For 22 years the doors of justice have been closed to Leonard Peltier. Now, the door may be opening a crack. A few months ago AIM activist Dennis Banks announced that Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Chairman of the Senate Select …
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FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 312, Spring 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 always best …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 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 1 pm to 5 pm) …
News Continued
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
BAHAMA HONK The government of the Bahamas has recently instituted a so-called courtesy campaign aimed at making the natives more respectful to the American and European tourists who frequent the islands. The program is, in effect, one of the most …
Fifth Estate Goes to College
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 17, November 1-15, 1966
Reprinted from The Daily Collegian, Thursday, October 27, 1966, Vartan Knpelian, Editor-in-Chief. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan KOLDYS & SHANNON Against New Tabloid It is always interesting to observe the machinations of the New Left. Therefore, it would seem to …
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 …
Tales from the Planet
by john johnson, Tequila Mockingbird
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
Starbucks Social Response Scale-Back Initiative In August, Starbucks stores in San Francisco had “for lease” signs and letters saying, the stores were closing pasted on the windows and doors. In all 17 Starbucks were hit with the official-looking signs, mostly …
Robert Anton Wilson
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
For all we knew, Robert Anton Wilson and I were related. On an intuitive basis–i.e., after several rounds of Jameson’s and Guinness–we decided we were cousins. Subsequently we came to believe ourselves connected to the Wilsons who play so murky …
The Vietnam Legacy of War Tax Resistance
by Erica Weiland
Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary
An enduring image of Vietnam War resistance is men burning their draft cards. And, draft resistance played a big role in raising the profile of war tax resistance. Vietnam era draft resisters like Randy Kehler and Ed Hedemann followed up …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
We have finally firmed up plans for the Fifth Estate 20th Anniversary celebration. It will be held at Alvin’s, 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit, on Dec. 7. Hopefully, the event will bring together many of those who have worked on the …
Spare the Rod…?
by Ben Habeebe, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
“It is a general policy to expect that teachers will maintain discipline by means other than the use of corporal punishment.” —Detroit Public Schools TEACHERS’ BULLETIN “The Detroit Board of Education policy limited the use of corporal punishment is in …
Anarchic Justice at the End of History
by John Clark
Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020
It has been said that self-preservation is the first law of nature, and that the basis of justice lies in protecting ourselves from one another. This is a perennial lie of the system of domination.
The Revolution Will be Powered by Shakti Energy
by John Clark
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
I traveled to Dharamsala, India in 2005 to set up a one-month summer study program, in collaboration with the Louisiana Himalaya Association, and have taken groups of students there periodically since then. During last summer’s trip, we visited renowned ecofeminist …
Even More Minneapolis Anarchy
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
FE Note: This is a response to “More Minneapolis Anarchy,” the letters beginning on page 15 of this issue.
A history of a little Detroit printing co-op
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020
a review of The Politics of the Joy of Printing: The Detroit Printing Co-op by Danielle Aubert. Artbook/D.A.P.
Beyond Bookchin (excerpts)
by David Watson, Steve Welzer
Fifth Estate # 348, Fall, 1996
Introduction by Steve Welzer The text which begins on the following page is excerpted from Beyond Bookchin: Preface for a Future Social Ecology, a new title co-published in fall 1996 by Black & Red, Detroit, and Autonomedia, Brooklyn. Its author …
How Professor Arne Ness and I Conquered NATO
by Jens Bjorneboe
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
From Norway, My Norway (1968) Translated by Esther Greenleaf Murer
Calendar
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
The calendar is prepared by Fifth Estate calendar girls Karen Kovac and Naomi Epel with cooperation from Detroit Adventure. Copy deadline is the 6th and 22nd of each month and should be sent to the Fifth Estate Calendar, 1107 W. …
The State is the Real Threat
by Jeff Shantz
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
a review of Manufacturing the Threat, Dir: Amy Miller, 2023
The Coat-Puller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 8, May, 1966
There seem to have been a lot of very hip things going on in Detroit lately, though from my (disad-)vantage point I can only read about them or hear of them on the radio. I heard very beautiful things about …