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Luddism Begins at Home
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
Tragedy of the Sixties: If you turn on and tune in—such heavily technophilic metaphors!—you can’t really hope to drop out of the technocracy. Too bad turn off, tune out, and secede isn’t nearly so snappy a slogan.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 291, April 30, 1978
Ammunition Books shares space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and can be found at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 48201 (telephone-313-831-6800). Our hours vary, but we are generally open on Monday and Thursday afternoons (from 1pm to 5pm) and at …
Impact of New Wave Science Fiction
by Rich Dana (Ricardo Feral)
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
a review of Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985 Edited by Andrew Nette and Ian McIntyre. PM Press, 2021
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 341, Spring 1993
Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkey-wrenching, written by Earth First! founder, Dave Foreman and the probably pseudononymous, Bill Haywood, has sold out of five printings since 1985 and is now unavailable. The book figured heavily in the government’s case against …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 373, Fall 2006
In the Spring 2006 edition of FE, Fred from San Francisco wrote, “Congrats on changing anarchist to anti-authoritarian on your front page description,” and we asked, “Do readers have any thoughts about the change?” This issue, more readers responded, and …
So who did win in Seattle?
by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffery St. Clair
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
Hardly had the tear gas dispersed from the streets of downtown Seattle before an acrid struggle broke out as to who should claim the spoils. It’s still raging.
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
The FE BOOKSERVICE 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 always best to …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 54, May 16-31, 1968
UNCLASSIFIEDS cost 50 cents per line per issue. Figure four words per line. (A word is a word including one and two letter words. A phone number is a word. Street numbers are words. Abbreviations should be sensible. DISCOUNT RATES: …
The Village Square
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 4, February 12-March 1, 1966
Here and There and Where Surprising how many people still don’t realize how important and far-reaching is Madelyn Murray’s suit to Tax the Churches and how, when it reaches the Supreme Court, it might change the entire real estate tax …
Detroit Resists the War
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
The following is a brief summary of the many anti-war actions which occurred in the Detroit area since just before the January 16 U.S. air assault on Iraq. The numbers involved here were considerably lower than anti-war actions in other …
Earth First! Again
by Lone Wolf Circles
Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992
Fifth Estate note: The 12th annual Earth First! Round River Rendezvous (RRR) was held in Colorado’s San Juan National Forest, June 28-July 5, with a direct action against an Amoco Corp. facility immediately after it.
Acid Reigns
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
Note: Originally, FE special correspondent Kellie Button valiantly embedded herself with a group of anarchist LSD enthusiasts (represented here by the initials “HO”, “KG.”, and “AJ”) in order to report on recreational drug use for this issue’s special “Escape” feature. …
Occupied Iraq
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
“What are kingdoms but great robberies? Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by …
The Press of Peace
by Ben Habeebe
Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967
Hey! Hey! LBJ—Look What’s happenin’ in America today: Vietnam Summer, 1967. From coast-to-coast 4,000 people in 48 states have stepped forward to work on Vietnam Summer projects to end the war…and that number is on the rise. Here in Detroit …
A People’s History of the United States
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
a review of Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, Harper & Row, New York, 1980, 600 pages plus index.
A World is Faltering
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983
Fifth Estate Introduction It is impossible to give any credence to the statistics of disaffection and disintegration assembled here by John Zerzan and at the same time take seriously a recent survey in which the vast majority of Americans asserted …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977
Good news on the financial front: the Fifth Estate is still cruising on the generosity of our growing list of sustainers and those making one-time contributions. Also, a thank you to all of those subscribers who have been renewing over …
RFK or LBJ?
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
The Vietnam War has exacerbated what is clearly every generation’s occupational hazard: the desperate dissatisfaction with the ruling clique’s policies by people who lack the power, and often the age, to do anything about it. The frustration has been further …
Looking at Animals
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 349, Summer 1997
Everyone knows the origin of meat, but few want to face the facts. Sue Coe’s art and Alon Raab’s review [this issue, FE #349, Summer 1997] invite the reader to a “naked lunch,” Burrough’s pungent phrase for that moment when …