1. Earth’s Day or Capital’s Spectacle? If there was ever a need for an “Earth Day,” “Earth Week,” or “Earth Year” “to get people thinking creatively about the problems we now confront, and looking for new ways to tackle them,” …
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Earth Day?
by Lewis Cannon
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Earth Day supplement page 1 1. Earth’s Day or Capital’s Spectacle? If there was ever a need for an “Earth Day,” “Earth Week,” or “Earth Year” “to get people thinking creatively about the problems we now confront, and looking for …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 355, Fall-Winter, 2000
The several thousand unapproved, pirate radio stations operating in the U.S. won a Pyrrhic victory in July when the Federal Communication Commission agreed to license hundreds of the low power broadcasting operations, many which feature anarchist, punk, black, and community …
Against agriculture
by Witch Hazel
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
Related: see “Anarchy, food and sustainability” (theme intro) in this issue. It doesn’t take a health food nut to see that modern society has a dysfunctional relationship with food. As in almost every other arena of life, our priorities …
Who Can Stop the Apocalypse?
by Rudolf Bahro
Fifth Estate # 333-A, Earth Day Special, 1990
A Note on Rudolf Bahro In 1977, East German dissident Rudolph Bahro was arrested and accused of publishing “state secrets” in a book entitled The Alternative in Eastern Europe in which he used a Marxist critique buoyed by the principles …
FE Readers Debate Technology
by Fifth Estate Collective, Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 304, December 31, 1980
The letters on this page are responses to John Zerzan’s “The Refusal of Technology” which appeared in the October 20, 1980 edition [#303] of the Fifth Estate; below are our comments on the question. In the article, Zerzan accuses those …
Uncovering a Corpse
by T. Fulano (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981
The letters which appear in this issue of the Fifth Estate do not represent the entire correspondence which has grown out of the discussion on technology. Some of our exchanges with readers of the paper became too broad, too lengthy, …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 330, Winter, 1988-89
For over five years, villagers in Portugal have been battling the mass planting of eucalyptus trees, a “quick money,” fast-growing, drought resistant tree which, according to its advocates, provides a good light fuel and prevents soil erosion. In reality, the …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
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 us …
Nevada Test Site
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
Throughout the Pentagon’s preparations for nuclear war, it has waged genocide on the Earth and native people. As of 1987, the U.S. and Great Britain had exploded 670 nuclear bombs on Newe Segobia, the Western Shoshone Nation. All the nuclear …
Events Calendar
by Resa Jannett
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
in Cooperation with Detroit Adventure THURS APRIL 2 JOHN SINCLAIR, White Panther Party Chairman, appears in Recorders Court at 9:30 am to seek an appeal bond on his marijuana case. Come and show your support! at Frank Murphy Hall of …
The Anarchist Spectre in Eastern Europe
by David Porter
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
Rarely is an entire region of the world so caught up in the collapse of hierarchical politics as Eastern Europe of a year ago. The infamous “spectre of anarchy” astonished and horrified Communist, dissident and Western politicians alike as millions …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 305, March 18, 1981
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 …
A Generation in Revolt
by Martin Jezer
Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968
from Liberation News Service-Liberation magazine Tim Leary’s invitation, in the Beatles’ words, to “turn off your mind, relax and float down the stream” did not, at one time, send shock waves through the New Left. The vision of multitudes seduced …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
The FE Book Service is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit MI 48201 — telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s …
League of Revolutionary Black Workers
by Fifth Estate Collective, John Watson
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
This interview was conducted and transcribed by Dena Clamage. [Part 1 of the interview appeared in FE #78, May 1-14, 1969.]
Who Can Stop the Apocalypse?
by Rudolf Bahro
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Earth Day supplement page 5 A Note on Rudolf Bahro In 1977, East German dissident Rudolph Bahro was arrested and accused of publishing “state secrets” in a book entitled The Alternative in Eastern Europe, in which he used a Marxist …
Escapism
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
“Is the enemy strong? One avoids him.” — Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, People’s War, People’s Army
Progress & Nuclear Power
by T. Nachalo (Fredy Perlman)
Fifth Estate # 297, April 18, 1979
This special section of the Fifth Estate Newspaper was produced shortly after the April 1979 disastrous events took place at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant at Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Progress & Nuclear Power
by T. Nachalo (Fredy Perlman)
Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995
The following text first appeared in a special anti-nuclear issue of the Fifth Estate (FE #297, April 18, 1979). It was written earlier in that year just after an accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in eastern …
Earth Diet, Earth Culture
by William H. Koethke
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
Fifth Estate Note: In “Earth Culture-Earth Diet” author William H. Koethke chronicles the life and culture of the inhabitants along New Mexico’s San Francisco River watershed over a millennium up to the present time. At the time he wrote the …
Emma Goldman: An Appreciation
by David Porter
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869-May 14, 1940) was known as “the most dangerous woman in America” by the press in such articles as those to the right which chronicled a visit by her to Windsor, Ontario, across the border from …
The Vietnam War
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
INTRODUCTION When this essay first appeared in the Fifth Estate in Spring 1985, the Vietnam War already seemed to be receding into ancient history. Central America was at that time being battered with money and proxies, rather than with “American …
PBB: Case Study of an Industrial Plague
by Sonny Tufts (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
During the first week of April 1976, Gerald Woltjer, an Ottowa County, Michigan, dairy farmer, shot down his 235-head dairy herd in order to draw attention to the nightmare of PBB–poisoning of Michigan livestock, poultry, and dairy products.
Cuba: From State to Private Capitalism
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 383, Summer, 2010
HAVANA — We entered the elevator on the ground floor of Havana’s renowned FOCSA building in the city’s Vedado district and were quickly whisked, non-stop, to the 33rd floor. When the doors opened, tuxedoed waiters welcomed us to La Torre, …
Glowing in the Gulf
by Mitchel Cohen
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
For years, the U.S. government has denied that the Gulf War Syndrome exists, refusing to admit the severity of illnesses suffered by tens of thousands of veterans of that conflict. Recent studies, however, show that the soldiers’ illnesses are indeed …
From Economic Meltdown to Grassroots Rebellion
by Jennifer Whitney, John Jordan
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
The Tin Pot Insurrection December the 19th was the turning point, the day when the Argentinean people said “enough!” The stage was set the day before, when people began looting shops and supermarkets, so they could feed their families. …
A People’s History of the United States
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
a review of Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, Harper & Row, New York, 1980, 600 pages plus index.
Anarchy and the Left
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
In recent months, we have been critical of a number of anarchists, through correspondence and in person, on the question of working politically with marxist-leninists on specific projects of joint interest. Those we have been in contact with on these …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
The FE BOOKSERVICE is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit MI 48201—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to …
A System of Domination—Technology
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
In response to a letter from Jeffrey Vega, Tech Examined FE #315, Winter 1984. Is it too much to ask that our critics take the time to read at least some of the voluminous material on the technology question rather …
Number
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
Introduction In his article on the idea of number, John Zerzan completes what appears to have become a trilogy on the origins and development of abstraction, and the accompanying alienation of humanity from nature and from the sources of …
Looking back on the Vietnam War
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 320, Spring, 1985
“Without the exposure of these Vietnam policies as criminal, there is every likelihood of their repetition in subsequent conflicts.” —Richard Falk, speaking at the Congressional Conference on War and National Responsibility, convened in Washington, D.C. in early 1970 “Historical memory …
Venezuela—An Anarchist at the World Social Forum
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 372, Spring 2006
Barrel-assing around hair-pin turns at 6am in a crowded bus on a road with no barriers between us and a two thousand foot drop was not the manner in which I anticipated arriving in Venezuela for the Sixth World Social …
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FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 316, Spring, 1984
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 …
Catching Fish in Chaotic Waters
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995
Introduction The following text is a speech given by Fifth Estate staff member David Watson at a conference on July 9, 1994 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, hosted by the New Jersey Greens. Entitled “A Radical Ecology Forum: Ecological …
Who Killed Ned Ludd?
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
The argument that the advent of capitalism brought a rise in the standard of living for workers has been refuted before, but is shown graphically in these two prints. Prior to the dominance of the capitalist economy and the establishment …
Prisons and Their Moral Influence on Prisoners
by Peter Kropotkin
Fifth Estate # 338, Winter, 1992
Peter Kropotkin, called the “anarchist prince” because of his origins in the Russian nobility, stands out among the many classic anarchist writers for his breadth of subject matter and his concern with the problems of daily life. The following essay …
The Hungry Sheep Look Up And Are Not Fed
by James John Bell
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
Related: see “Anarchy, food and sustainability” (theme intro) in this issue. “But what can they hope to gain by attacking the only company that devotes itself exclusively to pure foods? “My guess…Maybe collect data on as many slip-ups as …
On Gogol Boulevard
by Neither East Nor West/NYC
Fifth Estate # 351, Summer 1998
About On Gogol Boulevard This section is produced for the Fifth Estate by Neither East Nor West; a New York City group linking alternative oppositions in the East and West, and printing news and documents unavailable in the corporate and …