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The Coatpuller

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 17, November 1-15, 1966

The WSU Artists’ Society’s fall concert/reading series is now set and will continue with a concert by the Contemporary 4 at the Community Arts Auditorium Thursday, November 3, at 8:30 p.m. Charles Moore will introduce his new band, featuring Kirk …

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The Coatpuller

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966

Detroit is full of openings! Last weekend: Uncle Russ’s Gran-de Ballroom broke into the open with the MC5 and the High Society’s light show, both of which were just as they have to be—TOO MUCH. (William Blake: “Enough! or Too …

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Who’s Afraid of Black Power?

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966

The poster announced a mass rally at Rev. Cleage’s Central United Church of Christ, where the “friends of Snick” present STOKELY C. CARMICHAEL, Chairman, Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee. The spelling is different now though—”Snick” (picked up from TIME magazine’s bastardization …

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Thee Column

by Larry Kaplan

Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970

HELP: I’ve got the clap, but because of night classes, I can’t get to the Open City Free Medical Clinic. Is there anywhere I can get treatment during the daytime? —J.M. City of Detroit to the rescue! The Detroit Social …

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The Coatpuller

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966

THE MFS MESS: Emil Bacilla’s article on the Midwest Film Society last issue touched off a lot of under-the-table shit, which was, even weirder since Emil was in SF when the paper came out and couldn’t see what was happening. …

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The Coatpuller

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 14, September 15, 1966

News of a new independent artists’ group in Detroit: The Instage, a gathering of musicians, dancers, painters, and others to present their own work in their own context, has been drawn together by pianist Kirk Lightsey, bassists Ernie Farrow and …

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The Coatpuller

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966

I want to take this space this week to tell you of some of the work the Detroit Artists’ Workshop is doing, because I think you should know about it in as much detail as I can give you here. …

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The Coatpuller

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 12, August 15, 1966

It’s good to be back with you again. The Festival Sunday was one of the most beautiful things I have ever experienced, and I think a lot of the people there had the same experience as myself. There were SO …

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The Coatpuller

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966

The most important event of the last few weeks was a concert by the Joseph Jarman quartet from Chicago. This was Joseph’s second concert in Detroit. The first one, on March 18 in the Lower DeRoy Auditorium at WSU, was …

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R&R Crusader

by John Sinclair

Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967

Out of a crop of albums these stand out for one reason or another:

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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