After seven years in a highly secretive, repressive unit of a Texas federal prison for women, environmental Green Scare political prisoner, Marius Mason, has finally been moved into a less restrictive section.
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JFK: Cold Warrior
by Jack Straw
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
“I shall never be able to forget where I was standing on that dramatic day when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy nearly killed me. It was during the nuclear confrontation that arose out of his war on Cuba.” —Christopher Hitchens in …
The Failure of Resource Nationalism in Bolivia
by Mike Wold
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
a review of Blood of the Earth: Resource Nationalism, Revolution, and Empire in Bolivia by Kevin A. Young, 2017, University of Texas Press
‘Ear ye!
by Bob Stark
Fifth Estate # 86, August 21-September 3, 1969
It was probably something I had coming for a long time, but it really caught me by surprise when it happened. After all I don’t write these pieces because I get paid for them. I do it because it gets …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
Ammunition Books, 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201 Bookstore Hours: Mon. thru Fri. 1 pm-5 p.m.
French Anarchists in the Algerian Revolution
by Kathy E. Ferguson
Fifth Estate # 389, Summer, 2013
a review of Eyes to the South: French Anarchists and Algeria, by David Porter; foreword by Sylvain Boulouque. AK Press, 2011, 550 pp, $25
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 273, June 1976
A PRIMER OF LIBERTARIAN EDUCATION by Joel Spring, Free Life Editions, 157 pp. $3.95 Traces the tradition of libertarian opposition to established education from Rousseau and Godwin to Neill and Freire. “Spring places the radical challenge into its own tradition …
Intro to Zerzan
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 302, June 1, 1980
Related: see The Promise of the ’80s in this issue. We perhaps owe John Zerzan a debt of gratitude for the research that has gone into his essay The Promise of the ’80s, for it graphically demonstrates to us what …
A Sea of Slaughter
by Alice Detroit
Fifth Estate # 323, Summer, 1986
a review of Sea of Slaughter by Farley Mowat, 1985, Atlantic Monthly, 438 pp. $24.95
Women Doing Time
by Marius Mason
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
a review of Taking the Rap: Women Doing Time For Society’s Crimes by Ann Hansen. Between the Lines, 2018
The Decline and Fall of Everything
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 268, January, 1976
The landscape of capitalism is a global one, existing everywhere with only minor variations. But this universal reign of the paycheck and the price-tag is approaching a state of crisis, becoming noticeable to all but those whose idea of politics …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
Ammunition Books, 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 ILLUMINATUS TRILOGY by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson Part I The Eye in the Pyramid 304 pp. Part II The Golden Apple 272 pp. Part III Leviathan 253 pp. Incredible political …
PBS, Power & Postmodernism
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
The Public Broadcasting System produces “programming” toward a more manageable society. In fact, it is the network rather expressly for managers, and what it airs can best be understood by keeping in mind this service to the managing class. The …
Books and Publications Received
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 389, Summer, 2013
BOOKS Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, by Paul Avrich and Karen Avrich, Harvard University Press, 2012, 528 pp., 36 photos, $35. The story of “the most dangerous woman in America” and her long-time …
Why is Marie Mason in the Fed’s Harshest Prison?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 389, Summer, 2013
Supporters of imprisoned environmental activist Marie Mason, are fearful that the repressive conditions she currently experiences could worsen when a construction project inside of her unit in a Texas high security prison is completed.
Ron Cobb
by Nat Freeland
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
Editor’s note: Ron Cobb is one of the most brilliant contributors to the Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) and the Fifth Estate. His cartoons originate from the Los Angeles Free Press as does the following article.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 276, September 1976
Ammunition Books 4403 Second Ave. Detroit, Michigan, 48201 Bookstore hours: Mon. thru Fri. 1 pm – 5 pm A SPECIAL NOTE! For those of you who have been waiting for your copies of Chris Gray’s book, Leaving the 20th Century: …
Rock and Roll Revival!
by Dennis Frawley
Fifth Estate # 81, June 12-25, 1969
Detroit’s 1st Rock and Roll Revival held Memorial Day weekend at the Fairgrounds significantly began the summer’s slew of pop festivals across the country.
Labor News
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971
Motor City Labor News is a regular feature of the Fifth Estate. In this column we want to provide a space for people from different parts of the Detroit labor scene to exchange their experiences—experiences of the struggle to gain …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 380, Spring 2009
Send letters to fe – AT – fifthestate – DOT – org or Fifth Estate, PO Box 201016, Ferndale, MI 48220 All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten; letters may be edited for length.
An Address
by Encyclopedie des Nuisances
Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992
This slightly abridged Encyclopedie des Nuisances text first appeared as a pamphlet in July 1990. In French, the term “nuisance” denotes a serious affliction, not a mere annoyance. Thus, the authors refer to “the State as the ultimate nuisance,” and …
The Myth of The Party
by Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
This is an excerpt of Murray Bookchin’s 1969 pamphlet Listen, Marxist! A longer version appeared in the May 1976 Fifth Estate, which is available in our archives at FifthEstate.org.
Class War in Chicago
by Chris Clancy
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of The Haymarket Affair, Chicago, 1886: The “Great Anarchist” Riot and Trial by Corrine J. Naden. Moffa Press 1968
Green Scare Update
by Henry Read
Fifth Estate # 381, Summer-Fall 2009
Chalking Sidewalks = Terrorism
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.
The Quadrennial Electoral Fraud
by Jonny Ball
Fifth Estate # 387, Summer, 2012
Occasionally, the liberal-democratic system nobly affords us the chance to select our representatives from a shallow gene-pool of political management professionals.
David Porter Remembered
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
Longtime Fifth Estate friend and contributor, David Porter, died December 29; he was 79. A dedicated teacher, anarchist researcher, and grassroots community activist, Porter applied his anti-authoritarian principles to many projects.
Argentina’s New Forms of Struggle
by Patricio McCabe
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
In the late 1990s in Argentina, a new form of struggle emerged from the unemployed workers (who make up 20% of the people while another 20% are underemployed). This expression of resistance came from the provinces to the capital of …
The Free
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 324, Fall, 1986
a review of The Free by M. Gilliland. Hooligan Press, 142 pp., London, 1986, 1.80 pounds, $4.00 (U.S.)
Anti-authoritarian Portugal
by Jesús Sepúlveda
Fifth Estate # 404, Summer, 2019
Last June, I was invited by the anarchist publisher, Textos Subterraneos, to speak about the newly-published Portuguese edition of my book, The Garden of Peculiarities, in Lisbon and Oporto. Of interest to FE readers, TS has also put out an …
They can’t get any nuder
by Robert Wolf
Fifth Estate # 75, March 20-April 2, 1969
(Other Scenes/UPS) Tom Cushing added the last line of his play about nudism 40 years ago, then wrote above its original title: “The Unplayable Play.” The play jocularly concerned a nudist girl who invited her swain home, on the condition …
Free the Cleveland 4
by Amanda Schemkes
Fifth Estate # 398, Summer, 2017
The Cleveland 4 need continued movement support as they deal with harsh sentences resulting from the interest that the government has in orchestrating terrorism convictions.
Green Scares and Marie Mason
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 384, Spring, 2011
Marie Mason, who is serving the longest prison term of any Green Scare prisoner, lost her appeal as the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on December 16 upheld her almost 22-year sentence for two acts of eco-sabotage.
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 1978
Several people have asked us if the back page of last issue’s FE [#289, January 24, 1978] depicting the “thoughts” of Kim Il Sung was real or just another put-on. Well, we wish that it was something we had thought …
The beasts of the Southwest desert have a message for us
by Jason Rodgers
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
a review of A Desert Pilgrim’s Bestiary by Anthony Walent, author; Maurice Spira, Illustrator. Eberhardt Press, 2019
Myth of the Party
by Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
Social revolutions are not “made” by parties, groups, or cadres; they occur as a result of deep-seated historic forces and contradictions that activate large sections of the population. They occur not merely (as Trotsky argued) because the “masses” find the …
Unionization in America
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976
The struggle for unionization in the 1930s has always been shrouded in myth and revered by both the labor movement and the Left as a period of labor militancy. A closer look at the developments shows a much different picture …
Myth of the Party
by Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
See Fifth Estate introduction in this issue. Social revolutions are not “made” by parties, groups, or cadres; they occur as a result of deep-seated historic forces and contradictions that activate large sections of the population. They occur not merely (as …
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 60, August 15-September 4, 1968
Now that things have cooled down a little for the MC5 and myself after all the excitement of recent weeks maybe I can get into some of the things I promised when I started this column—although the stuff you’ve been …
Image Worshipping
by Panos Papadimitropoulos
Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary
Different cultures view the world in different ways, especially if we take into consideration the large number and diversity of the means to engage in conversation beyond speech.