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The U.S. War against the Iraqi People
by Ali Moossavi
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
If you were to ask most people in this country to define the Persian Gulf War, they probably would describe it as a victorious, six-week long military conflict, in which the U.S. repelled Iraq, a hostile invader, and restored the …
Detroit trash incinerator closing
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
The news in March 2019 that, due to “financial and community concerns,” the Detroit trash incinerator was to be closed was weirdly reminiscent of news back in the spring of 1986 that it was going to be built: It came …
Murder on Seal Island
by Larry Talbot
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
Introductory Note: Is it the war of the Malvinas or the fight for the Falklands? It all depends upon which imperialist gang you support, the doddering Great Britain or the budding young Argentina. But what if you support neither of …
Some Food We Could Not Eat
by Lewis Hyde
Fifth Estate # 308, January 19, 1982
First appeared in the Kenyon Review, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022. Introduction by P. Solis (David Watson)
Truth Takes a Beating
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 305, March 18, 1981
TEHRAN — In the flurry of yellow ribbons, parades, and righteous indignation at a nation Ronald Reagan characterized as barbaric, the identity of the real barbarians has been obscured. The fact that the Shah was a corrupt despot propped up …
Carter’s Phony War Crisis
by Fifth Estate Collective, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 301, February 26, 1980
“I don’t want to startle you, but they mean to kill us all.” —e.e. cummings War—the word on everyone’s lips—the deadly end of the capitalist cycle of prosperity and economic collapse, appears close at hand as the major world empires …
Crisis in Iran—none for me, thanks
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 300, December 4, 1979
Iran: the Ayatollah captures the revolution The confrontation between Iran and the United States over the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Nov. 4 and taking of 63 hostages (later reduced to 50) by Islamic student militants has brought …
How Deep is Deep Ecology?
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 327, Fall, 1987
Introduction For a number of years, the Fifth Estate has been writing about the crisis of Western civilization and its industrial/technological plague. At the same time we have been profoundly interested in primitivism and the cultures of earth-based peoples, realizing …
Return of the Son of Deep Ecology
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 331, Spring 1989
Introduction The letter above [“Deep Ecology as Strategic Knowledge,” FE #331, Spring, 1989] was sent to the Fifth Estate last year in response to the essay I wrote, “How Deep Is Deep Ecology? A Challenge to Radical Environmentalism” (FE #327, …
U.S.: War to War Salesman
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987
Political speculation concerning rapidly changing political events in a journal such as this which appears so infrequently puts the writer at a distinct disadvantage, Even by the time this paper is published, a new crisis may have been created and …
Was Malthus Right?
by Bill McCormick, George Bradford (David Watson), William R. Catton Jr.
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
Dear Mr. Bradford: Thank you for bringing to my attention your Fifth Estate essay, “How Deep Is Deep Ecology? A Challenge to Radical Environmentalism” [FE #327, Fall, 1987]. I appreciate its extensive treatment of my book, Overshoot. Here are some …
Symbolic Protest & The Nuclear State
by George Bradford (David Watson), N. Bates
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
1. The Rebel in Religious Guise by N. Bates 2. God and the Nuclear State by George Bradford The articles appearing on this page were written by two people who took part in the Williams protests. The first article is …
Indigenism & its Enemies
by Primitivo Solis (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
indigenous, adj. 1. Occurring or living naturally in an area; not introduced; native. 2. Intrinsic; innate. [From Latin indigena, native. See indigene.
The Dragons of Brno
by Max Cafard
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
Hanging above the entrance way to the Town Hall of Brno, the capital of Moravia, is a Dragon. The famous Dragon of Brno. The Monster, which stares down through glassy eyes upon all who enter this seat of political power, …