in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure WED. AUG. 6 THE FROST record their second album at the Grande Ballroom, from 7 to 11 pm. Adm. is only $2 which is well-worth it, considering you’ll finally be able to hear Dick Wagner …
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Stashing the Tacky Little Pamphlets
by Jason Rodgers
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
You might assume that a Tacky Little Pamphlet (TLP) is just another name for a mini-zine. In a way, you are correct. It usually refers to a format of a single sheet folded into eight sections, cut up the middle, …
Events Calendar
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 91, October 30-November 12, 1969
In cooperation with Detroit Adventure THURS. OCT. 30 ARTHUR MILLERS “After the Fall” presented at the WSU Hilbery Theatre. 8:30 pm. OPEN CITY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC will cure your aches and pains. Come an hour early to sign your name. …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
The Fifth Estate benefit on April 10 was one of the best ever with Detroit bluesman Bobo Jenkins and his band turning everybody on to their strong rhythms and FE supporters and friends dancing and drinking the night away. Unfortunately, …
The Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
Why the critics? That is a question I get asked fairly frequently, by friends and correspondents who want to know why I expend so much energy on this particular aspect of the jazz Establishment.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 281, March, 1977
THE RUSSIAN TRAGEDY Alexander Berkman The Russian Tragedy first appeared in 1922 as three separate pamphlets (The Russian Tragedy, The Russian Revolution and the Communist Party & The Kronstadt Rebellion), and is compiled here under one cover for the first …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
Dearest Hippie Editor: I think you guys at the Fifth Estate are the biggest clot of hypocrites I have ever had witness to. Some people wrote some letters to the Editor in your Aug. 15-31 issue. They called you hypocrites. …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 322, Winter-Spring, 1986
As usual, let us begin this column with an apology for the lateness of this issue, as well as an appeal to readers who have been notified of their subscription expiration to send us their renewals. Also, a heartfelt expression …
Will there be a new military draft?
by Edward Hasbrouck
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
There’s been little public notice, but the U.S. is on the verge of its first major national debate about military conscription since the early 1980s.
Lago de Sangre
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
Una Revisión de Lago de sangre: un libro de misterio sobre Filomena Buscarsela por Kenneth Wishnia. PM Press edición en español 2018; edición en inglés 2014; Publicado originalmente en 2002
Events Calendar
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure THURS MARCH 19 POWER TO THE PEOPLE and other assorted revolutionary politics will be discussed by the citizens of the Woodstock Nation sponsored by the Free University and conducted by the White Panther Party. All …
Anarcho-Shorts
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary
Berkeley Barb Celebrates 50th by Ken Wachsberger Preceding the Fifth Estate by two weeks, the Berkeley Barb celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with exhibits, films, poetry, and panel discussions on August 9, 2015.
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
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Fifth Estate Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 355, Fall-Winter, 2000
Fifth Estate Books is located at 4632 Second Avenue, just south of W. Forest, in Detroit, in the same space as the Fifth Estate newspaper. Hours vary, so please call before visiting.
The 2020 Election
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020
The 2020 Michigan presidential primary on March 10 marked the end of the progressive fantasy that the American political landscape could be altered by supporting U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders as the Democratic Party nominee.
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
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News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992
SLINGSHOT (700 Eshlecreature Hall, Berkeley, CA 94608) continues to be a thorough and thoughtful anarcho-newspaper from the always radical and socially tumultuous community of Berkeley. The Summer 1992 issue contains several interesting pieces of analysis on the Los Angeles rebellion …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969
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Red In More Ways Than One
by Franklin Rosemont
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
Throughout U.S. history, the lives and struggles of Native Americans have been disregarded and disdained by the white, middle-class, christian, capitalist, Nature-despising national Establishment. Sadly, the disregarders and disdainers also included the great majority of socialists, communists, anarchists, trade-unionists and …
Comments on Revolutionary Violence
by Muswell Hillbillie, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977
Muswell Hillbillie Responds: Hi FE Folks, After reading the two letters (FE #287, October 28, 1977) responding to my article in the August FE (#285, August, 1977), I have decided to abandon the use of the term “terrorism,” because I …
The Future Is…Written?
by Eric Laursen
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
a review of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin. Penguin Press, 2023
100 Years Later, Government Repression Has Not Stopped the IWW
by Eric Thomas Chester
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
A hundred years ago, in September 1918, more than a hundred leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were convicted of conspiracy to obstruct World War I. The trial marked a critical turning point for the union and …
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Still Wobbly After All These Years
by Sid Brown
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
I was a Wobbly in the late 1950’s, through a portion of the tumultuous ’60s and into the always seeking-sometimes finding, ‘Seventies. Learning and honoring the historic traditions of the IWW and sharing tasks and decision-making with “fellow workers” changed …
Leonard Peltier and Big Mountain
by Arthur Miller, Mary McLaughlin, Pete Murney
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
1992 marks the five hundred year anniversary of the Columbus expedition, which many governments and corporations are celebrating as “An Encounter of Cultures.” To counter this, a loosely organized movement under the banner of “500 Years of Resistance,” seeks to …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
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Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
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: …
The Rojava Revolution is a Women’s Story
by Paul Buhle
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
a review of Their Blood Got Mixed: Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS by Janet Biehl, PM Press, 2021
Fifth Estate Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
Fifth Estate Books is located at 4632 Second Avenue, just south of W. Forest, in Detroit, in the same space as the Fifth Estate newspaper. Hours vary, so please call before visiting.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 286, September, 1977
Ammunition Books, 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201—Telephone No. (313) 831-8600 Bookstore hours vary, but we are generally open on Monday and Thursday afternoons and at scattered other times. Please call before coming down to be sure we are here.
Against Realism & its Cause
by George Washington Rat (Pat Halley)
Fifth Estate # 292, June 19, 1978
It is estimated by reputable quacks in the American Medical Association that at least one out of five people in the U.S. has some problem with mental illness. (Are the rest pretending?) It appears, surely, that there is no shortage …
Unclassifieds
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 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: …
Against Equality: Don’t Ask to Fight Their Wars!
by Karma R. Chavez, Ryan Conrad, Yasmin Nair
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
One of the most iconic images to emerge from WWII was shot by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, on August 14, 1945. In it, an anonymous sailor has swept a nurse into his arms, bent her back, and is kissing her fervently. …
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The Rock Imperialists
by Mark Kramer
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
Editors’ Note: As of this writing the Woodstock Rock Festival may not happen. It seems the town council of Wallkill, N.Y. (the site of the festival) voted unanimously not to allow the festival to be held in their town. This …
Cuba: Dawning of American Imperialism
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 269, February, 1976
1976, being America’s 200th anniversary–with all the commercial pomp and whitewashed historical hoopla that’s riding along with it–would be the ideal year to miss entirely and go abroad.
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 298, June 19, 1979
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 …
Granny Goose & Hanoi
by Art Kunkin
Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966
(reprinted from the LA Free Press) Somewhere in Los Angeles this week, a small group of men and women are preparing the tenth in a series of weekly radio programs of news and critical commentary on America’s foreign policy which …
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 …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977
Dear Friends: Learned recently that funds for the arts have been cut drastically in Detroit or Michigan, and that a “state representative” Wierzbicki defended the policy by saying that music, art, and dance have nothing to do with people’s lives. …
Teaching Migration, Detention, Camp
by Reg Johanson
Fifth Estate # 396, Summer, 2016
In The Figure of the Migrant, Thomas Nail asserts that “the twenty-first century will be the century of the migrant,” and the first years of the new century give ample evidence of this. From September to December 2015, events seemed …