a review of “Roger and Me,” a film produced and directed by Michael Moore.
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“Big Mama” Thornton and the Holding Company
by TPL
Fifth Estate # 82, June 26-July 9, 1969
NEW YORK (LNS)—Tuesday night at Ungano’s Discotheque, located just west of Amsterdam Avenue at 70th St., the atmosphere: dark, the clientele: negligible.
Rock and Roll Dope
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
The following is a press release I wrote for the MC5 this week; we’re running it here because we promised to take you behind the scenes in the rock and roll industry, and these events illustrate what bands have to …
Italy: the refusal of all constraints
by Isaac Cronin
Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977
This text was taken from a leaflet by Isaac Cronin (Box 14221, San Francisco, Ca. 94114). Thanks to No Limits (Box 2605, Madison, WI 53701) for the information. It appeared in their June/July issue.
I’m Sticking with the Union?
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
“Hey! What are you guys doing here? You hate unions!” —A strike supporter The labor militant who aimed this question at us was surprised, almost shocked, to see a group whom she considers anarchists critical of unions, shoulder-to-shoulder with striking …
Book reviews
by Hank Malone
Fifth Estate # 61, Sept. 5-18, 1968
a review of Richard Wright, a biography by Constance Webb. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NYC, 442 pages $8.95. William Styron’s Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond, edited by John Henrik Clarke. Beacon Press, Boston, hardbound $4.95, paperback: $1.95
What have you got?
by Art Johnston
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
SAN FRANCISCO—”Naked Angels” is the best movie I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen “2001” four times, and I thought that was better than “Wild Angels” which I saw only 3 times.
Unschooling and Free Schools
by Marike Reid-Gaudet
Fifth Estate # 388, Winter, 2013
I’m interested in unschooling because it’s an applied philosophy rather than a teaching method. This philosophy, which I strive to use daily with my son, who is now 16 years old, is also the one used in free schools. For …
Life & Rewilding in the Pandemic
by Steve Kirk
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
“Sridevi and her relatives collected nine types of Dioscorea tubers; some extended deep underground. The ease and flow of the work, and the general lack of rules governing the way spouses cooperated in doing this job, struck me.” —Nurit Bird-David, …
The L.A. Earthquake
by Adam Bregman
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
At 4:30 am, January 17th, an earthquake…measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit Los Angeles. Everyone was suddenly awakened as the earth tossed the city around for thirty seconds or so.
Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Portugal
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 266, September, 1975
Trying to make sense of the situation in Portugal with facts gleaned from reading the daily newspapers and watching the nightly news has become an increasingly impossible task.
Workers Battle GE Electric Octopus
by David Gaynes
Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970
147,000 workers at the General Electric Corporation went on strike October 27, 1969. Today, they’re still out of work with little hope of any rapid change in their bleak situation. General Electric’s (non-) negotiators have refused to budge a comma …
Society of the Spectacle, 40th anniversary
by Bill Koehnlein
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
The Society of the Spectacle (La Société du Spectacle), by Guy Debord, is the best-known and most influential text issued by the Situationist international (SI), and it informed–theoretically and practically–the most revolutionary sectors that emerged a year after its publication …
MS Magazine Interview
by The Eat The Rich Gang
Fifth Estate # 291, April 30, 1978
Gail Garrot, big city cop MS Magazine caught up with Gail Garrot as she emerged from the stone-grey headquarters of the Detroit Police Department located in the center of the Motor City’s dreary downtown section.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976
FEer Kidnapped? [In response to Rich Take Non-Aspirin Over FE Ad, #274, July 1976] Dear Sirs (sic): We have kidnapped your staff member, E.B. Maple. If you do not deliver $300,000 in one dollar bills or the Chairman of the …
Mass Insurrection Centennial
by Peter Rachleff
Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977
On July 16, 1877, railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, walked off their jobs in response to a 10% wage cut instituted by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Wage cuts had become common practice on the railroads, in fact throughout …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 291, April 30, 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 …
Algorithms of Compliance
by D.G. Gerard
Fifth Estate # 408, Winter, 2021
a review of Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener. Macmillan/Farrar Straus Giroux/MCD Books (Holtzbrinck Publishing Group) 2020 To escape her stagnant work as an assistant in publishing, Anna Wiener sold out and took a job in tech. Now she’s written about …
China: Financing the Celestial Empire
by E. Mett, Y. Bumczik
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
China is in fashion. Enthusiasm for China can be found amongst liberals, technocrats and members of the World Bank. In the popular view “the people are brave and the culture squeaky clean.” Maoists and proto-Maoists proclaim China as a genuine …