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Revolution from below

by Martin Comack

Fifth Estate # 412, Fall, 2022

a review of El Socialism Salvaje: Autoorganizacion y democracia directa desde 1789 hasta nuestros dias (Wild Socialism: Self-organization and direct democracy from 1789 to the Present) Charles Reeve. Virus Editorial, 2020

FE Bookstore

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 330, Winter, 1988-89

The FE Bookstore is located at 4632 Second Ave., just south of W. Forest, in Detroit. We share space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and may be reached at the same phone number: (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our …

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The Strike That’s Coming

by David Rovics

Fifth Estate # 407, Fall, 2020

In so many ways, the fault lines in the U.S. and other countries are being violently exposed by the pandemic, and especially by the economic fallout in the many parts of the world where life was precarious for most people …

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Letters to the Fifth Estate

by Various Authors

Fifth Estate # 344, Summer, 1994

Fifth Estate Letters Policy The Fifth Estate always welcomes letters commenting on our articles, stating opinions, or giving reports of events in local areas. We don’t guarantee we will print everything we receive, but all letters are read by our …

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On Poland and Power

by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe), Rudy Perkins

Fifth Estate # 310, Fall 1982

Thanks again for running my article on Poland, and for E.B. Maple’s reply. (See FE #309, June 19, 1982, “The Collapse in Poland”) Maple seems a little over-anxious for a dispute on the questions raised, in some cases going out …

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The Anarchist Spectre in Eastern Europe

by David Porter

Fifth Estate # 335, Winter, 1990-91

Rarely is an entire region of the world so caught up in the collapse of hierarchical politics as Eastern Europe of a year ago. The infamous “spectre of anarchy” astonished and horrified Communist, dissident and Western politicians alike as millions …

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The Collapse in Poland

by Rudy Perkins

Fifth Estate # 309, June 19, 1982

“Winter is yours, Spring is ours!” —Solidarity Painted across a thousand walls in Poland, this promise reminds us that the democratic upsurge there is far from buried. A certain phase of the movement has ended. When the movement reappears its …

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Crisis in Iran—none for me, thanks

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 300, December 4, 1979

Iran: the Ayatollah captures the revolution The confrontation between Iran and the United States over the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Nov. 4 and taking of 63 hostages (later reduced to 50) by Islamic student militants has brought …

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France ’68: A Society Explodes

by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)

Fifth Estate # 338, Winter, 1992

a review of Worker-Student Action Committees: France ’68, R. Gregoire & F. Perlman, Black & Red, PO Box 02374, Detroit MI 48202, 1969 (reprinted 1991). Available from B & R or FE Books, $3 plus postage.

FE Bookstore

by Fifth Estate Collective

Fifth Estate # 331, Spring 1989

The FE Bookstore is located at 4632 Second Ave., just south of W. Forest, in Detroit. We share space with the Fifth Estate Newspaper and may be reached at the same phone number: (313) 831-6800. Visitors are welcome, but our …

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