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Anarchist & Anti-authoritarian Publishers
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 401, Summer 2018
A Night in Detroit General
by Suzy Kleencheez
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
Editor’s Note: The following is a taped rap by a young sister from East Detroit who was able to get a first hand glimpse of the medical care afforded the city’s poor. I took an overdose of pills and I’d …
Poland at the Crossroad
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981
With the endorsement of the Polish Communist Party’s Politburo, on November 10, of a plan that would include the Solidarity union in a new coalition government, it appears that the seemingly endless period of crisis and confrontation in Poland will …
Events Calendar
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 85, August 7-20, 1969
in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure WED. AUG. 6 THE FROST record their second album at the Grande Ballroom, from 7 to 11 pm. Adm. is only $2 which is well-worth it, considering you’ll finally be able to hear Dick Wagner …
Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
The calendar is a regular feature of the FIFTH ESTATE. It carries news of what is happening in the Detroit to Ann Arbor area. You can help make the calendar more complete by sending us information about activities you know …
What’s On
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 1, November 19-December 2, 1965
FRIDAY LECTURE: An Evening With Clifford West. Bloomfield Art Association. 6 p.m. Admission charge. 11/19
Official Israeli Terrorism Continues
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 292, June 19, 1978
In recent months Israel has been dismaying even its closest imperialist allies with its policy of retaliation against southern Lebanon for a single act by a small group of Palestinian guerrillas. The Israeli assault on Palestinian and Lebanese civilian villages …
Seattle’s Left Bank Books
by Sylvie Kashdan
Fifth Estate # 392, Fall/Winter 2014 - Art & Anarchy
Good news! Seattle’s Left Bank Books is republishing Letters of Insurgents, Fredy Perlman’s historical novel about love and revolution in the East bloc and Western states of the mid-20th century.
Canadian Run
by Ruby Green
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
Jon R., a semi-retired North Dakotan farmer in his late 60s, eased his big, beat-up pickup truck off to the side of the dirt road and turned off the ignition. He turned in his seat and pointed to low wire …
Thee Column
by Larry Kaplan
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
HELP: I’ve got the clap, but because of night classes, I can’t get to the Open City Free Medical Clinic. Is there anywhere I can get treatment during the daytime? —J.M. City of Detroit to the rescue! The Detroit Social …
Notes from The Cesspool
by Larry Talbot
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
It’s said that the mark of good actors and actresses is their ability to portray characters that are completely unlike themselves. Taking that into consideration, it seems to me that Jane Fonda is the perfect example of a good actress, …
New York: 400,000 Say No To War, Yes To Love
by Vicki Felton
Fifth Estate # 29, May 1-15, 1967
Thronging pulsing Central Park thousands strong—some in trees viewing the love-in—march. Begin in Sheep Meadow near the vendor of fat crunchy pretzels. Twenty cents and that’s a pretzel. It fills you up after 3 salami sandwiches, an orange and lots …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 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: …
Making the Impossible Community Possible
by Jim Feast
Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!
a review of The Impossible Community: Realizing Communitarian Anarchism by John P. Clark. Bloomsbury, 2013, 272 pp., $30 paper; $120 hardback; bloomsbury.com
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 83, July 10-23, 1969
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: …
W. Germany Murders 3
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977
If you think the story to the right concerning the death of Hans-Martin Schleyer sounds absurd, then you know exactly how we feel every time we read the equally ridiculous stories of the “suicide” deaths of the three Red Army …
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 …
The Empire Exits Iraq
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 386, Spring, 2012
When President Barack Obama announced on October 21 that the nine year U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq was ending, it didn’t even make first spot on many news reports. Another imperial slaughter had ground to an end, with many …
South Africa
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
South Africa—the rock of colonial racism—has finally begun to crack under the repeated blows of the general and sustained uprising of its black and colored population.
Earth First! Split Final
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
Earth First! is dead! Long live Earth First!
‘Ear ye!
by Bob Stark
Fifth Estate # 87, September 4-17, 1969
The idea of getting a lot of great musicians together to work as a back-up band for a featured artist on rock recordings is almost as old as rock itself.
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 RASHOMON, Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece at the Studio 1 Theater, Livemois at Davison at 7:30 & 9:30 pm. Adm. $2. YOGA CLASSES at the International Institute at 7:30 pm. Call 675-1038 for information. THURSDAY, JUNE 6 REPUBLICAN GALA …
News & Reviews
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 351, Summer 1998
Reviewed by Allan Antliff unless otherwise noted The Uncontrollables vs the Grotesque Frame-Up Against Anarchists in Italy: Dossier, 1997 documents the Italian government’s efforts to target Italy’s anarchist movement using the confession of an activist’s former lover. The government is …
Fifth Estate Tennessee headquarters closes
by Andy Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
The Barn, located on the 120-acres of the Pumpkin Hollow Community near Liberty, Tennessee, housed the Fifth Estate office and archive, radical book and zine library, bookstore and distro. It opened with a huge party and radical variety show on …
Lebanon
by Nick Medvecky
Fifth Estate # 91, October 30-November 12, 1969
The news of the fighting in Lebanon fills the headlines of the newspapers across the US. “Fall of Tripoli Looms,” “Guerrillas Gain in Lebanon,” and on and on. Why is there fighting? What are they fighting for?
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 62, Sept. 19-Oct. 2, 1968
It’s really good to see that Brother Ear is hearing the Detroit bands and digging them, especially since people around here have to be told how heavy the bands are. The Frost and the Thyme aren’t the only together groups …
Easter Canceled
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
(The Sunday News supplement) Caption: The feet that once walked the Sea of Galilee here protrude from the mud, still showing the nail scars from the crucifixion.
Spain ’36
by David Porter
Fifth Estate # 323, Summer, 1986
Imagine the United States split regionally into conservative-fascist and leftist popular front-anarchist zones. Civil war rages at the shifting boundary lines with half the country under the domination of an insurgent military right-wing junta determined to destroy the elected government …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 338, Winter, 1992
Cuban Alternative To the FE: Cuban Greens/anti-authoritarians need our aid. Orlando Polo and Mercedes Paez of Cuba’s anti-authoritarian/ecological/ anti-Militarist Green Path group have been touring the U.S. recently. Arrested many times in Cuba, they are being repressed again as Cuban …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999
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 Berkman Conference
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992
A few days before the commencement in Pittsburgh of the July 23rd conference, “A Remembrance of Alexander Berkman, The Man Who Shot Frick,” Sunfrog and I headed for a little town on the Pennsylvania/West Virginia border called Confluence where several …
“Master Jesus on Venus” Claims Detroit Group
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967
Probably one of the most unusual groups ever to meet in Detroit is the Aetherius Society headquartered at 20771 West 8 Mile Rd. The Aetherius Society is a worldwide non-profit organization which was organized says Miss Edna Spencer, head of …
World Sports Roundup
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 297, April 18, 1979
This issue’s sports roundup shows radical changes in fortune for many players.
Free Readers’ Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977
Though we do not accept commercial advertising, this Unclassified ad space is free for our readers’ use. We do not accept ads over the telephone, so please send your ads in writing to our office at: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit …
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.
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
NEW DELHI, India—The ascension to the throne of Richard Nixon has not been greeted with enthusiasm in India. Most of the papers think he is a drag—”the winning candidate who took the greatest care not to commit himself—others that he …
Reticent Verse
by Jim Feast
Fifth Estate # 408, Winter, 2021
A review of Digigram by Barbara Henning. United Artists Books 2020 Many poets have used broad strokes to deplore the current reactionary environment (as Eliot Katz does so superbly in President Predator), expressing their outrage, disgust and sadness, but Barbara …
APOC Rocks Detroit
by M. Mayuran Tiruchelvam
Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004
Descending on Detroit from all parts of the nation and the globe, nearly 150 people attended the Anarchist People of Color Conference from October 3 to 5. Anarchists and anti-authoritarians drove over 20 hours from Texas, flew in from Seattle …
Life & Rewilding in the Pandemic
by Steve Kirk
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
“Sridevi and her relatives collected nine types of Dioscorea tubers; some extended deep underground. The ease and flow of the work, and the general lack of rules governing the way spouses cooperated in doing this job, struck me.” —Nurit Bird-David, …