In response to “The Collapse in Poland” by Rudy Perkins in this issue (FE #309, June 19, 1982). A Movement Which is “Represented” is Unfree. When I hear the term “seizure of power,” my flesh crawls. It is a hideous …
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The Centralia Massacre
by Alon K. Raab
Fifth Estate # 346, Summer, 1995
As we travel north on Oregon’s Highway Five, from Portland towards Seattle, places and names go by: Castle Rock, Cougar, Mt. St. Helens, Onalaska. A November rain is falling, light rain, blessed rain. We cross the Chehalis river and then …
The Siege of the Arsenal
by Mike Haywood
Fifth Estate # 317, Summer 1984
This account of the blockade of the Rock Island Army Arsenal on June 4th was written by Mike Haywood of the Disarm Now Action Group, 407 South Dearborn No. 307, Chicago IL 60605. This is neither an endorsement of the …
Death Poses Questions for Greens
by Margit
Fifth Estate # 322, Winter-Spring, 1986
FRANKFURT, Sept. 28, 1984—Like so many times before, groups from left, Green, and autonomous circles had called out their crews to protest a meeting of the neo-fascist NPD, taking place in a marginal neighborhood of Frankfurt, where Turkish and other …
Pura Arcos, 1919-1995
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 347, Spring, 1996
On October 12, 1995, our community lost another elder and member of a generation of anarchist revolutionary veterans now passing into history. Purificación Pérez Benavent (Pura Arcos), companion of FE staff member Federico Arcos, was born June 26, 1919 in …
Myth of the Party
by Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 336, Spring, 1991
See Fifth Estate introduction in this issue. 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 …
Who Killed Ned Ludd?
by John Zerzan, Paula Zerzan
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
The argument that the advent of capitalism brought a rise in the standard of living for workers has been refuted before, but is shown graphically in these two prints. Prior to the dominance of the capitalist economy and the establishment …
Mother Earth
by Alon K. Raab
Fifth Estate # 356, Spring, 2002
a review of Anarchy! An Anthology of Emma Goldman’s Mother Earth, Edited with Commentary by Peter Glassgold, Counterpoint, 2001, 428 pages, $25.
MPLA Attacks Political Dissent
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 273, June 1976
Now that the “liberation” of Angola by the MPLA [Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola] has been completed, the Luanda government of Agostinho Neto has begun a vicious crackdown on political dissidents to secure its one party rule over …
Italian Chemical Disaster
by R.F.
Fifth Estate # 277, October 1976
Since the July 10th explosion at an Italian Chemical plant outside of the northern Italian city of Seveso, information has come to light to indicate that Michigan could be the setting for a similar disaster.
The Barn
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
The barn is bursting with new titles & more to come. If you’d like us to review and/or distro your independent publication, bring it on
The Booksellers of our Better Nature
by Carrie Laben
Fifth Estate # 409, Summer, 2021
New York City. March 2020, the first days of the crisis that would define the year. The words “mutual aid” began to appear where they’d not been seen before, from lamp post flyers to Reddit neighborhood forums.
U.S. Out of the Americas!
by Primitivo Solis (David Watson)
Fifth Estate # 315, Winter, 1984
How could anyone fail to notice the sickening irony in the announcement from U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz that no reprisals would be taken against Nicaragua for shooting down an unmarked U.S. military helicopter and killing the pilot at …
The Need for a Revolutionary Anarchist Movement Has Never Been Greater
by Wayne Price
Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020
Anarchism is everywhere in the media recently. Anarchists are blamed and denounced by a wide spectrum of politicians. Trump and his followers denounce anarchists and antifa as being the central figures in the Black Lives Matter demonstrations. Democrats make a …
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Notes on the Death of Franco (Part II)
by Murray Bookchin
Fifth Estate # 269, February, 1976
In Part I of Notes on the Death of Franco, the historic rise of fascism under Franco was outlined. Part II analyzes modern Spain and the state of the revolutionary movement today.
Applied Anarchy
by Carl Hughes, Phil Bailey
Fifth Estate # 403, Spring 2019
Moving from ideas to action has always been central to the anarchist project. Our work has long been inspired by visions of a transformed world, one in which prevailing institutions and relationships are overturned to create more liberatory ways of …
Bits of the World in Brief
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 321, Indian Summer, 1985
Paul Jacob, the libertarian draft resister who went underground to escape prosecution, was convicted at a July 1 trial, sentenced and denied appeal bond. The penalty was six months imprisonment and 4-1/2 years of weekly community service.
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Caution: Capitalism may be Harmful to Your Health
by George Metefsky
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
Part II: Alternative Cultures Serving Capitalism No one really consciously planned the thorough integration of the middle-class worker with capitalism. Capitalists were forced to develop a more productive worker, a more extravagant consumer, simply because their own fixation on accumulation …
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