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Poor People Lose Out in West Central Elections
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982
FE Moves It might seem self-indulgent, in the face of mounting worldwide horror, to call what has occurred around the FE the past several months a “crisis,” but a more precise word fails to come to mind. In August we …
Larry Miller Leaves Detroit
by Larry Miller
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
Well, attentive readers, I must say there is nothing like an occasional attack to sharpen up one’s reflexes… Having had several lately, I shall at this point contribute several counter-attacks… To our friendly neighbor “Virile American”…(see letters, last issue) I …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
Charta 79: The Sami People & Human Rights is an English edition of a collection of essays by and concerning the indigenous peoples of northern Scandinavia. The Sarni of Semiland, which is comprised of the northernmost sections of Sweden, Norway, …
Murray Appeal Still Pending
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
As of this writing the fate of Marie and Noel Murray, the two Irish anarchists who have been sentenced to hang for their alleged murder of a Dublin cop, remains uncertain.
Ron Sakolsky’s Swift Winds
by Andy Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
A review of: Swift Winds, Ron Sakolsky, artwork by Anais LaRue, Eberhardt Press, 2009, 128 pp., $8
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 356, Spring, 2002
Contacting Us For submission of articles and art, contact Sunfrog, PO Box 6, Liberty TN 37095. For new subscriptions, renewals, donation, or other business matters, please continue to use our old address at Fifth Estate, 4632 Second Ave., Detroit …
Benjamin Péret and the Ecological Imagination
by Don LaCoss
Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002
Those who believe in a staunch ecological stance that subverts the dominant patterns of objectification, degradation, subordination, and commodification should take time to understand the revolutionary force of poetry.
Fifth Estate celebrates 50th year with exhibits & festivities
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
RELATED: FE MUSEUM OPENING VIDEO View on Vimeo September 19, MOCAD 3-5pm, The Fifth Estate’s 50 Years of Radical Journalism, Commentary & Critique: A Panel & Conversation 5-7pm, FE staff reunion 8:30-10:00pm at HopCat (Canfield at Woodward), dance/party/concert celebration featuring …
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Mexican Oil Spill Disaster
by Primitivo Solis (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979
The gruesome tailspin of industrialism continues unabated in every sphere. Industrial society is at a malignant stage of decline with events like the Ixtoc 1 oil disaster providing all the more evidence of its impending collapse.
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 307, November 19, 1981
October marks the 16th anniversary of the Fifth Estate and a little over five years since we’ve been publishing this paper as an explicitly libertarian project (see the Oct. 1979 FE for a brief history), and we are pleased to …
Green Scare Update
by Henry Read
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
Chalking Sidewalks = Terrorism
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
An anarchist group and bookstore, Impossible Books (Suite 202, 3435 N. Sheffield Chicago, IL 60657) has been formed by a group of friends in the Chicago area. Although their resources are limited and funds low, they have initiated a newsletter …
How to Get Your History On
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
The 40 year history of Fifth Estate is not the easiest thing to access for research purposes. The best source is the massive Underground Press Collection, a 500+ reel microfilm archive of periodicals from 1963 to 1985. Almost 100 libraries, …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
Detroit’s Black & Red has just released The Story of Tatiana (see description [in Fifth Estate Books] to the right) by Jacques Baynac. A list of titles, including Fredy Perlman’s works, are available upon request from us or, write B&R …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 345, Winter, 1995
1994 saw a new wave of activism in support of imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier including the following events: Leonard Peltier Freedom Weekend in Washington D.C. in June, a summer cross-country Walk for Justice, a twelve day “People’s …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
The FE Bookstore is located at 4632 Second Ave., just south of W. Forest, in Detroit. We share space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and may be reached at the same phone number: (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our …
The Car Bomb
by Don LaCoss
Fifth Estate # 378, Summer 2008
reviewed in this article Buda’s Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb, by Mike Davis, 2007, Verso, 228 pp., $22.95
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 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 …
Unrest at Mackenzie
by Dena Clamage
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
Mackenzie High School, located on Wyoming and Chicago, has been the scene of picketing, walkouts and militant assemblies since the beginning of the fall semester in September. The cause of the conflict, as in many Detroit inner-city schools, has been …