To the Editors: The Students for a Democratic Society, the Radical Education Project (REP) and other radical groups in Detroit, were set up for harassment in the Detroit Free Press article of October 30, 1969 which printed one of our …
To the Editors: The Students for a Democratic Society, the Radical Education Project (REP) and other radical groups in Detroit, were set up for harassment in the Detroit Free Press article of October 30, 1969 which printed one of our …
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin, Peter Werbe, Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op STAFF Jane Capellaro Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Joel Landy Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Marilyn Werbe …
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On August 2, Denny Dunn and Carlson Tuttle were arrested in an anti-Humphrey demonstration at Cobo Hall. Later in the evening a bail fund was collected in hopes that we could get enough money to get …
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 …
Last issue’s front cover was done by Detroit photographer Tom Burt. Fifth Estate readers may remember Tom’s work from a previous front cover and you can expect to see more in the months to come. Tom has a fantastic collection …
Dear Editors: I just finished reading your latest “words of wisdom.” Isn’t it about time you knocked it off? Words are works, I agree, but more appropriate adjectives may be found in any pocket dictionary.
Six million Jews did not die in Germany during World War II, anyone should know there was but sixty thousand of them in all of Europe. Franklin Roosevelt was a dirty commie. John Sinclair is a dirty commie. Water fluoridation …
Editors’ Note: this interview with poet Allen Ginsberg took place at 10 a.m. on October 15 while driving from Detroit’s inner city to Macomb College, where he was reading. Ginsberg was in the area doing a series of readings for …
“To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin Co-op STAFF Jane Capellaro Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Joel Landy Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Marilyn Werbe Tommye Wiese …
To John Sinclair: Hey John, I’ve been digging your doings way back since 1965. I have always respected and, I might add, shared, your point of view on this whole pig establishment.
October 8th, Jack Forrest was awakened by the noisy spectacle of nine Federal agents bouncing off the vestibule wall of his mother’s apartment on Pingree.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1 (Liberation News Service) — I am at this writing locked in a tiny cell in the Cook County Jail, a cell which I share with too many friendly cockroaches. I can’t get out except to go to …
The Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey Circus is coming to Detroit. Running a poor second in entertainment value is the election campaign for the mayor of Detroit.
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op STAFF Jane Capellaro Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Joel Landy Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Marilyn Werbe …
As a result of Valler’s eagerness to switch rather than fight, John Sinclair, Pun Plamondon and Jack Forrest have been indicted on Federal bombing conspiracy charges.