A number of Detroit lawyers have indicated to Detroit LEMAR (Legalize Marijuana) that they would be interested in setting up a legal aid service for busted marijuana users if a general fund could be set up which would insure a …
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Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
THE FIFTH ESTATE 1107 W. Warren Detroit 48201 831-6800 Member, Underground Press Syndicate EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West ART Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR GIRLS: Karen Kovach Naomi …
Letters to the Editor
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
To the Editor: The U.S. Congress is a disreputable club. It’s easy to find fault with anybody who’s a member. But if you are going to pan a congressman, why pick on the best one in sight?
“Get the big stuff”
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
“The chickens are coming home to roost” —Malcolm X, Nov. 22, 1963 Malcolm was right, of course, and the chickens have come home so many ways since that grim day four years ago. Vietnam, Malcolm’s own death, riots across the …
Today’s Television Programs
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976
MORNING 7:00 channel 2 Bozo the Clown Bozo and Mr. Houdini are joined by Lyndon La Rouche (aka Lyn Marcus) of the U.S. Labor Party for kiddie games and a masquerade. channel 4 Sesame Street The Fonz (Henry Winkler) shows …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
To paraphrase an ex-president; we won’t have The Detroit Sun to kick around anymore—the city’s “hottest paper” collapsed financially after its Oct. 22 issue, ending several months of weekly publication. In a desperate attempt to raise needed cash (the staff …
All Isms are Wasms
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
Introduction by Sunfrog As one of the more outspoken non-atheists in the FE collective, it’s fitting that one of my early memories of the project was an argument about religion. I was hanging out in the office under the auspices …
Conversations with Allen Ginsberg
by Allen Ginsberg, Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Two interviews with the poet on life, death, sex, poetry, Kerouac, and meditation—the first from 1991, published here for the first time; the second from the October 1969 issue of Fifth Estate.
Detroit 1967 Rebellion
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
The July, 1967 Detroit rebellion left 42 dead, hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and scars still unhealed today. The Fifth Estate office was in a hard-hit area: the August 1, 1967 issue featured first-hand accounts from staff members …
AnarchoShorts
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
It was fifty years ago this summer that the lead singer of a band from a working class Detroit suburb screamed into a mic, “Kick out the jams, motherfucker,” inaugurating a wild ride into rock history.
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 62, Sept. 19-Oct. 2, 1968
Editors: In regard to the events of Chicago during the convention week, I would like to submit the following information: On August 26, 10:30pm, a friend and I went to Lincoln Park. At this time a large group of people, …
Staff and Contributors
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 62, Sept. 19-Oct. 2, 1968
Fifth Estate, A Newspaper Of Detroit EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 61, Sept. 5-18, 1968
Dear Sirs, I have been a subscriber to your paper for a long time and hope to be a subscriber for a long time to come, but that’s not why I wrote. I wish to congratulate you on your last …
Staff & Contributors
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 61, Sept. 5-18, 1968
Fifth Estate A Newspaper Of Detroit
Artists’ Workshop Press offers
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 3, January 1966
WORK, a journal of new writing, edited by John Sinclair $1.00/copy, 4-issue subscriptions $3.00 CHANGE, a new jazz magazine, edited by John Sinclair & Charles Moore, $1.00/copy, 4-issue subscription: $3.00