Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Rick London Bruce Montrose Claudia …
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Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Rick London Bruce Montrose Claudia …
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Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro David Gaynes Jim Kennedy Rick London Nick Medvecky Bruce Montrose Claudia …
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Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op ADVERTISING Steve Dunn STAFF Jane Capellaro David Gaynes Jim Kennedy Rick London Nick Medvecky Bruce Montrose Claudia …
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As a result of Valler’s eagerness to switch rather than fight, John Sinclair, Pun Plamondon and Jack Forrest have been indicted on Federal bombing conspiracy charges.
Fifth Estate A Newspaper of Detroit FIFTH ESTATE #78, May 1-14, 1969, Vol. 3 No. 26, page 2 EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West Tommye Wiese DISTRIBUTION Bruce Montrose Fred Frank MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair STAFF Dena Clamage …
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October 8th, Jack Forrest was awakened by the noisy spectacle of nine Federal agents bouncing off the vestibule wall of his mother’s apartment on Pingree.
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West BUSINESS & ADVERTISING Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op STAFF Dena Clamage Rick London Bill Melater Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Dave Watson Tommye Wiese Marilyn …
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Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West BUSINESS & ADVERTISING Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op STAFF Dena Clamage Rick London Bill Melater Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Dave Watson Tommye Wiese Marilyn …
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Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West BUSINESS & ADVERTISING Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op STAFF Dena Clamage Rick London Bill Melater Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Dave Watson Tommye Wiese Marilyn …
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Writing serious, meaningful information that helps people is important, but after a while it bores me (and maybe you too) shitless. In response to this shitty boredom, it’s time for a collection of useless information, meaningless facts and general dung.
EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Harvey Ovshinsky NEWS EDITOR: Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Kathy STAFF: Annie Katzen, Lena Sinclair, Marilyn Werbe, Steve Simons, Deborah Osment THE FIFTH ESTATE 937 PLUM ST, DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48201 962-9334
Fifth Estate “To Serve the People” EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West MANAGING EDITOR Bill Rowe DISTRIBUTION Keep On Truckin’ Co-op STAFF Dena Clamage Bob Fleck David Gaynes Jane Capellaro Joel Landy Bruce Montrose Claudia Montrose Marilyn Werbe …
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FLASH! The Ann Arbor Free School and in particular John Sinclair’s class “Total Assault on the Culture” have been doing some truly revolutionary things. Total Assault Class meets every Monday night and takes its assault to the street, where the …
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Fifth Estate Issue #85, August 7-20, 1969 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME
The Unified Megalopolitan Piece Pow Wow, a choreographed multi-media presentation will debut Thursday, June 8, at 8:00 p.m. in the WSU Community Arts Auditorium, Cass at Putnam. The magic circus will feature performances by folksingers Phil Marcus Esser, Jan and …
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Fifth Estate EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West Tommye Wiese DISTRIBUTION Bruce Montrose Fred Frank BUSINESS & ADVERTISING Bill Rowe CITY EDITOR Chris Singer MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair STAFF Dena Clamage Claudia Montrose Franie Nelson Dave Watson Marilyn …
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Fifth Estate EDITORIAL GROUP Peter Werbe Cathy West Tommye Wiese DISTRIBUTION Bruce Montrose Fred Frank BUSINESS & ADVERTISING Bill Rowe CITY EDITOR Chris Singer MUSIC EDITOR John Sinclair STAFF Dena Clamage Claudia Montrose Franie Nelson Dave Watson Marilyn Werbe The …
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FIFTH ESTATE subscribers almost didn’t get their last issue because the Post Office couldn’t make up its mind whether the paper was pornographic or not.
The coming of summer has meant a great increase in activity in the Warren Forest area near Wayne State University.
In an unprecedented move Russ Gibb, Detroit rock and roll magnate and creator and owner of the Grande Ballroom, has announced that he is imposing a 1% community tax on the gate proceeds of the Detroit Rock and Roll Revival, …
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The Fifth Estate 923 Plum Street Detroit, Michigan 48201 962-9336 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Harvey Ovshinsky NEWS EDITOR Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASST. Cathy West ART EDITOR Gary Grimshaw PHOTOGRAPHY Lena Sinclair CARTOONIST Rob Derminer The Fifth Estate is a member of …
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THE FIFTH ESTATE A NEWSPAPER OF DETROIT FIFTH ESTATE #80, May 29-June 11, 1969, Vol. 4 No. 2, page 2 EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Peter Werbe Cathy West Tommye Wiese DISTRIBUTION Bruce Montrose Fred Frank BUSINESS & ADVERTISING Bill Rowe …
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Winter Anti-War Offensive The Winter Offensive against the war in Vietnam is beginning. The Fall Offensive culminated in 800,000 persons in Washington and people came back to Detroit with even a greater sense of the need to bring all the …
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, On August 2, Denny Dunn and Carlson Tuttle were arrested in an anti-Humphrey demonstration at Cobo Hall. Later in the evening a bail fund was collected in hopes that we could get enough money to get …
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“When you have $50 billion invested in defense what you need most isn’t allies but an enemy.” — Nelson Algren said in Ramparts, May, 1967. When you have policemen on horses and Tactical Mobile Units with little baseball bats and …
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Millard Berry–Long time Fifth Estate photographer and staff member. www.millardberry.com Detroit Artists Workshop–Founded in 1964 in Detroit’s art and cultural community. Personnel and events frequently coincided with the Fifth Estate. www.detroitartistsworkshop.org
Fifth Estate A Newspaper of Detroit EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION Tommye Wiese NEWS EDITOR Alan Gotkin MUSIC EDITORS Tony Reay John Sinclair OFFICE MANAGER Debbie Quigg PHOTO EDITOR Mike Tyre ADVERTISING Gunnar Lewis CALENDAR …
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Dear Beautiful People, As I was sitting in Grant Park in Chicago August 28 what to my tear-gassed eyes should appear but a beautiful young girl with a free copy of the Fifth Estate. She handed me a copy with …
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Apple, Michael. 1993. Official Knowledge. Apple, Michael. 1995. Education and Power. Apple, Michael. 2001. Educating the “Right” Way. Freire, Paulo. 1970. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Gatto, John Taylor. 1992. Dumbing Us Down. Goodman, Paul. 1956. Growing Up Absurd. Goodman, Paul. …
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FIFTH ESTATE #74, March 5-19, 1969, Vol. 3 No. 22, page 2 Fifth Estate A Newspaper of Detroit EDITORIAL GROUP Alan Gotkin Harvey Ovshinsky Tommye Wiese Peter Werbe Cathy West PHOTO EDITOR Mike Tyre DISTRIBUTION Bruce Montrose MUSIC EDITOR John …
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Send to the Fifth Estate, 1107 W. Warren, Detroit, Mich. 48201, phone 831-6800 All unclassified ads must be paid in advance by mail or personal delivery. For Sale: IBM Executive electric typewriter, excellent condition, all we have left to sell. …
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EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West
Editors’ Note: Rock and Roll Dope takes the form of a facsimile of the MC5’s Elektra album liner notes for two reasons. First, because Brother Sinclair was stranded in Buffalo after attending a national Lemar (Legalize Marijuana) conference in that …
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There’s a lot of very interesting “cultural activity” coming up in the next couple months in Detroit, but nothing definite is set as far as dates and times, so I’ll try to give a few teasers and come back with …
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ANN ARBOR, Dec. 5—White Panther Minister of Information John Sinclair announced today that the newly-formed revolutionary organization has named its first Central Committee. In their first formal meeting the Committee discussed matters of immediate importance to the White Panthers and …
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BEAST # 3 A POEM FOR JOHN SINCLAIR we are lonely we will attack you w/ our smallest uttered parts we will move w/ the mask of darkness w/ simple weapons & slit the bellies of yr women we will …
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Well you see it was something like this. Larry Weiner (formerly mentioned in this column), Detroit film-maker, has finally gotten everything together for his long planned sequence for his long in the making film. The sequence involves some junior executive …
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The weekend of September 6th, 7th and 8th will provide for diggers of radical-rock an unusual and revolutionary concept at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church, in the heart of the Warren-Forest Community (corner of Forest and Cass).