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The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967
An Open Letter to George Romney
The Coat-Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 8, May, 1966
There seem to have been a lot of very hip things going on in Detroit lately, though from my (disad-)vantage point I can only read about them or hear of them on the radio. I heard very beautiful things about …
What’s On
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966
SUNDAY FILMS: The Bank, The Tramp, A Woman and Police, with Charlie Chaplin (1915). Henry Ford Museum Theater. 2 and 4 p.m Adm. chg. 3/20 MUSIC AND READING: The Detroit Contemporary 4 and reading by David Sinclair. Artists’ Workshop. 7 …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 32, June 15-30, 1967
The Jefferson Airplane concert will be in Ford Auditorium Friday, June 30, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets run from $3.00 to $4.50 and can be got at Grinnells, Discount Records, the Ford Auditorium box office, and other places, including probably the …
The Modern School Movement
by Michael Dunn
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
In the wake of the punitive No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top legislation of the Bush and Obama years, education reform has turned one hundred and eighty degrees. Today, many schools are implementing much more non-coercive practices, …
Sun Ra
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
The ageless Sun Ra and his thirteen-piece Astro-Infinity Arkestra will unite with the MC5 and the people of Detroit at the Grande Ballroom May 16 and 17 for a mass manifestation of revolutionary culture and energy that’s sure to bathe …
Books
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
INFORMED SOURCES, a novel by Willard Bain: Doubleday, 1969, 144 pp., $2.95. “Power is the ability to define phenomena and make them act in a desired manner.” —Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense, Black Panther Party Willard Bain’s book was …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
The Legal Self Defense (LSD) benefit February 4th was the greatest success in my memory: over 1200 people attended and offered their bread for support, and the LSD Fund netted over $2200.00 for the community.
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
I remember two and three years ago and longer writing columns for the Fifth Estate and trying to hip people to a new music and never getting anywhere—people just didn’t seem to be ready for the high-energy jams for one …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
For two weeks now I’ve been trying to write a letter to William Leach, the Black Panther who attacked what he calls the “white left” in the Fifth Estate last time as being jive and untogether. [See “The White Left—Serious …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
To the Editors: John Watson and the Fifth Estate are revolutionaries and that’s why they support the Teamster workers. [See “The News Gets Ready,” FE #68, December 12-25, 1968.] Revolutionaries remember 1937 when industrial workers in Flint fought the …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
We arrived in New York City on Dec. 15 and made it to Steve Paul’s Scene to dig the Rationals and Slim Harpo. The Rats were cooking as ever and even managed to get a few people dancing. Slim Harpo …
Rock & Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 69, December 26, 1968-January 8, 1969
“The duty of the revolutionary is to make revolution.” The duty of a musician is to make music. But there is an equation that can’t be missed: MUSIC IS REVOLUTION. Rock and roll music is the most vital revolutionary force …