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Bravo Co. Won’t Go

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987

Reprint from Fifth Estate #128, April 1-14, 1971

Staff and Contributors

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 293-294, August 21, 1978

Claudio Albertani Angela DiSante Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Marcus Graham John Grant Maynard G. Krebs E.B. Maple Tina Nachalo Mr. Venom Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., …

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Detroit Tries to Support Viet War

by Frank H. Joyce

Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967

The gentlemen of Grand Circus Park were not impressed. But then there wasn’t much to be impressed by. Less than 500 people marched down Woodward Avenue in the great Flag Day parade on June 14. The March was called by …

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Circus in Town

by Dave Wheeler

Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969

The Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey Circus is coming to Detroit. Running a poor second in entertainment value is the election campaign for the mayor of Detroit.

‘Ear ye!

by Bob Stark

Fifth Estate # 86, August 21-September 3, 1969

It was probably something I had coming for a long time, but it really caught me by surprise when it happened. After all I don’t write these pieces because I get paid for them. I do it because it gets …

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Ammunition Books

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976

Ammunition Books, 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 ILLUMINATUS TRILOGY by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson Part I The Eye in the Pyramid 304 pp. Part II The Golden Apple 272 pp. Part III Leviathan 253 pp. Incredible political …

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Hilberry Theatre Fall Program

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967

Five new productions, including three classics and two contemporary plays, will be featured at the Hilberry Classic Theatre during its Wayne State University Centennial season of repertory. A revival of last year’s record-breaking success, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” will be …

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New Evidence in Leroy Killing

by Frank H. Joyce

Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967

Editor’s note: Investigation of the murder of John Leroy reported in the last issue of the Fifth Estate is continuing. (See “Who Killed John Leroy?” FE  #36, August 15-31, 1967.) News editor Frank H. Joyce has talked with two of …

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Letters to the Editors

by Various Authors

Fifth Estate # 27, April 1-15, 1967

Dear Friends: Sol Plafkin is way off-center in his remarks about Congressman John Conyers, Jr. and the Powell case [FE #26, March 15-31, 1967]. He forgets that Mr. Conyers was against stripping Powell of his seniority, even to breaking with …

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Detroiters Migrating to California; Don’t

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967

The S.F. Oracle recently sent a missive to the Fifth Estate office asking us to warn those who are traveling west to bring: (besides their flowers and bananas) money for food and rent, sleeping bags and rucksacks, extra food (brown …

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Objections to Councilism

by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), John Zerzan

Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988

FE Note: This is a response to “More Minneapolis Anarchy,” the letters beginning on page 15 of this issue.

Contents of print edition

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020

Letters, page 2 Issue intro, page 3 The Logic of the Telescope Against the wisdom of Hawaii’s Native People STEVE KIRK page 4 Seattle Far-Right Shooter’s Trial Ends in Hung Jury: How can we get justice in an unjust system? …

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On Getting the Fifth Estate

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966

Do you have trouble getting the FIFTH ESTATE? You can find it at the Merit Book Center, 14365 Harper; Bookworld, Woodward at Warren; the news stand at Campus Martius and Woodward; Debs Hall, 3737 Woodward; Detroit Committee to End the …

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“There are guns between me and the White House”

by Mark Lane

Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968

On Tuesday evening, June 4, just one hour before the polls closed in the California primary, I was being interviewed in Washington, D.C. by John Hightower over television station WEAN.

Events Calendar

by Resa Jannett

Fifth Estate # 88, September 18-October 1, 1969

In Cooperation with Detroit Adventure THURS. SEPT. 18 WOODLAND INDIANS: Their Arts and Crafts. An exciting lecture dealing with this fascinating topic with Donald Sebastion, at the Historical Museum. 3:30 pm. DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in concert with Sixten Ehrling conducting. …

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Ginsberg: The trees are our allies

by Allen Ginsberg, David Gaynes

Fifth Estate # 91, October 30-November 12, 1969

Editors’ Note: this interview with poet Allen Ginsberg took place at 10 a.m. on October 15 while driving from Detroit’s inner city to Macomb College, where he was reading. Ginsberg was in the area doing a series of readings for …

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McCarthy in Detroit

by Judie Davis

Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968

To begin with, I was never much of a McCarthy supporter. I was naturally on his side, signing petitions and stopping friends in the suburbs who thought the Northwest side was too far to go for such things. But to …

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Contributors

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980

Buster Brown Bob Brubaker Angela Di Sante Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Jim Gilman Blue Jesus E.B. Maple Richard Rollins Primitivo Solis Larry Talbert Mr. Venom Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe John Zerzan Suzie The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015-0800) is published …

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Intro to Zerzan

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 1980

Related: see The Promise of the ’80s in this issue. We perhaps owe John Zerzan a debt of gratitude for the research that has gone into his essay The Promise of the ’80s, for it graphically demonstrates to us what …

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Staff & contributors

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976

Millard Berry Guyora Binder Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Pat Halley Kathy Horak Pat Kazenko Bob Nirkind E.B. Maple Pat O’Bryan Pete Rachleff Algirdas Ratnikas Dennis Rosenblum Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe John Zerzan

New UP Releases

by Ron Harwood

Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967

Now you can hear what guitar playing sounded like when Eddie Lang was big back in the Twenties. If you play another cut you can hear what Pete Johnson and Joe Turner sounded like back in the Thirties. You can …

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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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Staff and Contributors

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981

Tomega Therion Ruby Lips Bob Brubaker T. Fulano Primitivo Solis Coquilles St. Jacques Larry Talbert David Watson Don Kirkland Angela Di Sante Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin John Zerzan Buster Brown George Bradford The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015-0800) is published …

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Morse Blasts LBJ

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967

Senator Morse addressed over 1,000 people at a recent Anniversary dinner for the Michigan Civil Liberties Union. Sharing the platform with him were Detroit Congressman John Conyers, WSU President William R. Keast and Lt. Governor William G. Milliken. Senator Morse’s …

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Public Notice

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966

The Artists’ Workshop was formed over two years ago by a group of WORKING artists—mainly poets & musicians—who found that by banding together they could accomplish a great deal in terms of getting themselves together and getting their work to …

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Calendar

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967

FAMOUS FILMS OF FAMOUS DIRECTORS SERIES. VIRIDIANA (1961) (Luis Bunuel) April 15 in Community Arts Aud., WSU at 8:15 Adm. AMORE IN CITTA (Love in the City—1953) (Michelangelo Antonioni) April 22 in Community Arts Aud., WSU at 8:15 Adm. ORDET …

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Staff & Contributors

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 273, June 1976

Millard Berry Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Pat Halley Kathy Horak Rick Schrader Pat Kazenko Bob Nirkind

Custom Cars & Lennon Prints

by R. Fleck

Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970

Author’s Note: This article is not intended to define or thoroughly explain the muddled swamp which is today’s world of art/life/experience. In fact, its only a visceral (gut) reaction to looking at cars, looking at Lennon-Ono prints. In the next …

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Contents of print edition

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015

Fifth Estate, #393, Spring 2015, Vol. 50, No. 1

Dig Music, Not Image!

by R & R Crusader

Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967

The Crusader keeps wondering how long people are going to go on eating up images instead of music.

Punk Rock

by A. Punk

Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977

Thinking about punk rock gives one the strange sensation of witnessing a phenomenon and trying to make intellectual sense of it rather than being immersed in it. That of course ages you immediately. No matter what your “sympathies” are toward …

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Ammunition Books

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977

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 …

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Mixed Mead-Ear

by anon.

Fifth Estate # 61, Sept. 5-18, 1968

This particular piece is written to serve two purposes: (1) For those who know and like British Blues so that they may learn something of its history and composition. (2) For those lemmings of this society who treat blues as …

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Spike Drivers Return

by Richard Cruse

Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967

Detroit’s own Spike-Drivers are back in town and appearing at the Living End on John C. Lodge after being in New York to cut their newly released record and performing at the uptown discotheques. I was eager to hear what …

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Art, Life & Death

by Ratticus

Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987

FE note: This is one of three responses to John Zerzan’s “The Case Against Art,” in FE #324, Fall 1986. The other two articles are: “A ‘Culture-in-Action’” by George Bradford and “Journal Notes on Art” by George Bradford.

New York Hosts Inner-Arts Festival

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967

Over 70 major multi-media artists, poets, dramatists, dancers, happening and event producers, scientists and musicians will be involved this summer in an extensive inter-arts collaboration near Woodstock, New York. Participating intermedia artists include Lindsey Decker, Dean Fleming, Daniel Larue Johnson, …

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Staff and Contributors

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 274, July 1976

Millard Berry Alan Franklin Ralph Franklin Pat Halley Kathy Horak Rick Schrader Pat Kazenko Bob Nirkind E.B. Maple Pat O’Bryan Algirdas Ratnikas Dennis Rosenblum Bill McGraw Marilyn Werbe Peter Werbe John Zerzan Paula Zerzan David Watson The Fifth Estate Newspaper, …

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Ammunition Books

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 289, January 24, 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 …

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Berkeley USA, 1969

by Art Johnston

Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969

The thunder of the drums is building. By now, under the full Sagitarius moon, they are wailing with sticks, rocks, beer cans, shovels, and bloody fists at trash cans, wash tubs, concrete and steel grates, their bodies writhing—Strip Naked and …

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Staff and Contributors

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976

FIFTH ESTATE #271, April, 1976, Vol. 11, No. 7

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