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A Sacco and Vanzetti Mystery with a Modern Twist

by S. Laplage

Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021

a review of Suosso’s Lane by Robert Knox (Web-e-Pub 2016). web-e-books.com/suosso/paperback.html

Roger Noel Released

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 311, Winter, 1983

Roger Noel, a Belgian anarchist imprisoned in Warsaw since July 5, was set free on November 26th by the Polish authorities after paying a fine of 900,000 Zlotys ($900 U.S. currency). He was accused of smuggling radio material into Poland …

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The Torch Drive

by Dennis Witkowski

Fifth Estate # 267, November, 1975

The Fifth Estate has published information exposing the Torch Drive hustle for the past several years. In keeping with this tradition, the following article presents an up-to-date account of what the Torch Drive is really about; how they initially get …

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News Shorts

by Bill Rowe

Fifth Estate # 94, December 11-24, 1969

Blacks Stand Up At Harvard Blacks at Harvard University seized the Administration Building December 5 demanding more black workers in administrative and service areas. Six hours later, the blacks gave up the building after an Administration promise to discuss the …

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Jefferson Airplane Lands in City

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967

Nearly 4,000 young people jammed Into the Ford Auditorium on Friday June 30 to hear the Jefferson Airplane. Three thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine people enjoyed themselves.

The Battle at Brockdorf

by Liberation News Service

Fifth Estate # 280, February 1977

Staff Note: The following is a first-hand account of the demonstration and events leading up to it. See also in this issue: West German Protest. BROCKDORF, Germany (LNS)—Up to now we have used only legal ways—filing lawsuits and so on—but …

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Tales from the Planet

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 339, Spring, 1992

Jolt to James Bay In an era when almost all environmental battles seem doomed to defeat, it was heartening to see Quebec’s energy megaproject at James Bay dealt a crippling blow by the decision of the State of New York …

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Letters to the Editor

by Various Authors

Fifth Estate # 33, July 1-15, 1967

Dear Editor: Since you are one of the few progressive newspapers around, we have a special request for you. A group of citizens of Mill Valley, California are handling a National Stamp Drive to help equip our garage.

Revenge of the Clowns

by Pat Halley

Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976

It’s not easy being a fool. All the fools on television and in Hollywood make competition stiff but it has been worse. From the sixth to the tenth century, for nearly four hundred years, the Catholic church and the European …

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Nietzsche and the Anarchists

by Spencer Sunshine

Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005

John Moore was a controversial but intriguing English anarchist writer who passed away of a heart attack in October 2002 at the age of 45. He was the author of such short books as Anarchy & Ecstasy, Lovebite, and The …

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A history of a little Detroit printing co-op

by Peter Werbe

Fifth Estate # 405, Winter, 2020

a review of The Politics of the Joy of Printing: The Detroit Printing Co-op by Danielle Aubert. Artbook/D.A.P.

Without a Glimmer of Remorse

by Don LaCoss

Fifth Estate # 377, March 2008

a review of Without a Glimmer of Remorse by Pino Cacucci, translated by Paul Sharkey, illustrations by Flavio Costantini (2006, Christie Books/Read and Noir; 364 pp.)

1916: A Fictional War before the War

by Robert Knox

Fifth Estate # 411, Spring, 2022

a review of The Blast by Joseph Matthews. PM Press, 2022

Meet The Commander

by Rico Cleffi

Fifth Estate # 413, Spring, 2023

Inching his way downtown, he hits the first food cart he can find, not an easy feat in this neighborhood. The cart stands in front of a worn old church converted into a disco, famous for getting shut down repeatedly. …

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Myth of the Party

by Murray Bookchin

Fifth Estate # 272, May 1976

Social revolutions are not “made” by parties, groups, or cadres; they occur as a result of deep-seated historic forces and contradictions that activate large sections of the population. They occur not merely (as Trotsky argued) because the “masses” find the …

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Debs’ Speech Threatened the Rulers

by Julie Herrada

Fifth Estate # 360, Spring, 2003

FE Note: As we write, the U.S. is in the final stages of preparation for its imperial invasion and occupation of Iraq, so the question posed in the upper right headline may be in the first stages of being answered. …

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April 15 March

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970

On April 15, millions of people across the world will take to the streets to demand that the United States end its aggression against Vietnam and immediately withdraw all of its troops. In Detroit, the Coalition to End the War …

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In the World of Digital, Print Raises A Challenge

by Rich Dana (Ricardo Feral)

Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021

a review of Urgent Publishing after the Artist’s Book: Making Public Movements Toward Liberation by Paul Soulellis (Book Design: Be Oakley). GenderFail 2021

I’m Sticking with the Union?

by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)

Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996

“Hey! What are you guys doing here? You hate unions!” —A strike supporter The labor militant who aimed this question at us was surprised, almost shocked, to see a group whom she considers anarchists critical of unions, shoulder-to-shoulder with striking …

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News & Reviews

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 317, Summer 1984

The Clydeside Anarchist is a new quarterly publication from Scotland. They can be contacted at Box 3, 488 Great Western Road, Glasgow 12 Scotland. Black Bairn, an anarchist newssheet, can be contacted at the same address.

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