Author’s Note: This article is not intended to define or thoroughly explain the muddled swamp which is today’s world of art/life/experience. In fact, its only a visceral (gut) reaction to looking at cars, looking at Lennon-Ono prints. In the next …
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A Sacco and Vanzetti Mystery with a Modern Twist
by S. Laplage
Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021
a review of Suosso’s Lane by Robert Knox (Web-e-Pub 2016). web-e-books.com/suosso/paperback.html
Roger Noel Released
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 311, Winter, 1983
Roger Noel, a Belgian anarchist imprisoned in Warsaw since July 5, was set free on November 26th by the Polish authorities after paying a fine of 900,000 Zlotys ($900 U.S. currency). He was accused of smuggling radio material into Poland …
The Torch Drive
by Dennis Witkowski
Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975
The Fifth Estate has published information exposing the Torch Drive hustle for the past several years. In keeping with this tradition, the following article presents an up-to-date account of what the Torch Drive is really about; how they initially get …
News Shorts
by Bill Rowe
Fifth Estate # 94, December 11-24, 1969
Blacks Stand Up At Harvard Blacks at Harvard University seized the Administration Building December 5 demanding more black workers in administrative and service areas. Six hours later, the blacks gave up the building after an Administration promise to discuss the …
Jefferson Airplane Lands in City
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
Nearly 4,000 young people jammed Into the Ford Auditorium on Friday June 30 to hear the Jefferson Airplane. Three thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine people enjoyed themselves.
The Battle at Brockdorf
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 280, February 1977
Staff Note: The following is a first-hand account of the demonstration and events leading up to it. See also in this issue: West German Protest. BROCKDORF, Germany (LNS)—Up to now we have used only legal ways—filing lawsuits and so on—but …
Tales from the Planet
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992
Jolt to James Bay In an era when almost all environmental battles seem doomed to defeat, it was heartening to see Quebec’s energy megaproject at James Bay dealt a crippling blow by the decision of the State of New York …
Letters to the Editor
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967
Dear Editor: Since you are one of the few progressive newspapers around, we have a special request for you. A group of citizens of Mill Valley, California are handling a National Stamp Drive to help equip our garage.
Nietzsche and the Anarchists
by Spencer Sunshine
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
John Moore was a controversial but intriguing English anarchist writer who passed away of a heart attack in October 2002 at the age of 45. He was the author of such short books as Anarchy & Ecstasy, Lovebite, and The …
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.
Revenge of the Clowns
by Pat Halley
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
It’s not easy being a fool. All the fools on television and in Hollywood make competition stiff but it has been worse. From the sixth to the tenth century, for nearly four hundred years, the Catholic church and the European …
Without a Glimmer of Remorse
by Don LaCoss
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
a review of Without a Glimmer of Remorse by Pino Cacucci, translated by Paul Sharkey, illustrations by Flavio Costantini (2006, Christie Books/Read and Noir; 364 pp.)
1916: A Fictional War before the War
by Robert Knox
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
a review of The Blast by Joseph Matthews. PM Press, 2022
Meet The Commander
by Rico Cleffi
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
Inching his way downtown, he hits the first food cart he can find, not an easy feat in this neighborhood. The cart stands in front of a worn old church converted into a disco, famous for getting shut down repeatedly. …
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 …
Debs’ Speech Threatened the Rulers
by Julie Herrada
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
FE Note: As we write, the U.S. is in the final stages of preparation for its imperial invasion and occupation of Iraq, so the question posed in the upper right headline may be in the first stages of being answered. …
April 15 March
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
On April 15, millions of people across the world will take to the streets to demand that the United States end its aggression against Vietnam and immediately withdraw all of its troops. In Detroit, the Coalition to End the War …
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 …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 317, Summer 1984
The Clydeside Anarchist is a new quarterly publication from Scotland. They can be contacted at Box 3, 488 Great Western Road, Glasgow 12 Scotland. Black Bairn, an anarchist newssheet, can be contacted at the same address.
In the World of Digital, Print Raises A Challenge
by Rich Dana (Ricardo Feral)
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of Urgent Publishing after the Artist’s Book: Making Public Movements Toward Liberation by Paul Soulellis (Book Design: Be Oakley). GenderFail 2021
A Reply on Poland
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
In response to “The Collapse in Poland” by Rudy Perkins in this issue (FE #309, June 19, 1982). A Movement Which is “Represented” is Unfree. When I hear the term “seizure of power,” my flesh crawls. It is a hideous …
The Centralia Massacre
by Alon K. Raab
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
As we travel north on Oregon’s Highway Five, from Portland towards Seattle, places and names go by: Castle Rock, Cougar, Mt. St. Helens, Onalaska. A November rain is falling, light rain, blessed rain. We cross the Chehalis river and then …
The Siege of the Arsenal
by Mike Haywood
Fifth Estate # 317, Summer 1984
This account of the blockade of the Rock Island Army Arsenal on June 4th was written by Mike Haywood of the Disarm Now Action Group, 407 South Dearborn No. 307, Chicago IL 60605. This is neither an endorsement of the …
Death Poses Questions for Greens
by Margit
Fifth Estate # 322, Winter-Spring, 1986
FRANKFURT, Sept. 28, 1984—Like so many times before, groups from left, Green, and autonomous circles had called out their crews to protest a meeting of the neo-fascist NPD, taking place in a marginal neighborhood of Frankfurt, where Turkish and other …
Pura Arcos, 1919-1995
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
On October 12, 1995, our community lost another elder and member of a generation of anarchist revolutionary veterans now passing into history. Purificación Pérez Benavent (Pura Arcos), companion of FE staff member Federico Arcos, was born June 26, 1919 in …
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 …
Who Killed Ned Ludd?
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
The argument that the advent of capitalism brought a rise in the standard of living for workers has been refuted before, but is shown graphically in these two prints. Prior to the dominance of the capitalist economy and the establishment …
Youth News
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 127, March 18-31, 1971
With the weather warming up, people will be into all kinds of radical activity and crazy shit. If you are into it or see it happening, give us a call at 831-6800 or send it in to us at 4403 …
Mother Earth
by Alon K. Raab
Fifth Estate # 356, Spring, 2002
a review of Anarchy! An Anthology of Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth, Edited with Commentary by Peter Glassgold, Counterpoint, 2001, 428 pages, $25.
MPLA Attacks Political Dissent
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 273, June 1976
Now that the “liberation” of Angola by the MPLA [Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola] has been completed, the Luanda government of Agostinho Neto has begun a vicious crackdown on political dissidents to secure its one party rule over …
Italian Chemical Disaster
by R.F.
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
Since the July 10th explosion at an Italian Chemical plant outside of the northern Italian city of Seveso, information has come to light to indicate that Michigan could be the setting for a similar disaster.
The Barn
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
The barn is bursting with new titles & more to come. If you’d like us to review and/or distro your independent publication, bring it on
The Booksellers of our Better Nature
by Carrie Laben
Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021
New York City. March 2020, the first days of the crisis that would define the year. The words “mutual aid” began to appear where they’d not been seen before, from lamp post flyers to Reddit neighborhood forums.
U.S. Out of the Americas!
by Primitivo Solis (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
How could anyone fail to notice the sickening irony in the announcement from U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz that no reprisals would be taken against Nicaragua for shooting down an unmarked U.S. military helicopter and killing the pilot at …
The Need for a Revolutionary Anarchist Movement Has Never Been Greater
by Wayne Price
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
Anarchism is everywhere in the media recently. Anarchists are blamed and denounced by a wide spectrum of politicians. Trump and his followers denounce anarchists and antifa as being the central figures in the Black Lives Matter demonstrations. Democrats make a …
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Notes on the Death of Franco (Part II)
by Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 269, February, 1976
In Part I of Notes on the Death of Franco, the historic rise of fascism under Franco was outlined. Part II analyzes modern Spain and the state of the revolutionary movement today.
Applied Anarchy
by Carl Hughes, Phil Bailey
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
Moving from ideas to action has always been central to the anarchist project. Our work has long been inspired by visions of a transformed world, one in which prevailing institutions and relationships are overturned to create more liberatory ways of …
Bits of the World in Brief
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
Paul Jacob, the libertarian draft resister who went underground to escape prosecution, was convicted at a July 1 trial, sentenced and denied appeal bond. The penalty was six months imprisonment and 4-1/2 years of weekly community service.
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