Children Of The Future: The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) Capitol Records thought so highly of this West Coast group that they saw fit to shell out a reputed $50,000 in advance to record them. On record Steve Miller’s band is …
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Huey Sentenced
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 27—Huey P. Newton, Black Panther leader, was sentenced today to a prison term of 2 to 15 years for the voluntary manslaughter of John Frey, an Oakland cop.
News Shorts
by Bill Rowe
Fifth Estate # 94, December 11-24, 1969
Blacks Stand Up At Harvard Blacks at Harvard University seized the Administration Building December 5 demanding more black workers in administrative and service areas. Six hours later, the blacks gave up the building after an Administration promise to discuss the …
Black & Red Books Now Out-of-Print Influenced the Fifth Estate
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 398, Summer, 2017
Although many of the influential radical titles from Black & Red Books, printed at the Detroit-based Detroit Printing Co-op between 1970 and 1980 are out of print, their relevance hasn’t lessened with the passing years. It is hoped there is …
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Justice: Not Conditioned in Heaven
by Tom Martin
Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020
The cornerstone of traditional anarchism has always been a revolutionary critique of the concept of justice in all its variations, particularly as it relates to the state’s repressive apparatus and the oppressive nature of capitalism. Today, that has been extended …
Underground Incorporated
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
New York, July 23 (LNS)—Former Supreme Court Justice and UN lackey Arthur Goldberg will defend Rev. William Sloane Coffin in the upcoming appeal of his two-year draft conspiracy conviction. Radio Station WBAI said that Goldberg left them with the impression …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969
UNCLASSIFIEDS cost 50 cents per line per issue. Figure four words per line. (A word is a word including one and two letter words. A phone number is a word. Street numbers are words. Abbreviations should be sensible. DISCOUNT RATES: …
National Boycott
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 3, January 1966
Over 4,500 farm workers in Delano, California have been on strike against Delano grape growers since September 8, 1965. These California farm workers are seeking the rights you take for granted: UNION RECOGNITION and COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. Delano grape growers refuse …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977
AMMUNITION BOOKS shares space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and can be found at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 48201 (telephone-313-831-6800). Our hours vary, but we are generally open on Monday and Thursday afternoons (from 1 pm to 5 pm) …
Underground Press Syndicate
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
ART & ARTISTS: c/o Mario Arnaya, 16 Buckingham Palace Rd., London SW1, Eng. AVATAR: 145 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02139 BERKELEY BARB: 2886 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, Calif. 94795 CANADIAN FREE PRESS: Student Co-op, Argyle House, 53 Argyle, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
Hungary ’56 by Andy Anderson Black & Red-Solidarity 138 pp., $1.25 Revolt In Socialist Yugoslavia by Fredy Perlman Black & Red 23 pp., $.25
Army Tries to K.O. Kayo
by John Spitzer
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
SAN FRANCISCO (LNS)—The U.S. Army has decided that the easiest way to win a court martial conviction is to off the defense lawyer.
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
Those events marked with an asterisk (*) need Fifth Estate salesmen. If you want to earn some extra money, come down to our office and pick up some papers.
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 58, July 18-31, 1968
CONTEST A CONTEST! Did you think gas stations were the only ones who held contests? The FIFTH ESTATE is having the Calendar Name Game. Try and create a new and exciting name for the calendar. Then send it along, with …
Doin’ the Selfridge Squelch
by Jerry Lindquist
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
As a result of a pre-Christmas anti-war march the brass at Selfridge Air Force Base are trying to bring down a cloak of repression on GI activists.
In the Spirit of Anarchist Illegalism
by Thomas Martin
Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025
a review of To Rob a Bank Is an Honor: Lucio Urtubia, (translation Paul Sharkey) AK Press, 2024.
Easy Rider
by Paul Taylor
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
If you read the South End, The Metro, The Detroit News or Free Press, you already know the story of “Easy Rider.” But that’s all you know.
Two Faces of Fascism
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
Around Lower Manhattan, storefronts have been boarded up since the looting in June. The plywood has been covered with murals and graffiti art on the theme of Black Lives Matter. Throughout June, angry protests were a daily affair, as in …
Free readers’ ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979
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, …
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 280, February 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 …
Making the Impossible Community Possible
by Jim Feast
Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!
a review of The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism by John P. Clark. Bloomsbury, 2013, 272 pp., $30 paper; $120 hardback; bloomsbury.com
Some Words on The Word
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
In response to John Zerzan, “Language: Origin & Meaning” FE #315, Winter 1984. Despite his acute desire to break with all of the fictions of the modern world, John Zerzan makes the unfortunate mistake of taking its ideological justifications at …
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970
Who says the New York Times favors the status quo? After a recent story listing “narcotic addicts, drunks, panhandlers, homosexuals and drifters” a staff memo was circulated explaining: “Times have changed and ‘homosexuals’ is no longer universally considered a term …
Tales of Resistance
by john johnson
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
Timoney Three Acquitted! Camilo Vivieros, Darby Landy, and Eric Steinberg, known as the Timoney Three, were acquitted April 6 of all charges against them arising from their arrests at the 2000 Republican National Convention protests.
Nervous Brass Hit Anti-War GIs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
FT. JACKSON, S.C.—Military hearings began April 22 at this Southern Army base into the cases of eight anti-war GIs being harassed by the post brass.
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
FRI. JAN. 24 “PARIS ON THE BARRICADES,” film of May-June events in France, will be shown at Debs Hall, 3737 Woodward at 8 p.m. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING every Friday night at the International Institute. 111 E. Kirby, 8 p.m. KENNETH …
Briefs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 67, November 28-December 11, 1968
Red Roach Rides by the Roach Editor The Red Roach coffee house is open! It’s hard to find, but look around the corner at Plum and Fifth, the barnwood door between two red and purple gaslights, go upstairs, you’re there, …
Bibliography 1995-2005
Fifth Estate # Archive
Fifth Estate Issues 346-369 Incomplete (ProQuest source is incomplete) PART ONE: TITLE INDEX “100th anniversary of the automobile: Kill the Car–No More Roads! ” Fifth Estate [Detroit] 1 Oct. 1996, 4. “35 Arrests at Windsor OAS Protests.” Fifth Estate [Detroit] …
The Politics of Fandom
by Rich Dana (Ricardo Feral)
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
A dedicated band of idealistic working-class teenagers crash a meeting of techno-fascists at a New York hotel, confronting the group’s dictatorial leaders.
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
“The highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato and Milton is they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought.” —Emerson, in “Self-Reliance”
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976
JUST PUBLISHED! Letters of Insurgents by Sophia Nachalo & Yarostan Vochek Black & Red 831 pp., $4.50 (add 35 cents postage After 20 years, two participants in an Eastern European insurrection recreate through a series of letters their often contradictory …
Mad Bombers & Anarchy?
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
We live in a world where television announces what is important and solemnly pronounces how loyal citizens are to respond—patriotism: the Gulf War; mourning: the death of the war criminal Nixon; joy: the Olympics; or indignation: the Oklahoma City bombing. …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
Dear Brothers: Myself and another head, were very mellow on the bunker line, when we happened to glance at your paper “The Fifth Estate.” Since then it hasn’t left our hands. Our souls and hearts would be yours if we …
HUAC on the Make
by Thorne Dreyer
Fifth Estate # 63, October 3-16, 1968
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (Liberation News Service)—The HUAC circus is coming to town once more. And the fireworks should fly in Washington.
Jesus Called the Cops
by Dena Clamage
Fifth Estate # 83, July 10-23, 1969
“The National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC) will in no way yield to threats of prosecution for non-existent crimes or other intimidation. On the contrary, we will continue to press our demands which are known to be just by all, …
Thee Column
by Larry Kaplan
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
A high school diploma. Whether it’s meaningful or not is your own trip, but I think you’ll have to agree that it’s often an essential ingredient in getting a job or going to college in this bizarre country we inhabit. …
Detroit Diggers Start Digging
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
A Detroit Diggers Society has materialized in the Warren-Forest area and is in the process of being “organized” by two neighborhood hippies, Dan Vincent and Cindy Lee. Organization to the Diggers means getting a place to operate out of, scrounging …
Good Karma
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 91, October 30-November 12, 1969
a review of “Karma,” Pharoah Sanders (Impulse)
Fort Dix Riot Trial Starts
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 92, November 13-26, 1969
But in two days of court martial proceedings (Nov. 4 and 5), the Army has been able to get only two scared young GIs—both of whom admit having been threatened with charges of their own if they refused to help …
Fifth Estate contributors
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
This issue was edited and produced in Detroit with extensive assistance from our friends and comrades of the FE collective around the country. Also, thanks is due to our contributing artists and photographers.