THURS. AUG. 15 THE AMERICAN DRAMA FESTIVAL continues at Greenfield Village. Under-the Gaslight will be presented in the Henry Ford Museum Theatre. 8:30pm.
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Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 93, November 27-December 10, 1969
CHANGES: Hundreds of empty cans were dumped on the doorstep of Continental Can company in San Francisco by a group calling itself the Canyon League of Re-Cyclists. If the company makes money out of creating garbage it should do something …
New Groups and Non-Groups
by Mike Kerman
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
There is a lot happening in pop music and it is ridiculous to predict trends. One noticeable occurrence is the breaking up of groups and the need for individual artists to “go it alone.”
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 292, June 19, 1978
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 …
The Jazz Scene in America
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
A few weeks ago the New Yorker’s man in jazz, Whitney Balliett, went out to the Coast to catch the Monterey Festival. While he was there he spoke with some of the “workers’ aristocracy” of jazz, the white musicians who …
‘Ear ye!
by Bob Stark
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
The on again-off again break up of the Red, White and Blues Band is On-again-off again. After the original guitarist-harpist quit, he was replaced by two people, a singer-harpist and a lead player who never really worked out.
Carlos Cortez
by Franklin Rosemont
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
Poet, revolutionary, artist–an inspiration to three generations of radicals in the struggle for a better world–Carlos Cortez died in his sleep at his home in Chicago on January 18, after an illness that had long confined him to a wheelchair; …
Free Readers Ads
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 292, June 19, 1978
Though we do not accept commercial advertising, this Unclassified ad space is free for our readers’ use. We do not accept ads over the telephone, so please send your ads in writing to our office at: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, …
Teach-In: Fights & Speeches
by Edward Rom
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
Monday, Nov. 7, the Wayne Committee to End the War in Vietnam staged a Teach-In as part of the November Mobilization for Peace, Jobs, and Freedom at Wayne University’s Community Arts Auditorium. Breakthrough, a militant right-wing group, provided a slight …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
Fifth Estate Letters Policy We welcome letters commenting on our articles or other topics, but can’t print every one we receive. Each, however, is read and considered for publication.
Jazz Scene
by Frank Kofsky
Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966
Editor’s note: Frank Kofsky’s byline was inadvertently left off his piece, “End of Jazz Clubs?” in the last issue. Joseph Jarman, whose picture ran with the article, is a young altoist from Chicago. It always comes as a distinct pleasure …
Viet Committee Plans Nov. 5-8 Protests as Rocks Fly
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 16, October 16-31, 1966
Letter to the 13th Precinct Everywhere
by David Gaynes
Fifth Estate # 101, March 19-April 1, 1970
At first he just wanted us to pull our car over to the curb. Deciding to milk the scene for all it was worth, he changed his mind—”Just get out of the car right here—hands up! Put your mother-fuckin’ hands …
The DRUM Election
by Dick Parris
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
The struggle for political power within the United Auto Workers Union between the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and the entrenched, conservative, white bureaucracy continued at the recent elections at Dodge local 3 of the Hamtramck Assembly Plant.
As The Shit Hits The Fan
by Ron Sakolsky
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
The State is understood as pure and inviolable, as capable of purifying the most repulsive things–even money–through the touch of its divine hand. Money, therefore, is pure insofar as it belongs to the State; so are, by association, those experts …
The Barn
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004
In the hills of Tennessee, about an hour east of Nashville, on the outskirts of Dismal (population zero), there exists a barn. It’s an ordinary old barn from all outward appearances—except for a few anti war banners and the buzzing, …
I was corrupted by MAD (magazine)
by Bernard Marszalek
Fifth Estate # 390, Fall, 2013
MAD, the wildly satirical humor magazine, was my primer for critical thinking in my early teens. This may seem an odd statement given the vacuous contents of the current magazine, but today’s MAD is a pale reflection of its initial …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969
Dear friends, Just wanted to let you know how much I, and many of my friends who read the paper, dig the poems you’ve been printing lately, especially Diane DiPrima’s. I always say that a good anarchistic poem is …
Organization
by Joe Jacobs
Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977
The author of the following article, Joe Jacobs, was an English comrade and one-time member of London Solidarity (one of the two organizations mentioned in the discussion) who, we learned, died shortly after sending us this manuscript. Though we’ve devoted …
1916: A Fictional War before the War
by Robert Knox
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
a review of The Blast by Joseph Matthews. PM Press, 2022