterranean Homesick News

by Art Johnston

Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969

The Hill was run by lanky Louie, an ex outrider with the Highwaymen. “The Grand Dude,” as they called him now is sort of manager of a couple scraggly rock and roll bands that lived on and around The Hill. …

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Calendar

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967

Wed. Nov. 1 PLAY “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” WSU Hillberry Classic Theater, 2:30 p.m. Adm. 11/1. LECTURE Sander Vanocur speaks, Mercy College, 12:30 p.m. 11/1. CONFERENCE Communism in China: Democracy in India, Oakland U. Center, 10:00 a.m., 11/1. FILM “Old and …

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At the Movies

by Stark Raving

Fifth Estate # Daily Barbarian Number 1

THE DAILY BARBARIAN supplement FIFTH ESTATE, #298, June 19, 1979

Black Workers Present Demands

by Joe Check

Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969

The week of Oct. 5 through 12, the Ad Hoc Construction Coalition presented demands to 8 agencies that 50% of all workers in construction and construction-related projects in the Detroit area be black.

The Jazz Scene

by Frank Kofsky

Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967

Probably no sector of American capitalism displays more cutthroat competitiveness than the recording industry. Entry into the field is, unlike the case in basic industries such as auto and steel, still relatively unrestricted. Any adventurer with a couple of thousand …

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Battlefields, Slaughterhouses & the Opposition to Both

by Noah Johnson

Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021

a review of Constructing Ecoterrorism: Capitalism, Speciesism & Animal Rights by John Sorensen. Fernwood Publishing 2016

Warren-Forest Bulldozed?

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 77, April 17-30, 1969

The bulldozers are coming again to the Warren Forest area.

The Yippie lineage continues into the 21st Century

by David Sands

Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021

a review of In The Time Of Job When Mischa Was a Zippie by Michele Dawn Saint Thomas (check facebook.com/msaintthomas for ordering info)

HipPocrates

by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.

Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969

WARNING: Word is out that some tripsters are using the anesthetic cyclopropane (Trimethylene) for their highs. I hope this message reaches you in time.

Letters

by Various Authors

Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970

Dear F.E., Just got the new issue. It’s too good to be true! Two issues in a row with relevant, well-written, hip articles specifically for women [FE #105, May 14-27, 1970]. Women being equal with men in all things except …

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Detroit Seen

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971

Two days after the appearance of the Fifth Estate’s special women’s issue it was completely sold out, necessitating the printing of another 5,000 for a total press run of 19,000. The reprint is without the regular calendar, classifieds and is …

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Another cosmic hoax Perpetrated upon us by Colonialism

by Frank H. Joyce

Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022

a review of The Racial Contract by Charles W. Mills. Cornell University Press 1993

Judy Collins Gets it On

by Mike Kerman

Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969

We all know how lousy Detroit winters are. The snow is gray after an hour, then it turns to slush. It’s bitter cold. Your car can’t start and when it does it skids. You can’t take it anymore and want …

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New York Busted For Pornography

by Thomas DeBaggio

Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967

(Washington Independent) On August 5, 1966, Austin Burton was arrested in New York City, where he lives, for “mailing obscene matter in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1463 (1964).”

Editorial: True Voyage Is Return

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 382, Spring, 2010

By the time you hold this issue in your hands, Fifth Estate will have entered into its 45th year of continuous publication! This is no small feat for an all-volunteer run publication operating on a shoestring budget, and it would …

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New York Protest Ends City’s Vietnam Week

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967

As part of Vietnam Week, April 8-15, there are activities taking place in hundreds of communities across the nation. Everything from teach-ins to demonstrations have occurred giving evidence of increased opposition to the war in Vietnam.

ACLU Says No On Christmas Stamp

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 11, July 30, 1966

The American Civil Liberties Union last week urged the U.S. Post Office Department to reverse its decision to issue a 1966 Christmas stamp representing a religious scene, calling such governmental support of religion a violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee …

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Free Readers’ Ads

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976

Though we do not accept commercial advertising, this Unclassified ad space is free for our readers’ use. We do not accept ads over the telephone, so please send your ads in writing to our office at: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit …

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