I Voodoo is a colloquial corruption of Vodo, the name of an African godhead, the Holy Serpent. The practice of Voodoo has been, until recent years, the most consistently revolutionary and anti-establishment force among poor blacks in the United …
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The Situationists on the Palestinian Question
by Situationist International
Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002
Israel, The U.S. in Miniature Much of the population of Israel, no different from people in the United States, denies its past as an invader/settler nation, is oblivious to the suffering which creates its plentitude, revels in self-generated myths …
The Sad Truth
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002
Slobodan Milosevic has been at The Hague for a little more than a year, the first head of state to face a war crimes tribunal since the crime of genocide was codified in the UN Charter. The former autocrat stands …
My Summer Vacation in Afghanistan
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Fifth Estate # 357, Summer 2002
First time in Afghanistan, late winter 1968/9, making the Overland Trail fast as possible through howling cold of Central Asian steppes. Minibus from Mashhad to Herat, arriving at the border crossing: dark, dusty, cold and bleak. (Later, I was to …
Catastrophe as a way of life
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 356, Spring, 2002
1. Burn your bibles, not your neighbors Now that a significant number of both patricians and plebes of the American metropole, from wealthy futures traders to dishwashers, have become collateral damage in the crossfire between Jihad and McWorld, it …
Poetry
by Guerrilla
Fifth Estate # 69, December 26, 1968-January 8, 1969
[Web Archive note: This centerfold insert is a two-sided 15 x 22 inch poster, of which this page can be considered the back side. The other side of the poster is rendered at https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/69-december-26-1968-january-8-1969/poetry-2/ .] The Consumer Society Must Die …
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. …
Israel: 50 years of conquest
by Miguel Xolotl (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
FE Note: We are publishing this essay to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. It is a substantially revised version of two articles written in the wake of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in …
A Debate on Tactics
by Ana Coluthon, Mike Gunderloy, T.S.
Fifth Estate # 330, Winter, 1988-89
FE Note: About 100 anarchists joined an Oct. 17th demonstration at the Pentagon to protest U.S. intervention in El Salvador which has resulted in 65,000 deaths to date. The action entitled “Blockade the Pentagon,” resulted in 200 protesters being arrested …
The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism
by Fredy Perlman
Fifth Estate # 319, Winter, 1985
Nationalism was proclaimed dead several times during the present century: —after the first world war, when the last empires of Europe, the Austrian and the Turkish, were broken up into self-determined nations, and no deprived nationalists remained, except the Zionists; …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
Fifth Estate Letters Policy The Fifth Estate always welcomes letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions, or giving reports of events in local areas. We don’t guarantee we will print everything we receive, but all letters are read by our …
Zapo: Anarcho-Pacifists in Croatia
by Neither East Nor West/NYC
Fifth Estate # 343, Fall-Winter, 1993
Three or four years ago we were a small group of punks who, in spite of drinking, smoking grass, listening to loud music and other hedonist activities, got the idea of changing the shifty normal life and existing system, which …
Briefs
by Neither East Nor West/NYC
Fifth Estate # 343, Fall-Winter, 1993
Punks in Cuba Radical anarchist and anti-militarist groups linked to the semi-taboo punk youth culture exist in Cuba. Members of one such group, Movimiento Pacifista Solidaridad y Paz (Solidarity & Peace Pacifist Movement), were sentenced to prison after a protest …
Anarchist Action in Poland
by Neither East Nor West/NYC
Fifth Estate # 343, Fall-Winter, 1993
The following is from the Bulletin of Action, Anarchist news from Poland, Warsaw, July 1993.
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 314, Fall 1983
The FE Bookservice is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are at 5928 Second, Detroit MI 48202; telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to give …