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The Fifth Estate is a cooperative, nonprofit project, publishing since 1965. The people who produce it are a group of friends who do so neither to secure wages nor as an investment in the newspaper industry, but to encourage resistance to an unjust and destructive society.

The Fifth Estate (ISSN No. 0015–0800) is published quarterly at 4632 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 USA;

Phone (313) 831–6800.

Our office hours vary, so please call before visiting.

Subscriptions are $10.00 for four issues; $12.00 foreign including Canada.

Periodical Mail postage paid at Detroit, Michigan.

No copyright. No paid advertisements.

Postmaster: Send address changes to: Fifth Estate, 4632 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201 USA.

Statement of Ownership, Management & Circulation

Title of publication: Fifth Estate.

Publication number: 710420.

Date of Filing: October 12, 2000.

Frequency of Issue: quarterly.

Annual subscription price: $10.

Complete mailing address 4632 Second Ave., Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan 48201. Publisher: The Fifth Estate Newspaper.

Editor: None.

Managing Editor: None.

Owner: The Fifth Estate Newspaper, 4632 Second Ave., Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan 48201.

Known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders: None.

Extent and nature of circulation

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months;

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date.

Total number

copies (net press run).

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 5000

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 5000.

Paid and or requested circulation: Sales through dealers and vendors:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 1752

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 1752.

Mail subscriptions:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 1011

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 1011.

Total paid and or requested circulation:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 2763

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 2763.

Free distribution by mail:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 100

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 100

Free distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers and Other Means)

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 2000

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 2000

Total free distribution:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 2100

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 2100

Total distribution:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 4863

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 4863

Copies not distributed:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 137

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 137.

Return from news agents:

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 0

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 0

Total

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 5000

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 5000.

Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation

(a) average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months: 70%

(b) actual number of single issue published nearest to filing date: 57%.

I certify that the above statements are correct and complete: Peter Werbe, Business Mgr.