“The question is always how to move from a social insurgency to an anarchistic society?” —Voline, The Unknown Revolution
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The Rojava Revolution is a Women’s Story
by Paul Buhle
Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022
a review of Their Blood Got Mixed: Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS by Janet Biehl, PM Press, 2021
Countering the Mystique of the Proletariat
by Gerard
Fifth Estate # 332, Summer, 1989
The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in 1848, asserts that “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles,” that social transformations grow out of the contradiction between productive forces and the …
Anti-Electoralism and William Morris
by Wayne Price
Fifth Estate # 358, Fall, 2002
It is generally a waste of time to argue with individuals about their voting or not voting. Among tens of thousands, one vote either way makes no difference (even when it gets counted).
Readers respond (II)
by Naomi Klein
Fifth Estate # 357, Summer 2002
“We do not want others, more or less of the right, center or left, to decide for us. We want to participate directly in the decisions which concern us, to control those who govern us, without regard to their political …
News & Reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 324, Fall, 1986
The Daily Barbarian is loose again after almost a year’s absence. The large, 8-page broadsheet filled with libertarian news, poetry, an essay on S & M, a great back-page Reagan poster, irreverent humor and imaginative layout makes one wish for …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 324, Fall, 1986
The FE Bookservice may be reached at the same address as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, P.O. Box 02548, Detroit MI 48202 USA, telephone (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our hours vary so please call before dropping in. HOW TO …
Anarchism & The Critique of Technology
by Bob Brubaker
Fifth Estate # 320, Spring, 1985
Much of contemporary anarchist thought is completely reconciled with industrial society and technological social organization. This common anarchist viewpoint is summed up by Daniel Guerin thusly: “[Anarchism] rests upon large-scale modern industry, up-to-date techniques, the modern proletariat, and internationalism on …
FE Bookstore
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 318, Fall, 1984
The FE Bookservice may be reached at the same address as the Fifth Estate Newspaper, P.O. Box 02548, Detroit, MI 48202 USA — telephone (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our hours vary so please call before dropping in.
Big Mountain
by Richard Grow
Fifth Estate # 317, Summer 1984
In the Southwest, “U.S. Out of North America” is not just another pretty slogan. In 1680, when Spain presided over the Four Corners Area, Indian ‘runners ran from village to village, launching the Pueblo Revolt, in which Pueblo, Navajo and …