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Free University of Detroit

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 3, January 1966

Poetry Seminar John Sinclair & Robin Eichele Tuesdays 7-9 p.m. Contemporary American Prose & Drama John Sinclair Thursdays 9 p.m.

George Garnett Jr.

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 3, January 1966

George Garnett Jr. was found dead on the inner lane northbound of the John Lodge expressway, under the Warren Avenue bridge, at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, December 28, 1965. He apparently fell from the bridge, struck the pavement and was hit …

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Cass-Forest Unitarian Church rocks

by anon.

Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968

The weekend of September 6th, 7th and 8th will provide for diggers of radical-rock an unusual and revolutionary concept at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church, in the heart of the Warren-Forest Community (corner of Forest and Cass).

The Fifth Estate (masthead)

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968

EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West

Letters

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 2, December 2-16, 1965

To the Editor, I would like to congratulate you and your staff for being so ambitious as to save our city from the blight which exists at the present time. The blight which I refer to is the lack of …

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The New Sound of Sound

by Magdalene Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 2, December 2-16, 1965

Very soon now Wayne State University will finally become known across the country–not for its football team (I hope that will never happen), or for its student sit-ins (unfortunately, that will never happen either), but for the fine presentations of …

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Police Block Spy File Disclosure

by anon.

Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976

If you are one of the thousands of persons hoping to get a look at the information collected on you by the Detroit and State police anti-subversive (Red) squads, your chances may be dimming.

Riots Revisited

by Peter Werbe, T. Fulano (David Watson)

Fifth Estate # 376, Halloween, 2007

“July1967” by T. Fulano, from FE 326, Summer 1987 It was a full scale beggar’s banquet, the return of the repressed, a surprise party. The city people, young and old, black and white, went through the pawnshop windows like meteorites. …

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Notes toward a history of the Fifth Estate

by David Watson

Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

“Only movement can know movement.” –Herakleitos Someday, if anything is left of any of this, and this epoch’s fascination with historical records and documentation endures, I imagine some historian, grad student, or amateur archivist will write a text detailing, accurately …

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Music as Revolution

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

The Fifth Estate has, since its inception, been inspired by radical music and various collective members have composed, played, produced, and reviewed music. In the first issue, the lead story lamented that Bob Dylan had given up folk music for …

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Court Protest, July 1969

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

Outside the Detroit Recorder’s Court in July 1969, supporters gather at the trial of White Panther leader and former FE columnist John Sinclair.

History of the Fifth Estate: The Early Years

by Peter Werbe

Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

This article was originally written for our 30th anniversary edition which appeared in 1996. It has been updated and expanded for this issue.

Anarchy online?

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005

Millard Berry–Long time Fifth Estate photographer and staff member. www.millardberry.com Detroit Artists Workshop–Founded in 1964 in Detroit’s art and cultural community. Personnel and events frequently coincided with the Fifth Estate.  www.detroitartistsworkshop.org

Two Cheers For Anarchism?

by Peter Werbe

Fifth Estate # 389, Summer, 2013

a review of James C. Scott: Two cheers for Anarchism; Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play, Princeton University Press, 2012, 169 pp., $35 cloth and e-book

Archive

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Fifth Estate Archive Back issues Resource pages Fifth Estate Live interview archive (May 2020 – May 2021) Fifth Estate Live, a weekly hour-long livestreamed broadcast hosted by singer/songwriter and Fifth Estate contributor David Rovics and produced by Fifth Estate editorial …

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