INTRODUCTION “Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his …
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Last Exit to Utopia
by Takver Shevek
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
“In view of the solutions that are asked of us, routine completely re-upholstered in velvet is dangerous. Routine hatches more distress and death than an imaginary utopia.” —Andre Breton
The Rojava Revolution
by Andrew Flood
Fifth Estate # 394, Summer 2015 - Technology
On May 17, military forces of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) captured Ramadi, Iraq, and with it another huge stock of US-supplied modern weaponry. Six thousand US-trained Iraqi soldiers fled the city without putting up much of …
Wobblies & Music
by John Pietaro
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
Is there ought we have in common with the greedy parasite, Who would lash us into serfdom and crush us with his might? Is there anything left for us but to organize and fight? The Union makes us strong! —”Solidarity …
The Society of the Spectacle Reconsidered
by John Clark
Fifth Estate # 393, Spring 2015
a review of The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord Newly translated & annotated by Ken Knabb, Bureau of Public Secrets, 2014, 150 pages. $15. bopsecrets.org
Report from Venezuela
by El Libertario (Venezuela)
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
Note. El Libertario, the voice of the Comision de relaciones anarquistas of Venezuela, analyzes the how and why of the increasing state repression against the growing social discontent that belies the pseudo-revolutionary discourse of the Chavez regime. See also: “In …
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”).
Easter Canceled
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 271, April, 1976
(The Sunday News supplement) Caption: The feet that once walked the Sea of Galilee here protrude from the mud, still showing the nail scars from the crucifixion.
Support the Troops in Revolutionary Defeat
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
Explicitly focusing their energies on undermining Russian military activity in Chechnya, they declared February 23rd as “the International Day of the Deserter” and set up a number of different events, including discussion panels, information exchanges on the draft, hardcore punk …