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New Bethel Eye Witness
by Chris Singer
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
Exclusive to the Fifth Estate An eye-witness to the New Bethel Incident has given the Fifth Estate an account of the shootings that contradicts both official police versions, and testimony of prosecution witnesses in two court cases.
Big Mountain Update
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987
Sometimes no news is good news, and that seems to be the case with the folks at Big Mountain. According to Matt Strasberg (of the Big Mountain Legal Defense/Offense Committee), the July 7, 1986 deadline passed quietly. Indian activists, supporters …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980
This issue is in your hands for two reasons: 1) your generous and numerous response to our plea for financial assistance and 2) the feeling of support we got from the accompanying letters you sent in. Our problem was really …
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. …
The Assault on the Pentagon
by Mitchel Cohen
Fifth Estate # 341, Spring 1993
October 21, 1992 marked 25 years ago that a huge anti-war demonstration swept past the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and over the bridges into Virginia, wave after wave of young anti-warriors crashing against the walls of the Pentagon.
In the High Schools
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
Progressive High School students throughout the Detroit area were shocked April 22 to read in the Detroit “News”: “Ferndale H.S. Drops 138 Negro Protesters.”
Michigan’s Computer Spy Network
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 281, March, 1977
Recent articles in the Michigan State News and in Penthouse Magazine have exposed the existence of a nation-wide “surveillance clearinghouse” which exchanges names and files collected by the intelligence units of over 200 member police agencies.
It’s the end of the world and I don’t feel fine
by Anu Bonobo
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
“Not only religious zealots but economists, social theorists, technologists, nuclear critics, population experts, ecologists and political ideologues agree that an unprecedented shift in man’s world—whether catastrophic or beatific—is inevitable within the next half-century.” —Richard Heinberg, Memories and Visions of Paradise
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 341, Spring 1993
The FE Bookstore is located at 4632 Second Ave., just south of W. Forest, in Detroit. We share space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and may be reached at the same phone number: (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our …
Back in School
by Tom Lee
Fifth Estate # 89, October 2-15, 1969
A coordinated black student walkout occurred on Friday, Sept. 19, in support of Ahmed Evans, a black nationalist sentenced to die in connection with a shoot-out in which 3 Cleveland pigs were iced.
On Mutiny Considered as One of the Fine Arts
by Cap'n John Yossarian
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
Mutiny is such a potent threat to military organizations—and the States who use them avoid even mentioning the word. Instead, military commanders and civil authorities fall back on euphemism in order to avoid announcing the news that they most fear—during …
I Led Three Lives
by George Aylesworth
Fifth Estate # 106, May 28-June 10, 1970
The following article is a first person account of the author’s involvement in the FBI’s program of using students to spy on students. Although occurring at Purdue University, the author feels that such activities are far from rare, and that …
Political Prisoner Update
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
“They’re in there for us; we’re out here for them.” —IWW slogan
Bits of the World in Brief
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
The people at Back Room Anarchist Books in Minneapolis have announced a continental anarchist gathering to be held June 18-22 in that city. After the success of the May Day/Haymarket events in Chicago last year, most of our appetites have …
Rock ‘N Roll Revival
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
The Michigan music scene will rock on over the Memorial Day weekend with the First Annual Detroit Rock and Roll Revival.
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:
Events Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968
THURS. AUG. 15 THE AMERICAN DRAMA FESTIVAL continues at Greenfield Village. Under-the Gaslight will be presented in the Henry Ford Museum Theatre. 8:30pm.
Conversations with Allen Ginsberg
by Allen Ginsberg, Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Two interviews with the poet on life, death, sex, poetry, Kerouac, and meditation—the first from 1991, published here for the first time; the second from the October 1969 issue of Fifth Estate.
Green Scare Continues
by H. Read
Fifth Estate # 378, Summer 2008
Developments in what is being called the “Green Scare” continue at a fast pace as the government increases its attack on forest, animal, and earth defenders.
A Changing Vietnam
by Jonny Ball
Fifth Estate # 388, Winter, 2013
Having lived and worked in Vietnam for a year now, I have only a slightly better understanding of the country than when I first arrived. This is a country of extremely complex paradoxes and antagonisms. I remain dumbfounded by the …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 69, December 26, 1968-January 8, 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: …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 268, January, 1976
Thanks to everyone (musicians, performers and party-goers) who made the Fifth Estate 10th anniversary party on December 6 one of the most entertaining and fun sets Detroit has seen in a long while. (See details and photos farther in.)
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate and can be found at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours that we’re open vary quite a bit, so it’s always best that you give …
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 …
Poland on the Edge
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980
This article is being written just as the pressure of a Soviet invasion of Poland is being eased and under the assumption that such an attack is not about to occur. Amid an atmosphere of continuing political crisis, growing worker …
Cuba Turns ‘Green Scare’ Fugitive Over to US
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, a fugitive animal-rights activist, was intercepted by Cuban authorities in early August and turned over to the FBI.
Paris May-June 1968
by SK
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
a review of Freedom in Solidarity: My Experiences in the May 1968 Uprising by Kadour Naimi; Translation and foreword by David Porter. AK Press, 2019 akpress.org
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
I want to take this space this week to tell you of some of the work the Detroit Artists’ Workshop is doing, because I think you should know about it in as much detail as I can give you here. …
Concentration Camps USA
by Alice Detroit
Fifth Estate # 329, Summer, 1988
a review of Keeper of Concentration Camps: Dillon S. Myer and American Racism, by Richard Drinnon, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1987, 340 pp. $24.95.
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
NEW YORK—Marijuana smokers are “significantly more likely” to report attending happenings, reading underground newspapers and participating in mass protests.
Subversively Surreal
by Brandon Freels, M.K. Shibek
Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002
a review of Ron Sakolsky’s Surrealist Subversions: Rants, Writings, and images by the Surrealist Movement in the United States. Autonomedia 2002. Please see page 55 for details on how to order your copy. “Surrealism can help us break the constraints …
It’s Anarchy Time!
by Jim Feast
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
I begin with two insights. Global systems theorist, Immanuel Wallerstein, argues that throughout capitalist history the working class has been divided into a proletariat, which makes a living solely through waged labor, and a semi-proletariat which in its contemporary incarnation, …
PCAUR Puts Heat on Landlord
by J.R. Kennedy
Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970
In a near spontaneous action, People Concerned About Urban Renewal (PCAUR) led a demonstration against a local slumlord last Thursday.
Shawnee Timber Sale Stopped
by Orin Langelle
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
Beginning on June 20th, a determined group of Earth First!ers (EF!), Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and anarchists, maintained a blockade at the site of the Fairview timber sale area in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest.
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 4, February 12-March 1, 1966
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 …
Eastwood Park 1943
by Thomas Haroldson
Fifth Estate # 105, May 14-27, 1970
In 1943, Eastwood Amusement Park was literally the end of the line. Streetcars, packed with servicemen and factory workers, would cut sharply across Gratiot at Eight Mile, screech around a tight loop at the park’s entrance, and head back downtown.
Fatah: arm of the Arab people
by Nick Medvecky
Fifth Estate # 89, October 2-15, 1969
Editors’ Note: Nick Medvecky, former News Editor for the WSU South End, is currently touring the Middle East and will send back periodic on-the-spot reports from his travels. He will visit Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Israel visiting with revolutionaries, student …
Huelga!
by Chris Singer
Fifth Estate # 70, January 9-22, 1969
“A serious error is being made in Latin America: Where the inhabitants depend almost exclusively on the products of the soil for their livelihood, the educational stress, contradictorily, is on urban rather than farm life; and the happiest people are …