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Sweep-in
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
The filthy streets of Detroit’s Warren-Forest Area, center of the city’s hippie community, will be the scene of a giant Sweep-In Sunday, August 20.
Union Moves to End Rock-Band Exploitation
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
In one of the largest steps in its history, the American Federation of Musicians has drafted plans for a huge apprentice program for teen-age rock musicians which could alter the present music industry considerably.
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
I was speaking of the change taking place in this nation, and would say that in America the change is most evident in two sectors or subcultures of the civilization. In the black stinking ghettoes of the poor and exploited, …
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 58, July 18-31, 1968
In the past two weeks since the last issue of this paper a bunch of new developments have taken place: Almost every job for the MC5 brings a new and different creep scene into being.
Flash
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 58, July 18-31, 1968
Pun Plamondon is still in jail in Traverse City in lieu of $20,000 bond. We haven’t been able to get an attorney to work for him for free, and we can’t possibly get the bond up. If there are any …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Coat Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967
An Open Letter to George Romney
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 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 …
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 …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 24, February 15-28, 1967
The “great narcotics hoax” was pretty weird any way you look at it, and I’m happy too that this issue carries a “fact sheet” on the big “raids.” The daily “newspapers” and the idiot TV and radio interests do a …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 25, March 1-15, 1967
On Valentine’s Day at WSU a strange coalition was effected and the Student-Faculty Council ended up sponsoring a “Bitch-In” on campus, which was an honorable attempt to move from the usual “left-hippy” practice of simply haranguing everyone, to pointing out …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
Detroit has been a stubborn place and does not want to be changed, but as I write now and the sun is shining through my window and the spring is with us, the snow is melting, people are getting together, …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967
The Detroit Love-In, to be held on Belle Isle April 30th, will be the first large-scale manifestation of the New Spirit of Detroit, and everyone who feels that spirit and believes in it, and everyone who doubts it or would …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 29, May 1-15, 1967
People seem not to believe me when I say the Artists’ Workshop needs money to operate, or Trans-Love needs money, or the Sun needs money—but it’s true. I know it shouldn’t be that way, people, but this is America and …