After a three month investigation, a right wing couple was charged in the January 20 shooting and wounding of an anarchist member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The assault took place during a protest against the appearance …
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The Forgotten Anarchist Commune in Manchuria
by Francesco Dalessandro
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
During World War II the famous Hollywood filmmaker Frank Capra was commissioned by the U.S. Military to make a seven-part documentary film series titled “Why We Fight.” Its purpose was to counter Nazi propaganda films and justify U.S. involvement in …
City Asked to Pay in Socialists’ Shooting
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 14, September 15, 1966
The May 16, 1966, murder of a former Wayne State University student, Leo Bernard, and the near-fatal shooting of two others, was reviewed last week by attorney Ernest Goodman who filed a petition with Detroit Common Council requesting funds for …
Singing about Revolution & One Big Union
by Julie Herrada
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
reviewed in this article The Big Red Songbook, Archie Green, David Roediger, Franklin Rosemont, Salvatore Salerno, editors; 2007; 538 pp.; $24; Charles H. Kerr Co., 1740 West Greenleaf, Chicago, IL 60626. Available from The Barn (see page 55).
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 74, March 5-19, 1969
Current rash of skyjacking is nothing new, merely a new outbreak of the age-‘old custom of piracy in the newest uncontrolled medium: the air. Diverting planes to Cuba is kid stuff. Wait until international pirates see the potential for just …
Pandemic Immiseration
by A. Kent MacDougall
Fifth Estate # 352, Winter, 1999
Fifth Estate Note: Some terminology in this brief but potent essay differs somewhat from the language generally used in the FE.
Big Mountain Update
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 326, Summer, 1987
Sometimes no news is good news, and that seems to be the case with the folks at Big Mountain. According to Matt Strasberg (of the Big Mountain Legal Defense/Offense Committee), the July 7, 1986 deadline passed quietly. Indian activists, supporters …
An Anarcho-Crossword Puzzle
by Dave Sands, David Watson, Fran Shor, Julie Herrada, Mike Sabbagh, Peter Werbe
Fifth Estate # 390, Fall, 2013
View or download PDF [57 KB] fe-390-48-anarcho-crossword Hints are displayed below the puzzle. See below for answers and annotations
Left Reacts to Czechs
by Allen Young
Fifth Estate # 62, Sept. 19-Oct. 2, 1968
LONDON, England—Liberation News Service—Europe’s left, new and old, has been brutally unanimous in its criticism of the Soviet military intervention in Czechoslovakia.
Public Safety Fired
by Alice Hartwell
Fifth Estate # The South End insert
The University, still reeling from WSU President David Adamany’s resignation over the Labor Day weekend, received another shock with the announcement that the Public Safety Department has been ordered to disband immediately by acting-WSU President Ria Frijters. The 25-officer force …
’76 French Strike at La Hague
by Michael Lucas
Fifth Estate # 286, September, 1977
From May to October of 1976 the workers of the La Hague nuclear reprocessing plant in France struck following what was euphemistically described as a radical “deterioration of working conditions” as a result of a shift from the reprocessing of …
‘What Have You Got?’
by Art Johnston
Fifth Estate # 18, November 15-30, 1966
Nineteenth century capitalism generated the “true believer” in laissez-faire, and gave rise to a large body of oppressed workers; the condition of which was a contradiction of the justifying principles of capitalism—the “natural rights” of Man.
Strike & Sabotage at Wash. Post
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975
If the publishing of a sympathetic account of a union struggle seems inconsistent with our perspective, which views unions as auxiliary organs of Capital, let us clarify the matter. As people who have spent our adult lives as wage workers …
Solidarity Is Our Strength
by Dr. Zakk Flash
Fifth Estate # 390, Fall, 2013
The 2013 Moore tornado was an EF5 velocity storm that struck Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour, killing 23 people and injuring 377 others.
Infoshop, Gallery, & Mail Order
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
BOOKSTORE IN A BARN (615) 536-5999 an hour east of Nashville; call, write, or email for directions FifthEstate@pumpkinhollow.net Read more WORDS Dr. Ben Reitman, Sister of the Road: the Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha (2002) $15.00 Dark Star Beneath the Paving …
Anarchists at Korean Peace Conference
by Howard Besser
Fifth Estate # 330, Winter, 1988-89
The Korean Anarchist Federation hosted an international peace conference October 28-31 in Seoul. Approximately two dozen delegates from 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America attended, with all expenses paid for by the Korean comrades. It was a …
The IWW: 100 Years of Resistance and Repression
by Julie Herrada
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
By the last half of the nineteenth century, working conditions in American factories, mines, and mills were deplorable. Industrialists were ruthless about making money at the expense of the health and safety of the workers. They looked upon their employees …
Read All About It!
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
A woman wrote in recently and asked for the addresses of several radical and underground papers. This made us realize that our paper may be the only one of its kind that is known to many of our readers. Since …
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: …
Roger, Michael and Me
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
a review of “Roger and Me,” a film produced and directed by Michael Moore.