The most important cultural event in Detroit this Summer will be the Artists’ Workshop’s FESTIVAL OF PEOPLE, or “a summer ecstasy of the contemporary arts.” It will be held on Sunday, August 7, at the Detroit Artists’ Workshop, 4857 John …
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Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
THE FIFTH ESTATE 1107 W. Warren, Detroit 48201 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION MANAGER Tommye Wiess ACE REPORTER John Sinclair ART AND LAY-OUT Gary Grimshaw FILM EDITOR Joe Finemen CALENDAR GIRLS …
Bach on Rock
by Franklin Bach
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
In the last issue of the FIFTH ESTATE John Sinclair put down “acid rock” in favor of new-thing jazz, implying that Coltrane is really where it’s at and that rock is nowhere. His opinion revolves around the term “psychedelic”. Sinclair …
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 …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 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 …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967
THE FIFTH ESTATE 1107 W. Warren Detroit 48201 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank H. Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION MANAGER Tommye Wiess ACE REPORTER John Sinclair ART AND LAY-OUT Gary Grimshaw Carl Lundgren FILM EDITOR Joe …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967
The Fifth Estate 1107 W. Warren Detroit 48201 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank H. Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION MANAGER Tommye Wiess ACE REPORTER John Sinclair ART AND LAY-OUT Gary Grimshaw Carl Lundgren FILM EDITOR Joe …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 32, June 15-30, 1967
Fifth Estate 1107 West Warren 831-6800 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 Naiomi Epel Advertising Leon Brenner Joe Drozdowski Tom …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 25, March 1-15, 1967
EDITOR: Harvey Ovshinsky MANAGING EDITOR: Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West ART: Dave Carlin CIRCULATION: Wilson Lindsey, Rita Cole TRAVEL EDITOR: Sheil Salasnek MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR: John Sinclair CALENDAR: Rhona Whipple ADVERTISING: Leon Brenner FILM EDITORS: Joe Fineman, Shirley …
MC5 Begin Recording
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 82, June 26-July 9, 1969
As reported in our last issue, the MC5 started work on their first Atlantic album June 9 at the GM Recording Studios in Detroit. Producing the album will be Jon Landau, who has moved to the MC5’s home for the …
Trans-Love Closes “See”
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
The SEE, the new concerthouse opened last month by Trans-Love Energies Unlimited of Detroit, closed its doors after only two weekends in operation. The hippy-run coffeehouse, which featured music by the MC-5, the Spikedrivers, the Passing Clouds, Billy C. and …
Fifth Estate Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 29, May 1-15, 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 …
Raid Victims Bound Over For Trial
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 27, April 1-15, 1967
All those charged by police in the January 4th “Great Reefer Raid” have by now been arraigned and examined and, with one exception, bound over for trial in Detroit Recorder’s Court. The exception is Magdelene Sinclair, charged with possession of …
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.
Trans-Love Relocates In Warren-Forest
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967
After two years on the corner of John Lodge and Warren Avenue the Artist’s Workshop (now known equally as Trans-Love Energies) has moved to the campus side of the expressway and will set up shop in a long-vacant former doctor’s …
White Panthers Under Attack
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 87, September 4-17, 1969
The White Panthers arrested in New Jersey after the Woodstock Music Festival have all been released on bond and are back in Ann Arbor.
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
FIFTH ESTATE #31, June 1-15, 1967, Vol. 2 No. 5, page 6 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce ART Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR GIRLS Karen Kovach Naiomi Epel …
Lawyers for LEMAR?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
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 …
Staff and Contributors
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 3, January 1966
The Fifth Estate Po Box 305 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” FIFTH ESTATE #96, January 8-21, 1970, Vol. 4 No. 18, page 2 EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane …
Editors’ Notes
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 85, August 7-20, 1969
Recorder’s Court Judge Robert J. Colombo, the pig who sentenced John Sinclair to almost ten years in prison, recently renewed his subscription to this paper for two years. Because of the barbaric sentence he placed on John, we are cancelling …
YIP meets in NYC
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 95, December 26, 1969-January 7, 1970
The virtual vacuum that has been left in the wake of SDS’s floundering may be filled by the New Youth International Party. With repression growing and the need for a national organization crucial, YIP looks promising as a junction for …
Pig Conspiracy
by C. McCall
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
The forces of political and cultural oppression have opened up a new front. Along with attempts to silence, arrest, and confine the leadership of the black community, the forces of repression inherent in capitalistic societies have begun to strip the …
STP
by David Gaynes
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. Brothers and sisters all over pigamerika are waging war, making revolution. To so serve the people, the STP coalition has been formed.
UPSTERS Ready With Record
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
ANN ARBOR—The long awaited single by the Up has been slated for release on Feb. 6. The tunes will be “Just Like An Aborigine” and “Hassan I Sabba.” Artwork for the record label and jacket will be done by Youth …
The History of President Pig
by Detroit White Panther Party
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
Remember what happened when you came home from the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1968? Things started blowing up around here—things like police stations, draft-boards and recruiting stations—even the war-crimes building at U-M and the Ann Arbor CIA office. A dude …
Trans-Love Evolves
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
The Trans-Love Energies operation in the Warren-Forest community has undergone a number of changes lately, according to spokesmen for the hippie cooperative, of which the Fifth Estate is a member group.
MC5 kick out Elektra
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
The MC5 have always had the policy of kicking out all of the jams so it should come as no surprise that the Ann Arbor based group has severed their contract with Elektra Records. “At this point we’re totally unsatisfied …
The Snakes will be Dealt With
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
Editors’ Note: The following is the introduction to a speech written by John Sinclair at Marquette prison and read by Jesse Crawford at the Free John Sinclair Day benefit at the Grande Ballroom, Jan 24. Contrary to reports on WABX’s …
The Great Reefer Raid
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 24, February 15-28, 1967
On Tuesday night the 24th of January 56 Detroit citizens were arrested and held at least overnight in the City Jail. Most of these arrests—43—were entirely illegal and unconstitutional, and there is considerable doubt as to the legality of the …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 105, May 14-27, 1970
Fifth Estate STAFF Debby Brentz David Gaynes Carol George Alan Gotkin Mike John Keep on Truckin’ Co-op Resa Jannett Jim Kennedy Lee Ann Kennedy David Levison Julie Medvecky Harvey Ovshinsky Dave Riddle Bill Rowe Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe Cathy West …
Editors’ Notes
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
Trouble time again at Northland. The punk rent-a-pigs out there have been giving our salesmen such a hard time when they are trying to sell that we are going to begin a suit against the shopping center to enforce our …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
FIFTH ESTATE #106, May 28-June 10, 1970, Vol. 5 No. 2 Debby Brentz David Gaynes Carol George Mike John Keep on Truckin’ Co-op Resa Jannett Jim Kennedy Lee Ann Kennedy David Levison Julie Medvecky Harvey Ovshinsky Dave Riddle Bill Rowe …
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.
Fifth Estate Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 27, April 1-15, 1967
EDITOR Harvey Ovshinsky MANAGING EDITOR Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West ART Dave Carlin, Gary Grimshaw TRAVEL EDITOR Sheil Salasnek MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR Rhona Whipple ADVERTISING Leon Brenner FILM EDITORS Joe Fineman, Shirley Hamburg NEWS EDITOR …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
STAFF Debbie Brentz Steve Dunn David Gaynes Alan Gotkin Mike John Keep on Truckin’ Co-op Jim Kennedy Lee Ann Kennedy David Levison Rick London Nick Medvecky Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Harvey Ovshinsky (dig this!) Dave Riddle Bill Rowe Eddie Silver …
Grande Coltrane Memorial
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
The Grande Ballroom, through the goodness of Uncle Russ, will again be the scene of a huge benefit dance/concert for Trans-Love Energies Unlimited, the Detroit hippie / artists coop.
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 …
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
EDITOR Harvey Ovshinsky MANAGING EDITOR Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West ART Dave Carlin TRAVEL EDITOR Sheil Salasnek MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR Rhona Whipple ADVERTISING Leon Brenner FILM EDITORS: Joe Fineman, Shirley Hamburg NEWS EDITOR, Frank Joyce …
Raid Victims Hit Back at Cops
by Joel Kohut
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
Robert Buckeye, Wayne State University English instructor, falsely arrested along with his wife, Nancy, during the January 24 “narcotics” raid while visiting the home of one of his ex-students, is filing suit against the City of Detroit, Ray Girardin and …