I’m writing this on Labor Day 1997, the third such holiday since five newspaper unions began their strike against the Detroit News and Free Press in July 1995. The spirits of many of the strikers remain high, their weekly paper …
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A System of Domination—Technology
by George Bradford (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
In response to a letter from Jeffrey Vega, Tech Examined FE #315, Winter 1984. Is it too much to ask that our critics take the time to read at least some of the voluminous material on the technology question rather …
Vietnam Summer
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
“It is time now to meet the escalation of the War in Vietnam with an escalation of opposition to that War. I think the time has come for all people of good will to engage in a massive program of …
Then and now
by Martha Ackelsberg
Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021
July 19 marks the 85th anniversary of the Spanish Revolution.
Zerowork
by Peter Rachleff
Fifth Estate # 278, November, 1976
Zerowork No. 1; Available from P.O. Box 515, Station C, Toronto, Ontario, Canada or through Ammunition Books (see further in this issue). The last few years have seen the appearance of few new journals, even fewer of which are worth …
Ammunition Books
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 291, April 30, 1978
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 1pm to 5pm) and at …
Unions and the Nazi Labor Front
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
Both Marxist and liberal historians have always depicted the Nazi movement as the bitter enemy of unions and the victory of German fascism as the death knell of the labor movement. A critical examination shows that, in fact, the opposite …
The Myth of The Party
by Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
This is an excerpt of Murray Bookchin’s 1969 pamphlet Listen, Marxist! A longer version appeared in the May 1976 Fifth Estate, which is available in our archives at FifthEstate.org.
Dancing on Capitalism’s Grave
by Paul Dalton
Fifth Estate # 399, Fall, 2017
We gather today not to praise capitalism, but to bury it. Rejoice, the great god greed is dead! It lived far too long, laying waste to all it touched. Its chains have been broken, its tentacles severed. The world is …
Esperanto & Anarchism
by Xavi Alcalde
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
“Paroli Esperanton estis iam esenca parto de anarkiismo.” (There was a time when speaking Esperanto was an essential part of being an anarchist.)
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 72, February 6 - 19, 1969
To the Editors: William Leach from the Black Panther Party is absolutely correct (“The White Left—Serious or Not?” FE #70, January 9-22, 1969) when he points out that white so-called revolutionaries have not organized anyone in the white community—we …
Letters to the Fifth Estate
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 282, April-May, 1977
Obscene Competition To the FE: Let me make some observations regarding the recent debates in the FE on organization, worker’s councils, and so on. I hope you take what I say as friendly criticism rather than as the beginning of …
Letters
by Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006
Six billion healthy people? I read with some surprise EB Maple’s letter (see FE 370, Fall 2005) regarding an article I wrote which was published in the Winter 2005 issue of the Fifth Estate.
An Anarchist in Poland
by Norman Nawrocki
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
During a recent 10 day visit to Western Poland (Wielkopolska) to do research for a novel based on my family history, I spoke with many people in the street, in bars, cafes, on trains and buses trying to understand the …
You Create the Society that Destroys You
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 290, March 2, 1978
It doesn’t take an astute observer to point out that an increasingly important product of our society is death and disease. Neutron bombs, cruise missiles, satellite warfare, radioactive wastes, carcinogenic drinking water, mercury poisoning, chemical plagues, industrially-induced cancers, all are …
About this Issue
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
Welcome to the second issue in the fortieth anniversary year of this publication. The first was published in February and was our official commemorative edition. It was the largest and most colorful issue ever printed since we began in 1965. …
The Practical Marx
by John Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
Karl Marx is always approached as so many thoughts, so many words. What connection is there between lived choices–one’s willful lifetime–and the presentation of one’s ideas? By 1846 Marx and Engels had written The German Ideology, which contains the full …
1,000 Rewards
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 276, September 1976
David Rockefeller (left) President of the Chase Manhattan Bank and an unknown accomplice Roy E. Weber, President of the Michigan Savings & Loan League Robert McNamara, President of the World Bank 1,000 REWARDS FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE SUPPRESSION AND …
The World Says No to War
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003
World wide resistance to Bush II’s war of conquest and empire is growing. On February 15th, in the largest single day of protest ever, an estimated 10 to 30 million people took to the streets across the world to prevent …
Media News
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 400, Spring, 2018
Unicorn Riot premiered its free documentary, “Black Snake Killaz: a #NoDAPL Story” in November at Minneapolis’ Parkway Theater. The screening was followed by a question and answer session and an after-party featured performances by the punk folk band, Ungrateful Little …