In a rite of spring, a festive gathering of zeks celebrated the biosphere—that fine layer of rust that covers the earth which gives and supports life. This rite was bizarre because it wasn’t happening around the wild fruit trees or …
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Partial Victory at Ft. Jackson
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969
FT. JACKSON, S.C.—The Army has dropped charges against some GIs affiliated with the group GIs United Against the War in Vietnam at Ft. Jackson, S.C., and will discharge others without ever bringing them to trial.
The Year 2000 for Revolutionaries
by Kyle Holbrock
Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999
The present society produces an ever-increasing series of disasters, from stock market crashes to mass starvation. Most of this chaos winds up hurting the most dispossessed while the capitalists laugh all the way to the bank. Knowing this, as a …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 376, Halloween, 2007
Picking on Chavez To the Fifth Estate: I disagree with Fifth Estate picking on Hugo Chavez (See Spring 2007 FE, “In Chavez’s Venezuela: Continued Repression of Popular Protest”).
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 279, December, 1976
Many thanks to those who continue to send donations both through our Sustainer’s fund (which is growing) and one-time donations. It’s been financially difficult trying to make it through three months without holding a benefit, and it’s the individual responses …
Pig Media Joins Police
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
NEW YORK (LNS) — On January 26, two men identifying themselves as “being from the government” dropped a subpoena off at CBS.
The Return of the Social Revolution
by Claudio Albertani
Fifth Estate # 293-294, August 21, 1978
“Bread and roses.” (Paterson, N.J., 1912, slogan of the revolutionary women) “Molotov, Champagne!” (Milan, 1977)
The African Road to Anarchism?
by Jim Feast
Fifth Estate # 378, Summer 2008
My experiences on a recent trip to The Gambia on Africa’s west-central coast, brought to mind the historic leftist dream that the state will wither away once workers have overturned capitalism.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 353, Summer, 1999
Fifth Estate Letters Policy We welcome letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions, or giving reports of events in your area. We don’t guarantee to print everything received, but all letters are read by our staff and considered for publication. …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 313, Summer, 1983
The chaos of a hundred packing boxes has finally been cleared away, lost correspondence found and misplaced book orders filled, and our new office space is beginning to take on the feeling of home. It’s quite a change since the …
Detroit Seen
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 323, Summer, 1986
Our offer of bulk copies of our back issues turned out better than we expected and we were swamped with requests. With a reduced volume, we can now make available issues only on a single copy basis. We have a …
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
Editors’ Note: We neglected last issue to welcome John Wilcock back to the pages of this newspaper. John was one of the founders of the Village Voice and the East Village Other. He publishes his own paper, Other Scenes which …
Against Revolutionary Cynicism
by Simoun Magsalin
Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022
If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him with absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar. —Mikhail Bakunin
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 83, July 10-23, 1969
One of the basic fundamentals of conservatism, presumably, is to conserve what you’ve got (no matter how much somebody else might need it) and to this extent at least, William Buckley, heir to a $100 million fortune, is true to …
Black Power for Watts?
by Clay Carson
Fifth Estate # 10, July 15, 1966
reprinted from the L.A. Free Press
Paul Avrich (1931-2006)
by Julie Herrada
Fifth Estate # 372, Spring 2006
A beloved comrade and renowned scholar of 19th and 20th century anarchism passed away on February 17 at his home in New York City. Paul Avrich was author and editor of dozens of influential books and articles on the history …
The Cultural Avant-Garde & the Paris Commune
by Olchar E. Lindsann
Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023
On May 16, 1871, one of the most famous monuments in Europe, the Vendôme Column celebrating Napoleon’s imperial regime, was toppled to the cheers of thousands. It was one of the largest public ceremonies of the short-lived Paris Commune, where …
Other Scenes
by John Wilcock
Fifth Estate # 87, September 4-17, 1969
The U.S. Post Office, which god knows has enough to do just trying to keep the mail flowing, has taken it upon itself to prejudge the contents of private letters. I got a postcard the other day inviting me to …
The Montreal International Anarchist Theatre Festival
by Norman Nawrocki
Fifth Estate # 416, Spring 2025
A longer version of this article is available on the Fifth Estate site at https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/416-spring-2025/the-montreal-international-anarchist-theatre-festival/the-montreal-international-anarchist-theatre-festival-long-version/ Despite being one of the most misunderstood political ideologies of our times, anarchism has a long and beautiful history of developed political thought, well-organized and …
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FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 299, October 22, 1979
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 us …
Emma Goldman and the Russian Revolution
by Alice Wexler, David Porter, Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 334, Summer, 1990
Dear Fifth Estate: While I appreciate David Porter’s long and serious review of my book, Emma Goldman in Exile (see FE #333, Winter 1990), I’d like to take issue with some of his points. Porter criticizes my “intrusiveness” for allegedly …
Everybody but Bush
by Don LaCoss, Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith), Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Don LaCoss The election is already over and we have lost. The name of the president for the next four years won’t be announced until November 3, but I know right now that the guy who won is a white …
Tales from the Police State
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 361, Summer 2003
In early April, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) fired on non-violent anti-war demonstrators without cause or provocation.
Temporary Wives
by Dan Derby
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
SAIGON (LNS)—To stem the gold flow and inflation caused by six-hundred thousand Americans spending large monthly salaries in Vietnam, the PX and the military clubs have gone to great lengths to provide for the needs of the Americans in Saigon.
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 39, October 1-15, 1967
To the Editor, As the yearly retreat to the diploma mills nears I thought your readers would like to know of the continued existence of some essentially less repressive alternatives.
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 402, Winter 2019
Send letters to fe AT fifthestate DOT org or Fifth Estate, POB 201016, Ferndale MI 48220. All formats accepted including typescript & handwritten. Letters may be edited for length.
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91
Quite a Drag Howdy, Folks! (That’s the only non-sexist salutation I can think of.)
Austerity & War Ahead
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 305, March 18, 1981
The New York Times headline trumpeted “[President] Urges Rises in Military Outlay, Cuts in Other Areas,” above an article which stated, “[The President] today proposed to Congress a series of substantial increases in military spending in the 1980s and cuts …
Los Quijotes
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
On July 17, 1936, Spanish nationalist forces, led by right-wing General Francisco Franco attempted a coup d’etat against the newly-elected popular front Republic. In the context of the social and political upheaval following the mass based resistance to the fascist …
Nuclear Plants: Potential Disasters
by Bob Nirkind
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
This article is the third in an originally-planned two-part series on the perils of radioactive waste materials and highly toxic chemicals. Part One of the series (Capitalism’s Industrial Plagues, # 276, September 1976) dealt with the devastating results of nuclear …
Neither East Nor West
by Bob McGlynn
Fifth Estate # 391, Spring/Summer 2014 - Anarchy!
During the Cold War period, there was a sector of anarchists/left-libertarians in the West who took special interest in developments and repression in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries. Their interest was in part due to the ultra-closed nature …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 306, July, 1981
The FE Bookstore is located in the same place as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, both of which are located at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, MI 48201—telephone (313) 831-6800. The hours we are open vary considerably, so it’s always best to …
Class War in Chicago
by Chris Clancy
Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021
a review of The Haymarket Affair, Chicago, 1886: The “Great Anarchist” Riot and Trial by Corrine J. Naden. Moffa Press 1968
Federico Arcos
by David Watson
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
As we go to print, it is with great sadness that we report the passing of our compañero, amigo, padre, and abuelo, Federico Arcos, in Windsor, Ontario, at the age of 94. The last several months were very difficult for …
From Tolstoy to Pussy Riot
by Ania Aizman
Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021
In the fall of 2019, I taught a course at the University of Michigan: “Art and Anarchism: from Tolstoy to Pussy Riot.” The curriculum at the Ann Arbor, Michigan college concentrated on Russian anarchists, historic and contemporary, and was designed …
Absolute Divergence
by Franklin Rosemont
Fifth Estate # Daily Barbarian Number 2
Franklin Rosemont Daily Barbarian Number 2 Fifth Estate #316, Spring 1984, Vol. 19 No. 1 NOTE: The following piece by Franklin Rosemont is an expurgated version of the first section of his manifesto: The Crisis of the Imagination. It originally’ …
Learning from the Complexities of History
by F.O.F.
Fifth Estate # 398, Summer, 2017
a review of Unruly Equality: U.S. Anarchism in the Twentieth Century by Andrew Cornell. University of California Press, 2016 Nonviolence Ain’t What It Used To Be: Unarmed Insurrection and the Rhetoric of Resistance by Shon Meckfessel. AK Press, 2016
“Tony” Revealed
by Gary L. Doebler
Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008
Anarchist Alexander Berkman was sentenced to serve twenty-two years in prison for his attempt to shoot robber-baron Henry Clay Frick during the Homestead miners’ strike. While in prison, a plot was hatched to break him out. Who was the key …
“Stop the Coral Sea!”
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 323, Summer, 1986
This article originally appeared as “Berkeley Strikes the Coral Sea” in Fifth Estate #146, November 25 – December 8, 1971 (Vol. 6 No. 18) page 2
Sex in China
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 288, December 1977
The five cartoon panels printed on this page are taken from “Red Guard Romance” (written and drawn by Jay Kinney) and appeared in Young Lust No. 5. Most of us read the comic and thought it funny, if not somewhat …