“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
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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.
Punk Rock
by A. Punk
Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977
Thinking about punk rock gives one the strange sensation of witnessing a phenomenon and trying to make intellectual sense of it rather than being immersed in it. That of course ages you immediately. No matter what your “sympathies” are toward …
History of the Fifth Estate
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
“The Fifth Estate supports the cause of revolution everywhere.” —FBI Report In my estimation, the above twelve-word summary by the nation’s secret police serves adequately as an abbreviated history of this paper on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.
Press Censorship
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 1968
Subtle and more unsubtle pressure has caused Detroit’s three up front papers to experience difficulties in the last few weeks in getting their papers printed.
David Busted
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 1968
For the first time a presidential candidate has been busted for dealing grass.
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
Dear Beautiful People, As I was sitting in Grant Park in Chicago August 28 what to my tear-gassed eyes should appear but a beautiful young girl with a free copy of the Fifth Estate. She handed me a copy with …
Elektra buys 5
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
In a lightning move, Elektra Records signed the MC5 and the Stooges to long-term recording contracts in New York September 26. The move was engineered by Elektra’s publicity director, Danny Fields, who flew out to hear the bands last weekend …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
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 …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
One nice thing about public feuds between politicians is that it gives everybody a rare chance to see part of what’s going on inside governmental circles. We learn, that at least to some extent, many decisions are made on the …
Fifth Estate Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce ART Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR Rhona Whipple FILM EDITORS Joe Fineman Shirley Hamburg ADVERTISING Leon Brenner CIRCULATION Wilson Lindsey TRAVEL EDITOR Sheil …
Excerpts from a Rebellion
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 398, Summer, 2017
The following are excerpts from stories published in the Fifth Estate immediately following the July 1967 events. Reading them a half century later, one is saddened and angered by the fact that the causes of the Rebellion—police brutality, racial discrimination, …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
A lot has happened since the last time I wrote this column, and I still don’t know what’ll come of it, but all we can do is ride it out and see what we can do with it. My own …