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Contents of Print Edition
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!
Anti-War Groups Meet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 22, January 15-30, 1967
A Conference in Chicago of Dec. 26-29, student and anti-war activists has called for National Student Actions April 8-15 against the war in Vietnam. This will culminate in the transportation of as many students as possible to New York and …
On Gogol Boulevard
by Neither East Nor West/NYC
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
Where’s OGB been? For several issues of the Fifth Estate, On Gogol Boulevard (OGB) produced a two-page spread on former Eastern Bloc and Third World anti-authoritarian struggles. However, due to numerous glitches, we’re missing from the FE again except for …
New York Hippie Runs for President
by Tom Yates
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
At last we have a presidential candidate, a man who will aid in uniting the hippie tribes into a solid unit with one goal in mind. That man is Louis Abolafia, a New York artist and jazz trumpeter. Mr. Abolafia …
Sex, Sedition and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
by A. Smith (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 356, Spring, 2002
a review of Len Bracken, The East is Black. Sexpol Editions (Third Edition) 2000
Brenda Christie FREE
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
On 19 May this year Brenda Earl Christie, a co-founder of the anarchist publishing house Cienfuegos Press, and her two-year-old daughter Branwen, were arrested at Hanover Airport in West Germany as they were boarding a Gatwick (England) bound flight following …
GIs Riot in Germany
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
MANNHEIM, West Germany—In a violent clash with military police, imprisoned G.I.s staged a massive riot at the Army stockade in Mannheim, West Germany. On March 19th, the U.S. Command there fought with imprisoned soldiers for 5 hours and the reported …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 341, Spring 1993
On Gogol Boulevard In Exile “On Gogol Boulevard” is the bulletin of the New York City Neither East Nor West Group which gives support and aids in communication between Eastern European anarchists and dissidents and similar movements in the West. …
Flies Swarming
by William Rudolph
Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023
In this cafeteria flies swarm the recruiter’s cropped hair. “One thing I hate—” he spits out—”flies!” His dominant hand swipes the air. Pure reflex. . In this same room girls carry plastic babies, lifeless until internal mechanisms inspire crying when …
The Real Welfare Cheats
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 338, Winter, 1992
a review of Waste of the West: Public Lands Ranching, Lynn Jacobs, 1991, P.O. Box 5784, Tucson, AZ 85703, 8-1/2 x 11, 602 pp, $28.
Bob McGlynn Dies at 60
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017
Bob McGlynn, a longtime fighter, organizer and visionary in New York City’s anarchist scene, who became known internationally for his solidarity work with activists in the East Bloc, died of a heart attack Aug. 23 at his home in Yonkers. …
Anarcho-spirituality and its Discontents
by MaxZine Weinstein
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
“What is inflated too much will burst into fragments.” —Ethiopian proverb “Spiritual zombies no longer hear their inner guide.” —Alice Walker In 1986, at the Haymarket anniversary anarchist gathering in Chicago, I landed in a “radical ritual.” We’re told that …
No Borders!
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 396, Summer, 2016
Borders are authoritarian by their nature. Nation state borders are formed by men with weapons; those in our heads by fear and conditioning. Each creates suffering, and even death, as at the boundaries between the U.S. and Mexico, those demarking …
Bits of the World in Briefs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 1978
CHINA The Chinese people have a new hero, according to the Peking Peoples Daily. He is Teng Hsiang-erh, a Shantung province coal miner who is being hailed as a model worker. To earn the distinction, Teng did the following: refused …
An American Anarchist in Berlin
by Rachael Stoeve
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
FE note: Berlin is a city whose rich history rings with memories of anarchist martyrs who organized clandestinely against the Nazi and communist East German regimes, suffering tremendous repression. Since WWII, Berlin anarchists have been at the forefront of militant …
Drama Workshop Open
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
An ad in the July 15-30 Fifth Estate calling for unknown playwrights and aspiring actors to help rejuvenate the American stage has blossomed into the Detroit Drama Workshop. First performance… two original one-act plays—Joan Feret’s “The Nightmare” and Sam Cohen’s …
True Stories
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 401, Summer 2018
a review of True Stories: Tales from the Generation of a New World Culture by Garrick Beck. iUniverse, 2017
Masthead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
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 …
Mich. Activists Hit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
Several full-time movement activists in the Michigan area have been arrested in recent weeks on trumped-up felony charges.
Terrorists’ Revenge
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977
While waiting at a traffic light in the city of Karlsruhe, West Germany, Chief Prosecutor Siegfried Buback was assassinated just as the light turned green.
Not again
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 95, December 26, 1969-January 7, 1970
SAN FRANCISCO (LNS)—People are determined not to allow the murderous police raids which have been carried out in Chicago, Los Angeles, Kansas and other areas to occur in Berkeley and San Francisco.
Albany Freedom Singers
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 1, November 19-December 2, 1965
“The songs they sing come from their own experiences. They are not entertainers but are leaders who want everyone in the audience to join in singing songs that serve to inspire us to go on further to hold on ’til …
Museum Chronicles Fightback & Victories Against Gentrification
by Bill Weinberg
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
Above the front door to C-Squat, on Ave. C on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a weather-worn sign hangs from the fire escape reading “THIS LAND IS OURS, NOT FOR SALE,” with the squatter symbol of a circle bisected by a …
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Fifth Estate Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
EDITOR & PUBLISHER Harvey Ovshinsky MANAGING EDITOR Peter Werbe NEWS & POLITICAL EDITORS R. Fleck & F. Joyce ART & LAYOUT Gary Grimshaw EDITORIAL Assistant Cathy West CIRCULATION Wilson Lindsey PHOTOGRAPHY E. Bacilla, Wilson Lindsey, Magdaline Sinclair TRAVEL EDITOR Sheil …
Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
THE FIFTH ESTATE 1107 W. Warren Detroit 48201 831-6800 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION MANAGER Tommye Wiess MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair ART Gary Grimshaw FILM EDITOR Joe Fineman CALENDAR …
Fifth Estate Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 19, December 1-15, 1966
Editor & publisher Harvey Ovshinsky Managing Editor Peter Werbe News and Political Editors R. Fleck & F. Joyce Art & Layout Gary Grimshaw Editorial assistant: Cathy West Circulation Wilson Lindsey Photography E. Bacilla, Willson Lindsey, Magdaline Sinclair Travel editor Sheil …
Trans-Love Moves
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
The Trans-Love Energies commune of Detroit, including the MC5 and the Trans-Love Light Company, have left the city of Detroit for good, to settle in Ann Arbor, that green and airy town some 45 miles west of Detroit.
Fifth Estate Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 24, February 15-28, 1967
EDITOR Harvey Ovshinsky MANAGING EDITOR Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West NEWS EDITORS Robert Fleck, Frank Joyce ART Dave Carlin CIRCULATION Wilson Lindsey TRAVEL EDITOR Sheil Salasnek MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR Rhona Whipple ADVERTISING Leon Brenner FILM …
Fifth Estate Goes Electric
by Bill Rowe
Fifth Estate # 89, October 2-15, 1969
As a public service, the Fifth Estate will present eight times daily, newscasts on WABX, Detroit’s contemporary radical FM station. With a little help from our friends, the broadcasts will be a success. We are asking for high school and …
Hans-Martin Schleyer Remembered
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977
Press accounts have generally referred to the kidnapped Hans-Martin Schleyer as “a major West German industrialist.” He was certainly that—head of the West German Employers Association and top board member of Daimler-Benz, the multinational giant which produces Mercedes-Benz cars and …
“If I Had a Gun…”
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
Special to the Fifth Estate GREAT FALLS, Montana—A local boy has made good out in the wooly West. Mickey Gordon, formerly of Detroit, was charged in Montana Federal District Court with threatening the life of President Nixon. Gordon is a …
City Ablaze
by Harvey Ovshinsky
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
On Sunday, July 23, at 3 o’clock in the morning, The Doors’ “Baby Light My Fire” was the number one song in Detroit. It couldn’t have been more appropriate.
Blues Bands Revived in the Motor City
by Wilson Lindsey
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
In the last few months blues has become very popular with the white coffee house crowds. This blues is a kind of washed out version of what was popular during the forties and early fifties when now familiar names like …
Ukraine
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
As we write at the end of March, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is at full fury with deaths and destruction increasing daily. By the time you read this, the conflict will hopefully have ended. If not, any number of …
Impeach Clinton
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
Clinton’s US/UN imposed sanctions have already killed 10 percent of the Iraq population. 1.5 million people are dead which includes 6000 children who die monthly. The economic sanctions are weapons of mass destruction. They are a crime against humanity that …
Twenty Years of the Black Flag in Turkey
by Sureyyya Evren
Fifth Estate # 374, Winter 2007
The first anarchists on the land which is today Turkey were probably Armenians. Active during the fin-de-siecle of the great Ottoman Empire, they included prominent figures such as Alexander Atabekian, who published pamphlets, participated in Armenian revolutionary organizations and most …
Sounds
by Wilson Lindsey
Fifth Estate # 56, June 19-July 1, 1968
Children Of The Future: The Steve Miller Band (Capitol) Capitol Records thought so highly of this West Coast group that they saw fit to shell out a reputed $50,000 in advance to record them. On record Steve Miller’s band is …
Staff
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
FIFTH ESTATE #13, August 30, 1966, Vol. 1, No. 13, page 2 The Fifth Estate, 937 Plum Street, Detroit, Michigan 48201, 962-9334 EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Harvey Ovshinsky NEWS EDITOR: Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West STAFF: Ron Halstead, Steven Simons, …
New Theatre Opens Here
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 29, May 1-15, 1967
April 28 marked the opening of a new theatre in Detroit. The Tropic Theatre in the Wolverine Hotel began its first season with Harold Pinter’s “The Lover,” directed by John Kinney, and on the same bill, “The Man Upstairs” directed …