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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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.

France ’68: A Society Explodes

by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)

Fifth Estate # 338, Winter, 1992

a review of Worker-Student Action Committees: France ’68, R. Gregoire & F. Perlman, Black & Red, PO Box 02374, Detroit MI 48202, 1969 (reprinted 1991). Available from B & R or FE Books, $3 plus postage.

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