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Still From Detroit: Fifth Estate reflection
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
Stoney Point Reclaims Land and Voice
by Kathleen Rashid
Fifth Estate # 349, Summer 1997
Background on Stoney Point In 1942, the Canadian Department of National Defense invoked the War Measures Act to seize the land of the Potawatomi people of Stoney Point Reserve and established an “advanced infantry training center.” Many of the …
Sacred, Sweet, Wicked Ecstasy
by Apollo
Fifth Estate # 361, Summer 2003
Editors’ note: Thanks to some typically sleazy last-minute conniving by Democratic Senator Joseph Biden, the “Reducing Americans’ Vulnerability to Ecstasy” (R.A.V.E.) Act was signed into Federal law by Bush on April 30, 2003.
Escaping from Europe
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
“[The Arawaks]…brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned …They were well built, with good bodies and handsome features….They …
The Tao of Anarchy
by John Clark
Fifth Estate # 351, Summer 1998
This essay originally appeared in John Clark’s now out-of-print The Anarchist Moment: Reflections on Culture, Nature and Power (Black Rose Books, Montreal, 1984) as “Master Lao and the Anarchist Prince.” John is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of Environmental Studies …
The Decline of the Choral Dance
by Paul Halmos
Fifth Estate # 361, Summer 2003
FE Note: This is an excerpted version of Halmos’ article which appears in Man Alone: Alienation in Modern Society (Dell 1962)
Murder In Nigeria
by Mitchel Cohen
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
In the old days, when the state hung somebody and the braided rope broke or the gallows came crashing to the ground it was taken by God-fearing men as a sign that a mistake had been made and the condemned …
On Organization
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), Ed Clark
Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976
Within the small circles that constitute the libertarian movement in the United States, the question of whether to combine in organizations, associations, federations, etc., has become a subject of some debate and much interest Many feel that the only obstacle …
Plan Wellstone
by Anu Bonobo
Fifth Estate # 364, Spring, 2004
Back in October 2002, driving from the hills to the anti-war rally in the city, we had plenty of time to talk. Conversation immediately turned to a possible conspiracy behind the plane crash the previous day. Did Bush’s people assassinate …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 327, Fall, 1987
The FE Bookstore is located at 4632 Second Ave., just south of W. Forest, in Detroit. We share space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and may be reached at the same phone number: (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, MI 48201—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 312, Spring 1983
CHRISTIAN ANARCHY? Fifth Estate: People can call themselves anything they like but I would think the differences between Christianity and anarchism are so massive as to preclude anyone calling themselves Christian anarchists (see FE June19, 1982 Letters column). There are …
The Russian Revolution Unfinished
by SK
Fifth Estate # 398, Summer, 2017
“Whether one chooses to examine the opening phases of the French Revolution of 1789, the revolutions of 1848, the Paris Commune, the 1905 revolution in Russia, the overthrow of the Tsar in 1917, the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, the French …
Berkman’s Tunnel to Freedom
by Gary L. Doebler
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
Related story: “Tony” Revealed, Fifth Estate #377, March 2008 On July 26, 1900, officials of Western Penitentiary in Woods Run, Pennsylvania, discovered a tunnel which zigzagged some three hundred feet from the basement of the red brick house of 28 …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
The FE Book Service is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit MI 48201 — telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s …
War without end
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
In response to “Readers dispute FE on Nuclear Freeze issue,” FE #310, Fall, 1982 (this issue). On one point we all seem to be in agreement: the campaign for a nuclear freeze is not enough. So, I find it perplexing …
Escapism
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“Is the enemy strong? One avoids him.” — Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, People’s War, People’s Army
Apocalypse How?
by Anu Bonobo
Fifth Estate # 376, Halloween, 2007
We catch ourselves reading the Book of Revelation because we cannot face the failure of the revolution. We consult the Mayan calendar and post-modern prophecies about the year 2012 because we can no longer realize mutual aid as an interpersonal …
Black Star North
by Ron Sakolsky
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“A single star weds the space between two branches.” — George Elliott Clarke in Québécité Lately, I have chosen to do my living, loving, writing, and resisting in British Columbia (BC) Canada. Though I can’t say that I’m an ex-patriot, …
New Wave of Legal Repression Looms
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976
Unbeknownst to the vast majority of people in this country, we’ve once again over the last few months been inundated with a rash of extremely serious attempts on the part of the state apparatus via bourgeois legalism to further severely …
Letters to the FE
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
Fifth Estate Letters Policy The Fifth Estate always welcomes letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions„ or giving reports of events in local areas. We don’t guarantee we will print everything we receive, but all letters are read by our …
Swamp Fever
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
A review of the following texts: Green Apocalypse, Luther Blissett, Stewart Home, and the Neoist Alliance (London: Unpopular Books [Box 15, 138 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2NS UK], 1996), £3.50 Into the 1990’s With Green Anarchist, Steve Booth (London: …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
Fifth Estate Letters Policy We welcome letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions, or giving reports of events in your area. We don’t guarantee to print everything received, but all letters are read by our staff and considered for publication.
The Haymarket Martyrs Guilty…So What?
by Timothy Messer-Kruse
Fifth Estate # 384, Spring, 2011
In Chicago’s Haymarket Square on the night of May 4, 1886, a dynamite bomb was thrown at a squadron of police during a rally of striking workers. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of police officers …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
Send letters to Fifth Estate, P.O. Box 201016, Ferndale MI 48220
Still Wobbly After All These Years
by Sid Brown
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
I was a Wobbly in the late 1950’s, through a portion of the tumultuous ’60s and into the always seeking-sometimes finding, ‘Seventies. Learning and honoring the historic traditions of the IWW and sharing tasks and decision-making with “fellow workers” changed …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
Send letters to fe – at – fifthestate – dot – org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220 All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten; letters may be edited for length Want to write a letter about our …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 374, Winter 2007
The Fifth Estate welcomes letters at PO Box 201016, Ferndale MI 48220, or fe-AT-fifthestate-DOT-org
Mars First!
by Don LaCoss
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
“The tighter that our humanity closes ranks to conquer nature on Mars, the tighter the elements close theirs to avenge the victory.” —from Aleksandr Malinovskii Bogdanov’s Red Star (1908)
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 276, September 1976
Prison Food Greetings! Me, and some good comrades are being held prisoner in this pigsty called prison, and we came upon a copy of the April Fifth Estate. Needless to say, we are always trying to Fuck Authority, but there …
Letters to the FE
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
Fifth Estate Letters Policy The Fifth Estate always welcomes letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions, or giving reports of events in local areas. We don’t guarantee we will print everything we receive, but all letters are read by our …
I.W.W. Resource Page
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # Archive
I.W.W. Resource Page Home > Archive > Learn more about the Industrial Workers of the World Articles published in Fifth Estate related to the I.W.W. (in date order) Bombing won’t stop Redwood Summer by Luba Fifth Estate #334, Summer, 1990 …
Uncovering a Corpse
by T. Fulano (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981
The letters which appear in this issue of the Fifth Estate do not represent the entire correspondence which has grown out of the discussion on technology. Some of our exchanges with readers of the paper became too broad, too lengthy, …
Green Anarchism and Oil Depletion
by Richard Heinberg
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
The march of human social organization is essentially the story of how people have found ways of harvesting ever more energy from their environments in order to sustain ever more humans. The story began with the harnessing of fire and …
Will Success Spoil Chumbawamba?
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 351, Summer 1998
I arrived early at Clutch Cargo’s, once an imposing church, but now a trendy rock joint in yuppified downtown Pontiac, a gritty, predominantly black, industrial Detroit suburb. The occasion was a concert by Chumbawamba, the anarchist pop group from Leeds, …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977
Obscene Competition To the FE: Let me make some observations regarding the recent debates in the FE on organization, worker’s councils, and so on. I hope you take what I say as friendly criticism rather than as the beginning of …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017
Send letters to fe@fifthestate.org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220 All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten; letters may be edited for length.
Stumbling Upon Public School Utopias
by William Boyer (Bill Boyer)
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Part One: Utopia Outlined February 1999: I’m pivoting on my desk, basking in a student-led discussion, momentarily featuring a couple of black-clad teenagers contrasting the ideological differences between Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid with Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment.
The Collapse of the Armed Forces
by Robert D. Heinl Jr.
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
FE Note: The article reprinted here first appeared in the Armed Forces Journal, June 7, 1971, and is excerpted here from The Movement Against the War, Ramparts Press, 1972. Col. Heinl’s hawkish military columns were a regular feature in the …
Camatte, Collu & On Organization
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 280, February 1977
To the Fifth Estate: Realizing that he who jumps into the middle of a fight gets shot at from both sides, I must say that both sides in the debate over “On Organization” are wrong: Ed Clark with his impersonal …