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Detroit Paper Strike Continues
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 350, Fall, 1997
I’m writing this on Labor Day 1997, the third such holiday since five newspaper unions began their strike against the Detroit News and Free Press in July 1995. The spirits of many of the strikers remain high, their weekly paper …
A System of Domination—Technology
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
In response to a letter from Jeffrey Vega, Tech Examined FE #315, Winter 1984. Is it too much to ask that our critics take the time to read at least some of the voluminous material on the technology question rather …
Vietnam Summer
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
“It is time now to meet the escalation of the War in Vietnam with an escalation of opposition to that War. I think the time has come for all people of good will to engage in a massive program of …
Then and now
by Martha Ackelsberg
Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021
July 19 marks the 85th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution.
Zerowork
by Peter Rachleff
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
Zerowork No. 1; Available from P.O. Box 515, Station C, Toronto, Ontario, Canada or through Ammunition Books (see further in this issue). The last few years have seen the appearance of few new journals, even fewer of which are worth …
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 …
Unions and the Nazi Labor Front
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
Both Marxist and liberal historians have always depicted the Nazi movement as the bitter enemy of unions and the victory of German fascism as the death knell of the labor movement. A critical examination shows that, in fact, the opposite …
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.
Dancing on Capitalism’s Grave
by Paul Dalton
Fifth Estate # 399, Fall, 2017
We gather today not to praise capitalism, but to bury it. Rejoice, the great god greed is dead! It lived far too long, laying waste to all it touched. Its chains have been broken, its tentacles severed. The world is …
Esperanto & Anarchism
by Xavi Alcalde
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
“Paroli Esperanton estis iam esenca parto de anarkiismo.” (There was a time when speaking Esperanto was an essential part of being an anarchist.)
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
To the Editors: William Leach from the Black Panther Party is absolutely correct (“The White Left—Serious or Not?” FE #70, January 9-22, 1969) when he points out that white so-called revolutionaries have not organized anyone in the white community—we …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977
Obscene Competition To the FE: Let me make some observations regarding the recent debates in the FE on organization, worker’s councils, and so on. I hope you take what I say as friendly criticism rather than as the beginning of …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006
Six billion healthy people? I read with some surprise EB Maple’s letter (see FE 370, Fall 2005) regarding an article I wrote which was published in the Winter 2005 issue of the Fifth Estate.
An Anarchist in Poland
by Norman Nawrocki
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
During a recent 10 day visit to Western Poland (Wielkopolska) to do research for a novel based on my family history, I spoke with many people in the street, in bars, cafes, on trains and buses trying to understand the …
You Create the Society that Destroys You
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 1978
It doesn’t take an astute observer to point out that an increasingly important product of our society is death and disease. Neutron bombs, cruise missiles, satellite warfare, radioactive wastes, carcinogenic drinking water, mercury poisoning, chemical plagues, industrially-induced cancers, all are …
About this Issue
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
Welcome to the second issue in the fortieth anniversary year of this publication. The first was published in February and was our official commemorative edition. It was the largest and most colorful issue ever printed since we began in 1965. …
The Practical Marx
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
Karl Marx is always approached as so many thoughts, so many words. What connection is there between lived choices–one’s willful lifetime–and the presentation of one’s ideas? By 1846 Marx and Engels had written The German Ideology, which contains the full …
1,000 Rewards
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 276, September 1976
David Rockefeller (left) President of the Chase Manhattan Bank and an unknown accomplice Roy E. Weber, President of the Michigan Savings & Loan League Robert McNamara, President of the World Bank 1,000 REWARDS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE SUPPRESSION AND …
The World Says No to War
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
World wide resistance to Bush II’s war of conquest and empire is growing. On February 15th, in the largest single day of protest ever, an estimated 10 to 30 million people took to the streets across the world to prevent …
Media News
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
Unicorn Riot premiered its free documentary, “Black Snake Killaz: a #NoDAPL Story” in November at Minneapolis’ Parkway Theater. The screening was followed by a question and answer session and an after-party featured performances by the punk folk band, Ungrateful Little …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977
PORTUGAL: The Impossible Revolution? Phil Mailer The still unfinished story of the Portuguese upsurge of 1974-75. An eye-witness account of a deeply involved spectator. A new type of historiography with the view from different groups vying for power and the …
Newsreel’s Here to Stay!
by Detroit Newsreel Collective
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
Newsreel is a national organization of revolutionary filmmakers with bases in 10 cities and Puerto Rico. We came to Detroit at the beginning of the summer to make a film on auto workers and set up regional distribution of our …
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
On Saturday, June 22, a demonstration expressing support for French workers and students was held in front of the office of the French consulate in the First National Building in downtown Detroit.
Merge & Conquer
by Kathleen Rashid
Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994
A recent decision by the Canadian Department of National Defense (DND) to close down its military training camp at Ipperwash in southwest Ontario, built on land confiscated from the Stoney Point Ojibwe in W.W.II, and return it to “the Kettle …
Seattle
by David Solnit
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
On November 30, 1999, a citizen uprising shut down the World Trade Organization and took over downtown Seattle, transforming it into a festival of resistance. Tens of thousands of people joined the nonviolent direct action blockade which encircled the WTO …
World-Wide Crisis
by Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
When an economic system produces 32 million unemployed in the industrialized nations, it would almost seem unnecessary to inveigh against its profound inadequacies. But several factors make it worthwhile to look at the present state of disarray in which world …
The Anarchist Revolution
by Dena Clamage, Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
Murray Bookchin is the editor of Anarchos magazine, a periodically appearing journal of anarchist thought published in New York City. Copies of his magazine and other writings are available from Anarchos, P.O. Box 466, Peter Stuyvesant Station, N.Y., N.Y. 10009 …
Intro to Economics
by Tabatha Statid
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
This is the story about how I got a C- grade in my high school economics class. Mr. Burns told the class on the first day that we were going to spend all of our time playing the “Stock Market …
There’s More to Gangs than Just Gangs
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
Gang fever, like the Bird’s pitching, seems to have been just a-passing summer phenomenon. Both served their purpose for the Motor City and then disappeared. Of course, youth crime has not disappeared—just its exploitation by the media and city hall …
Dow Chemical Target for Napalm Protest
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 11, July 30, 1966
The anti-napalm protest scheduled in Midland, Mich., national headquarters of Dow Chemical Corp., for Aug. 7 and 8 will include participants from all across Michigan and northern Ohio and parts of Canada. The region wide action has been called by …
Art as Terror?
by Doug Graves, John Brinker
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) is a collective of artists and academics who illustrate problems with science and technology through writing, performance, and installations. Their objective is to demystify high-tech tools so that the public can make informed decisions about the …
About this issue
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 401, Summer 2018
It’s been said that a revolutionary’s first weapon is a book.
The Ludlow Massacre
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
This article is the third in a series of counter-bicentennial pieces dealing with the more sordid and less-acknowledged incidents in America’s 200-year-old history.
Open City Free Clinic
by Harvey Ovshinsky
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
Free medical attention for Detroit’s Free Community is now available at the Open City office, 4726 Third, every Monday evening from 6 until 8 pm.
Criminals & anarchists
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 318, Fall, 1984
During Autumn NATO maneuvers in West Germany, thousands of people demonstrated at U.S. military bases, and hundreds were arrested. U.S. military commanders protested, calling on the West German government to crack down on “anarchists and criminals” who have damaged military …
Ukrainian and Russian Repression
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017
Over the past year, ruling elites in Russia and Ukraine—often in collaboration with fascist gangs—intensified active repression of those who dare to express dissident points of view on a wide range of topics, from workers’ demands for back pay, to …
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 …
Solidarity in Plague Time
by Bruce Trigg
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of Pandemic Solidarity: Mutual Aid during the Covid-19 Crisis Edited by Marina Sitrin and the Colectiva Sembrar. Pluto Press, London, 2020
News & Reviews
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 357, Summer 2002
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