On the evening of January 19th, 2018, while over 200,000 people gathered in New York City for the Women’s March, a thousand alt-right supporters converged for a “Night of Freedom” at Hell’s Kitchen FREQ NYC nightclub. Outside, a brawl broke …
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Mutinies can Stop U.S. Wars
by Angry Workers Group
Fifth Estate # 323, Summer, 1986
From a leaflet by the Angry Workers Group, 2000 Center St., No. 1200, Berkeley CA 94704, which was passed out during Fleet Week in San Francisco, October, 1985.
About this Issue
by Cara Hoffman
Fifth Estate # 408, Winter, 2021
Welcome to Fifth Estate’s Anarchist Review of Books, edited by a collective based in Austin, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Oakland and Seattle. ARB brings you intelligent, subversive, non–dogmatic writing with an anti-authoritarian perspective. We put this issue out at a …
Unrepentant!
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 406, Spring, 2020
The excerpts on these pages are shortened versions of ones published in Defiance: Anarchist Statements Before Judge and Jury, a new title from Detritus Books in Olympia, Wash. detritusbooks.com. During the last 150 years, people identifying with the anarchist tradition …
The Disasters of Disaster Capitalism
by Don LaCoss
Fifth Estate # 379, Fall, 2008
In an airport recently, I idly watched the 24-hour cable TV news that they pipe into the waiting lounges. A big report on the current financial market smashup noted that the US stock market had tumbled 40% in less than …
Utah Phillips (1935-2008)
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 378, Summer 2008
The IWW and the labor movement lose a troubadour Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music, who performed tirelessly on two continents for 38 years, died May 23 of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California, a small …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967
The Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) had its long-awaited dinner at the Rackham Bldg. recently, only a few days after anti-war demonstrators had clashed with the warmakers and local gendarmes in the same locals.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 287, October 28, 1977
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 1 pm to 5 pm) …
“The Decadence of Capital”
by Interrogations
Fifth Estate # 330, Winter, 1988-89
FE Note: The essay below explores and criticizes the theory of the “decadence of capitalism,” a view held by several ultra-left sects here and in Europe. This view contends (a la Marx) that capital once had a dynamic phase in …
Millennials
by Josefine W.W. Parker (Voyager)
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
a review of Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials. Little, Brown and Company 2017
Redwood Summer
by Kelpie Wilson
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
The Concept Redwood Summer was modeled after the “Mississippi Summer” of the civil rights movement. The conditions were similar to those of Mississippi in 1964. African-American victims of the system needed outside intervention to advocate for them in hostile territory. …
Comments on Revolutionary Violence
by Muswell Hillbillie, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977
Muswell Hillbillie Responds: Hi FE Folks, After reading the two letters (FE #287, October 28, 1977) responding to my article in the August FE (#285, August, 1977), I have decided to abandon the use of the term “terrorism,” because I …
Tramp Printers
by Steve Izma
Fifth Estate # 399, Fall, 2017
a review of The Tramp Printers: Forgotten Trails of the Travelling Typographers by Charles Overbeck. Eberhart Press, 2017
Capital Big Winner in Italy Elections
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 274, July 1976
The results of the Italian parliamentary elections held June 20 and 21 toppled the predictions of political forecasters (including us; see FE last issue, June 1976) that the Italian Communist Party (PCI) would emerge as the greatest vote getter. As …
War Crimes in Vietnam
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 98, February 4-18, 1970
NEW YORK (LNS) — An ex-GI has charged that electrical torture of prisoners and civilians is official U.S. policy in Vietnam. Peter Martisen, 25, interrogated prisoners-of-war for the 541st Military Intelligence Detachment. He was trained for his job at Fort …
Puppets Against Pollution
by Dogbane Campion (David Watson), Mary Wildwood
Fifth Estate # 340, Autumn 1992
Some 200 local residents turned out to show their opposition to the Detroit incinerator and the ongoing destruction of planetary life systems in early June. Following a dormant phase, this demonstration did much to clear away a pall hanging over …
Off Center
by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 1968
The Detroit Public Schools will receive $6,000,000 to squander in the next three years from the Federal government for a special project to “enrich” five inner-city-schools.
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 303, October 20, 1980
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate and can be found at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours that we’re open vary quite a bit, so it’s always best that you give …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
We have finally firmed up plans for the Fifth Estate 20th Anniversary celebration. It will be held at Alvin’s, 5756 Cass Ave., Detroit, on Dec. 7. Hopefully, the event will bring together many of those who have worked on the …
Anarchy and the Left
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 325, Spring, 1987
In recent months, we have been critical of a number of anarchists, through correspondence and in person, on the question of working politically with marxist-leninists on specific projects of joint interest. Those we have been in contact with on these …
The United States
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 29, May 1-15, 1967
Doc Greene is confused. So are 170 million other white Americans, including Hubert Humphrey and Roy Wilkins.
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
Brothers, I was dismayed, but not overly surprised, upon reading William Spencer Leach’s article [“The White Left—Serious or Not?” FE #70, January 9-22, 1969]. Brother Bill has made several good points and suggestions. He is right in the need …
Fall Offensive: Detroit
by Dena Clamage
Fifth Estate # 90, October 16-29, 1969
The Fall Offensive has now been launched on a scale more massive than anyone anticipated with the strikes, rallies, marches, and other activities that swept Detroit and the entire country on Oct. 15. These are however, only a prelude to …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
The revolution is a thing of the people, a popular creation; the counterrevolution is a thing of the State. It has always been so and will always be so, whether in Russia, Spain or China. –Anarchist Federation of Iberia (FA …
History Quiz
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Name: Please choose the best answer for the following questions. 1) Before becoming governor of California in 1967, Ronald Reagan
Sam Mbah Dies
by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
Sam Mbah, Nigerian activist, journalist, lawyer, and co-author of African Anarchism: The History of a Movement, passed away November 6, after suffering unexpected complications from a heart condition for which he had recently undergone surgery.
The Future Is…Written?
by Eric Laursen
Fifth Estate # 415, Summer 2024
a review of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin. Penguin Press, 2023
Worker-Student Action Committees (excerpt)
by Fredy Perlman, Roger Gregoire
Fifth Estate # 329, Summer, 1988
FE Note: What follows are thoughts on the revolutionary upsurge which shook France 20 years ago. Although ultimately unsuccessful, the message is that revolt is possible in modern society. In ours today, it is not the cops which prevent revolt, …
Debate on El Salvador
by Ana Coluthon, Chris Nielsen
Fifth Estate # 317, Summer 1984
Ultra-Leftist Cliche Dear Cave-dwellers: Nice try, but you really make yourselves look a bit ignorant, not to mention self-righteous, in “El Salvador and Its Politicians” (FE #316, Spring 1984). Guillermo Ungo and his “reformist and Stalinist” FDR/FMLN might well …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
We never could figure out which faction was responsible for the auto-destruction of New York City’s Sabotage Bookstore (the pamphlets published by either side casting blame are definitely not recommended reading), but we had the same sensation one does when …
Encapsulating Anarchism
by Eric Laursen
Fifth Estate # 414, Fall 2023
a review of Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction by Alex Prichard. Oxford University Press, 2023
Travels in Russia
by Henri Simon
Fifth Estate # 349, Summer 1997
Henri Simon and his daughter Claire spent three months in Russia during 1996. Simon is the author of numerous books and articles including the Black & Red title, Poland 1980-82: Class Struggle and the Crisis of Capital (see our book …
On Class & Solidarity
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
“I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person and learns from the other. I have a lot to learn …
Left Rites
by The Last International
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
In astronomy, “revolution” refers to a return to the same place. For the left it seems to mean about the same. Leftism is literally reactionary. Just as generals prepare to fight the last war, leftists incite the last revolution. They …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982
Thanks to those of you who so promptly answered your subscription renewal letters we sent out after the last issue. Thanks, also, for sending along your comments on the paper; it’s always good to get your feelings about our effort, …
Welcome to our 40th Anniversary Issue
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
Welcome to our Spring/Summer 2005 and 40th anniversary commemorative edition of the Fifth Estate (FE). The effort needed to publish the largest and most colorful paper in our history required numerous resources, both creative and financial, from our collective members …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 283, June, 1977
Note to Writers Due to space considerations, we ask that letter writers make their remarks as concise as possible and when typing please double-space. It’s not our desire to trim ideas to fit the space available, but practical limitations do …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 312, Spring 1983
CHRISTIAN ANARCHY? Fifth Estate: People can call themselves anything they like but I would think the differences between Christianity and anarchism are so massive as to preclude anyone calling themselves Christian anarchists (see FE June19, 1982 Letters column). There are …
HipPocrates
by Eugene Schoenfeld M.D.
Fifth Estate # 91, October 30-November 12, 1969
Dear Dr. Schoenfeld. This may be a bit out of your line but I have a dog who is gay.
The Paris Commune, The Right To Be Lazy & Surrealism
by Penelope Rosemont
Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021
“Work, now? Never, never. I’m on strike.” —Rimbaud This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune, an experiment in self-governance that is still inspiring today. It was born in response to the suffering caused by the Franco-Prussian War …
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