As we go to press word has reached us that Recorder’s Court Judge Robert Colombo has dismissed charges of sales of marijuana against John Sinclair. His trial on the charge of possession began on June 24 and may be in …
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In the High Schools
by Dave Watson (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
To high school students who are going to be free and happy this Summer, remember the future; the Man will come in the Fall and lead you back to the zoo where he can watch you and work on you …
Berkeley USA, 1969
by Art Johnston
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
The thunder of the drums is building. By now, under the full Sagitarius moon, they are wailing with sticks, rocks, beer cans, shovels, and bloody fists at trash cans, wash tubs, concrete and steel grates, their bodies writhing—Strip Naked and …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
To the Editor: The strike of the Third World peoples and white supporters at San Francisco State College was a part of expanding the movement in this country toward liberation. It was a strike, an action with a direction toward …
New Community Fund Set Up
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
In an unprecedented move Russ Gibb, Detroit rock and roll magnate and creator and owner of the Grande Ballroom, has announced that he is imposing a 1% community tax on the gate proceeds of the Detroit Rock and Roll Revival, …
MC5 busted for noise
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
After finally freeing John Sinclair and Fred Smith from the iron grip of the Oakland County pigs July 25, the MC5 was awakened the next morning by representatives of the Ann Arbor Police Dept. and charged with “disturbing the peace” …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 296, January 29, 1979
Emily’s, the downtown shop where all the nicey-nice smile faces go to get their over-priced touchy-feely thingys is apparently plagued with the same problem as any other Motor City store—shoplifting. The proprietor has displayed a sign reading, “Free double-dip ice …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 58, July 18-31, 1968
FIFTH ESTATE #58, July 18-31l, 1968, Vol. 3 No. 6 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION Tommye Wiese NEWS EDITOR Alan Gotkin MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair DISTRIBUTION Eric Watkins ADVERTISING Gunnar Lewis CALENDAR Resa Jannett STAFF …
Narks Bust Trans-Lovers in Ann Arbor
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
The Trans-Love commune of Ann Arbor (late of Detroit) was plundered by police June 18 when Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Deputies took into custody Lawrence “Pun” Plamondon on a warrant charging him with “sale and dispension of marijuana” in Traverse …
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
The following is a press release I wrote for the MC5 this week; we’re running it here because we promised to take you behind the scenes in the rock and roll industry, and these events illustrate what bands have to …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION Tommye Wiese NEWS EDITOR Alan Gotkin MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair DISTRIBUTION Eric Watkins ADVERTISING Gunnar Lewis ART DIRECTOR Ed Bania CALENDAR Resa STAFF Laura Straight Marlene Tyre Michael Tyre Marilyn …
Inner City Voice hit by Censorship
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom…of the press.” —First Amendment, United States Constitution “It’s a free country, but it’s their thing.” —John Sinclair, Detroit House of Correction, July, 1966
News and Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
After looking at the latest jam-packed issue of Factsheet 5, PO Box 170099, SF, CA 94117, “the magazine of record” for zines, it doesn’t seem like anyone should worry about the state of autonomous publishing. Still, a number of stalwart …
Rock and Roll Dope
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 56, June 19-July 1, 1968
A strange polarization (or maybe it’s a natural one) seems to be happening with rock and roll fans right now, with white teenage audiences turning toward either total freek scenes or greasy reactionary hostility when confronted with the revolutionary guerrilla …
Trans-Love Moves
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
The Trans-Love Energies commune of Detroit, including the MC5 and the Trans-Love Light Company, have left the city of Detroit for good, to settle in Ann Arbor, that green and airy town some 45 miles west of Detroit.