Note: FE staffer Walker Lane interviewed Billy Bragg, the English singer/songwriter, when he played a 1998 Labor Day benefit for striking Detroit newspaper workers.
Note: FE staffer Walker Lane interviewed Billy Bragg, the English singer/songwriter, when he played a 1998 Labor Day benefit for striking Detroit newspaper workers.
Labor History Archives of Wayne State University is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, America’s most famous Wobbly and the “Man Who Never Died.”
a review of Joe Hill: The IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Working-class Counterculture, by Franklin Rosemont, Charles H. Kerr, Chicago, 2003, 639 pp. $17.00
NEW YORK (UPS)—Paul Krassner was supposed to appear on the Joe Pyne show Sunday, July 16, but the tape was never shown. Paul had doubts that Pyne would show the tape even though his guest appearance was announced in the …
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FE note: See also the letter exchange “L’affaire Black Rose Books” in this issue. Dear Editor, With reference to the slanderous letter from a Mr. Joe Doaks in your June 1977 issue, we would like you to publish the following …
FIFTH ESTATE #31, June 1-15, 1967, Vol. 2 No. 5, page 6 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce ART Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR GIRLS Karen Kovach Naiomi Epel …
A big thanks to the Tennessee Ghost writer for socking it to you last issue. And thank you to everyone concerned about my hand. It wasn’t a bad burn and I was fine the next day. Sundays at Alvin’s continue …
While Cleaver and Newton punched it out for the white media—to the confusion of black and white alike, Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier did it for the white bankers, and the entertainment of black and white alike.
In a victory for Russ Little, the California Supreme Court has let stand a lower court order reversing his conviction for the 1973 SLA assassination of an Oakland, California school official.
Joe Remiro, Russ Little, Bill and Emily Harris remain prisoners of the state as a result of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) urban guerrilla activity in 1973-74. All have been sentenced to long prison terms and have been subjected to …
a review of The Bittersweet Science; Racism, Racketeering, and the Political Economy of Boxing by Gerald Horne. International Publishers 2021
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 …
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 …
To the Reader: In the last issue of the Fifth Estate [#283, June 1977], a letter appeared signed by a Joe Doaks criticizing Black Rose Books of Montreal. Doaks charged that a recent BRB publication, Durruti: The People Armed, by …
SRAF Report To Whomever Is Interested: Well, it seems it was a pretty tame bunch of tabbies up at Wildcat Mountain late in July. Once again, nothing was accomplished at a Social Revolutionary Anarchist Federation (SRAF) conference, but the determination …
a review of Johnny Got His Gun: A novel by Dalton Trumbo. York: Bantam Books, Inc., 150 pp.
Related: See Comment from the Fifth Estate regarding Black Rose Books, Ltd. in this issue. Fresh Air Dear FE: The economist-minded, techno-fascist remains of the situationists, the socialist corpses who whine about the need for federations in their “libertarian” mouthpiece, …
THE FIFTH ESTATE 1107 W. Warren Detroit 48201 831-6800 Member, Underground Press Syndicate EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West ART Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR GIRLS: Karen Kovach Naomi …
Music From Big Pink—The Band (Capitol) This band formerly known as the Hawks has the distinction of being Bob Dylan’s backing group. They are polished musicians and this album boasts a lot in the way of imagination in regards to …
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EDITORS: Harvey Ovshinsky, Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West NEWS EDITOR: Frank Joyce ART: Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR: John Sinclair CALENDAR: Rhona Whipple FILM EDITORS: Joe Fineman, Shirley Hamburg ADVERTISING: Leon Brenner CIRCULATION: Wilson Lindsey TRAVEL EDITOR: Sheil …
Here are four records you might want to have: Otis Spann: Sweet Giant of the Blues, Bluestime BTS-9006. Harmonica Slim: The Return of Harmonica Slim, Bluestime BTS9005. T-Bone Walker/Joe Turner/Otis Spann: Super Black Blues, Bluestime BTS-9003. Earl Hooker: Don’t Have …
EDITOR: Harvey Ovshinsky MANAGING EDITOR: Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West ART: Dave Carlin CIRCULATION: Wilson Lindsey, Rita Cole TRAVEL EDITOR: Sheil Salasnek MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR: John Sinclair CALENDAR: Rhona Whipple ADVERTISING: Leon Brenner FILM EDITORS: Joe Fineman, Shirley …
a review of The Nirvana Blues by John Nichols. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981, 527 pp., $14.95 hardcover.
EDITORS: Harvey Ovshinsky, Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West NEWS EDITOR: Frank Joyce ART: Gary Grimshaw MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR: John Sinclair CALENDAR: Rhona Whipple FILM EDITORS: Joe Fineman, Shirley Hamburg ADVERTISING: Leon Brenner CIRCULATION: Wilson Lindsey TRAVEL EDITOR: Sheil …
The State of California has recently stepped up its attacks on Russell (Little and Joseph Remiro (imprisoned for the 1973 SLA assassination of Oakland, Calif. school official Marcus Foster) who are currently serving life terms.
MIAMI (LNS)—A variety of musicians and singers will get together for the 1969 Miami Pop Festival set for Dec. 29-30 at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Fla. The following will perform: Saturday, Dec. 28: Jose Feliciano, Country Joe & the Fish, Buffy …
I mistrust people who smoke pot loudly. Bragging, yelling, telling.
GI Joe is on the move… rat-a-tat-tat-tat. Ka-BOOM. Blam. Ka-POW. Gasp…arugghhh! Christmas Day or Doomsday, you say? ‘Tis the season, and the next several weeks will abound with GI Joes, uniforms, helmets, missiles, grenades, and bombs, carrying on the fine …
Very soon now Wayne State University will finally become known across the country–not for its football team (I hope that will never happen), or for its student sit-ins (unfortunately, that will never happen either), but for the fine presentations of …
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The State of California has concocted another frame-up charge against imprisoned ex-SLA member Joseph Remiro. Already serving two life terms for murder and jail break, Joe is accused this time of plotting an escape attempt from Folsom Prison with two …
This article first appeared in Open Road newspaper, Box 6135, Station G, Vancouver, Canada. The long and complicated saga of the now defunct Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) is still unfolding in the courtrooms and prisons of California. Russ Little, Joe …
Most students will have left for Summer vacation when a special state Senate investigating committee begins its witch-hunt of campus radicals and their morals. “It probably will be the end of July before we are able to conduct public hearings …
Two months ago Detroit LEMAR started planning a Law Day (Law Day is May 1st) Puff-in for Love. The group has written various LEMAR groups in both the East and West coast suggesting that this could be coordinated on a …
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THE FIFTH ESTATE 1107 W. Warren Detroit 48201 EDITORS Harvey Ovshinsky Peter Werbe NEWS EDITOR Frank H. Joyce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West CIRCULATION MANAGER Tommye Wiess ACE REPORTER John Sinclair ART AND LAY-OUT Gary Grimshaw Carl Lundgren FILM EDITOR Joe …