a review of Ours to Master and to Own: Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present Edited by Immanuel Ness and Dario Azzellini. Chicago, Haymarket Books, 2011, 417pp, $19
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Objections to Councilism
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 328, Spring, 1988
FE Note: This is a response to “More Minneapolis Anarchy,” the letters beginning on page 15 of this issue.
Workers Aid & the Betrayals of the Left
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 356, Spring, 2002
The failure of dissidents in the West to come to terms with the Yugoslav debacle & the subsequent slaughters weighs like a nightmare on the mind & spirit of anyone trying to sort through the complex realities of the present …
Army Crumbling in Portugal
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975
The rule of Capital continues to erode in Portugal as the increased activity of rank-and-file soldiers, workers and peasants comes into increasing conflict with the Sixth Provisional military government.
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.
Hungary ’56
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 296, January 29, 1979
Thirteen years ago the Hungarian people, led by the Budapest working class, launched an attack on the ruling police state. In the process, the despotism of the state was briefly eliminated and councils of workers emerged, signaling a dramatic break …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 280, February 1977
Sticks & Stones Dear Fifth Estate, In response to E.B. Maple (“On Organization: Two Reviews of The Camatte/Collu Pamphlet,” FE #279, December 1976), I can only say that calling me a “Leninist” does not make it so.
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
Hungary ’56 by Andy Anderson Black & Red-Solidarity 138 pp., $1.25 Revolt In Socialist Yugoslavia by Fredy Perlman Black & Red 23 pp., $.25
League Sues Crysler
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 80, May 29-June 11, 1969
“We are bringing our legitimate grievances to the legal establishment of the white man’s government to give the racist monopoly capitalist system the opportunity to begin to redeem itself for the crimes which have been perpetuated against Black workers and …
Wanna Nice Job?
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976
At Blue Bird Food Products, a union plant on Chicago’s South side, thirty-five television cameras mounted on moveable tracks keep constant surveillance on 450 workers on the factory floor. In the monitoring room, an “expert” in time-study keeps detailed charts …
“Down With Your Levis”
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
Atlanta—On Saturday, August 12, a crowd of 175 supporters and newsmen gathered at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park to watch 25 Atlanta students and workers take off and burn their Levi pants.
Unions and Reformism
by Judith Allen
Fifth Estate # 275, August, 1976
Reprinted from Internationalism No. 3 Unionism corresponded to a particular historical period of workers ‘ struggles. Its form was determined by its reformist content. Unions regrouped only a minority of the working class, just enough to be able to put …
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 …
Off the Pigs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
Editors’ Note: The so-called “riot manual” described on the opposite page [FE #84, July 24-August 6, 1969] should be seen for what it is—a battle plan for the subjugation of the black community, demonstrators, and anyone who challenges the way …
Revolution from below
by Martin Comack
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
a review of El Socialism Salvaje: Autoorganizacion y democracia directa desde 1789 hasta nuestros dias (Wild Socialism: Self-organization and direct democracy from 1789 to the Present) Charles Reeve. Virus Editorial, 2020
Chrysler Sabotage
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979
It’s a rare case when someone can go home from the job and say they’ve done a constructive day’s work, and an even rarer case when 4,000 people from the same place can say it at the same time.
France ’68: A Society Explodes
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 338, Winter, 1992
a review of Worker-Student Action Committees: France ’68, R. Gregoire & F. Perlman, Black & Red, PO Box 02374, Detroit MI 48202, 1969 (reprinted 1991). Available from B & R or FE Books, $3 plus postage.
The Cucumber Quotient
by Arnold Washover
Fifth Estate # 284, July, 1977
A few years ago on my last job I kept waking up in the morning with big bubbles in my head, eat a bowl of corn chips and go to work, checking out the storm sewers for leaks and patching …
GE Has a Better Idea
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
NEW YORK (LNS) — The three month old strike of 147,000 General Electric workers has been settled.
Roger the Grape to Lead Boycott Day
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969
State Senator Roger Craig, along with Hijinio Rangel, a striking worker from Delano, California, will kick off the International Grape Boycott Day activities in Detroit on May 10th.