Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate Collective
South African Will Speak October 14
Franz J.T. Lee, South African liberation leader, will be the featured speaker on Friday, Oct. 14, 8:00 P.M., at the Hartford Avenue Baptist Church, 6300 Hartford. Mr. Lee will speak on the Freedom Struggle in South Africa and discuss the assassination of Henry Verwoerd. There is a donation of $1; 75 cents for students and the unemployed. The talk is being sponsored by the Alexander Defense Committee.
May 8, 2023 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Sovereignty & the State
Not Another Editorial!
When US occupation authorities pretended to return sovereignty to Iraq, they erected a pliable government of quisling-proxies. To cover up the devastating failure of the invasion, they created a mirage of Iraqi independence.
During a secret ceremony in a heavily-militarized bunker buried somewhere in the Green Zone, there were no Iraqis present other than the new puppets; only Western news media, US military officers, and armed mercenary bodyguards were allowed to attend.
May 31, 2016 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Space Not The Place
“With the aid of the high-powered rocket modern man is indeed conquering space. But in the very act of making this achievement possible, the megamachine is carrying further its conquest of man...At the bottom of this whole effort lies a purpose that animates the entire megamachine, indeed, figures as its only viable consummation: to reduce the human organism itself, its habitat, and its mode of existence, and its life-purpose to just those minimal dimensions that will bring it under total external control...So the ultimate gift of space technics, it now turns out is to establish in experimental small-scale models the requirements for imprisoning, conditioning, and controlling large populations.”
Oct 8, 2020 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Spanish Prisoners
A large, well-produced poster titled Libertarians found its way to our office not long ago. It is chiefly a translation of a text written in Spanish by “The International Friends,” denouncing the detention of more than fifty libertarians in Spanish prisons (as of September 1980) for alleged participation in armed activities. It contains a summation of the predicament of these libertarian and autonomous comrades, an analysis of the modern Spanish state (“the tardy reconciliation of all the victors of the counter-revolution”), criticism of the reconstituted CNT which “feels some real discomfiture in this affair. It is not out of indifference or prudence that it was brought to remain silent. The leaders of the CNT want to be an axis of regroupment of libertarians on a trade-unionist basis, in fact moderated and acceptable to the established order. The comrades who have resorted to expropriations represent, by this fact alone, an absolutely opposite axis of regrouping. If some are right, the others are wrong. Each person is the offspring of their works, and one must choose between these or the others by examining the meaning find the finality of their actions....” It then urges practical action to free the imprisoned libertarians, “those [actions] that create the most Scandal [being] the best.”
Feb 17, 2019 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Spanish Revolution Bibliography
José Peirats, The CNT in the Spanish Revolution, published by The Meltzer Press (Vol. 1) and Christie Books (Vol. 2). They are essential reading.
Stuart Christie, We, The Anarchists, The Meltzer Press. A telling and thorough look at the FAI.
Much of our knowledge of the anarchist resistance to Franco comes from the work of Antonio Tellez and Miguel Garcia. All of the above publications are available from AK Press akpress.org and deserve close reading.
Apr 26, 2015 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Special Women’s Issue
Staff & Contributors
STAFF COLLECTIVE: Barbara B., Barbara C., Barbara V., Betty B., Betty M., Carol, Carolyn, Carrie, Cathy, Cinda, Cindy, Colleen, Collette, Debbie B., Debbie S., Elizabeth, Fran, Gronya, Jackie, Janet, Jean, JoAnne, Judy, Julie, Lauren, Lona, Lorraine, Marge, Marie, Marilyn, Mary Jo, Nalda, Pat, Resa, Terry, plus assistance from the regular Fifth Estate Staff.
Sep 7, 2015 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Sperry-Univac
Technology. We know that it offers no evidence whatsoever of having any sympathy for the nature of the world, and has nothing to do with human desires for an earth on which to dwell.
We’re the people who create it, perfect it and make it part of the American dream. We bring you the computer, which touches all our lives in ways we can hardly begin to imagine. And who can say what lies ahead?
Dec 22, 2019 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Sstaff and Contributors
Angela DeSante
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Bill Griffith
Pat Halley
Jay Kinney
E.B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Rudy Perkins
Duke Skywatcher
Sonny Tufts
Bratach Dubh
Peter Werbe
Marilyn Werbe
Brenda Sabbagh
Norm Thomas
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No -copyright, No paid advertising accepted.
Jun 20, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff
EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Harvey Ovshinsky
NEWS EDITOR: Peter Werbe
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West
STAFF: Marlene Tyre, Frank Dedenbach, etc.
MEMBER: U.P.S. [Underground Press Syndicate]
Apr 28, 2023 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff
FIFTH ESTATE #13, August 30, 1966, Vol. 1, No. 13, page 2
The Fifth Estate, 937 Plum Street, Detroit, Michigan 48201, 962–9334
EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Harvey Ovshinsky
NEWS EDITOR: Peter Werbe
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Cathy West
STAFF: Ron Halstead, Steven Simons, Debbie Osment, Marlene Tyre, Frank Dedenbach, Paula Stone, John Sinclair, Lena Sinclair, Emil Baccilla, Larry Miller, Frank Joyce, and Jeanie Sheahan
Apr 16, 2023 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff
EDITOR & PUBLISHER: Harvey Ovshinsky
NEWS EDITOR: Peter Werbe
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Kathy
STAFF: Annie Katzen, Lena Sinclair, Marilyn Werbe, Steve Simons, Deborah Osment
THE FIFTH ESTATE 937 PLUM ST, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
48201 962–9334
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Fifth Estate Collective
Staff
THE FIFTH ESTATE
1107 W. Warren
Detroit 48201
831–6800
EDITORS
Harvey Ovshinsky
Peter Werbe
NEWS EDITOR
Frank Joyce
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Cathy West
CIRCULATION MANAGER
Tommye Wiess
MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR
John Sinclair
ART
Gary Grimshaw
FILM EDITOR
Joe Fineman
CALENDAR GIRLS
Karen Kovach
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Fifth Estate Collective
Staff
THE FIFTH ESTATE
1107 W. Warren
Detroit 48201
831–6800
Member, Underground Press Syndicate
EDITORS
Harvey Ovshinsky
Peter Werbe
NEWS EDITOR
Frank Joyce
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Cathy West
ART
Gary Grimshaw
MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR
John Sinclair
CALENDAR GIRLS:
Karen Kovach
Naomi Epel
ADVERTISING
Jan 23, 2017 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & contributors
Millard Berry
Guyora Binder
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Kathy Horak
Pat Kazenko
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Pat O’Bryan
Pete Rachleff
Algirdas Ratnikas
Dennis Rosenblum
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
John Zerzan
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays through Fridays. Subscriptions are $3.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising.
Feb 21, 2016 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E.B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Mr. Venom
Primitivo Solis
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN-0015-0800) is published bi-monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6.00 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second-class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid advertising accepted.
Sep 15, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E.B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Mr. Venom
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Richard Rollins
and Boy Wonder
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015–0800) is published bi-monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone (313)831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6.00 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second-class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid advertising accepted.
Aug 20, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Fifth Estate
A Newspaper Of Detroit
EDITORS
Harvey Ovshinsky
Peter Werbe
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Cathy West
CIRCULATION
Tommye Wiese
NEWS EDITOR
Alan Gotkin
MUSIC EDITORS
Tony Reay
John Sinclair
OFFICE MANAGER
Debbie Quigg
PHOTO EDITOR
Mike Tyre
ART DIRECTION
Blallen
ADVERTISING
Gunnar Lewis
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Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Pat O’Bryan
Kathy Horak
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Stuart Perry
Donna Saffioti
Peter Werbe
Marilyn Werbe
Primitivo Solis
Muswell Hillbilly
Gordon Barry
Carle Groome
Steven Benson
Michael Lucas
W.B. Jeffries
H. Kahn
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $5.00 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class — postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No advertising.
Feb 17, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Kathy Horak
Rick London
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Pat O’Bryan
Algirdas Ratnikas
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
John Zerzan
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays through Fridays. Subscriptions are $3.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising.
Aug 2, 2016 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Staff and contributors for this issue
Millard Berry
Porter Canfield
A. Shady Character
Dan Dickerhoff
B. Durrutti
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Dan Gordon
Kathy Horak
Algirdas Ratnikas
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Dennis Witkowski
Cover photo: Millard Berry
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit MI; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are 1:00–5:00pm Tuesdays through Fridays and 1:00–4:00pm on Saturdays. Subscriptions are $3.00 (12 issues). Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. No copyright. No commercial advertising accepted.
Nov 18, 2013 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
FIFTH ESTATE #272, May, 1976, Vol. 11, No. 8
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Kathy Horak
Colleen Jenson
Pat Kazenko
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Pat O’Bryan
Algirdas Ratnikas
Dennis Rosenblum
Kana Trueblood
S. Tufts
Mr. Venom
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Mark Wenson
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second, Detroit, MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays thru Fridays. Subscriptions are $3.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising accepted.
Dec 29, 2014 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E. B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Sonny Tufts
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Pat Halley
Edward R. Flynn
Peter Rachleff
Richard Schrader
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid advertising accepted.
Jul 5, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Kathy Horak
Rick Schrader
Pat Kazenko
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Pat O’Bryan
Algirdas Ratnikas
Dennis Rosenbloom
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
John Zerzan
Dora Kaplan
Mark Wenson
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second, Detroit, MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays thru Fridays. Subscriptions are $3.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising accepted.
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Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
FIFTH ESTATE #268, January, 1976, Vol. 11, No. 4
Millard Berry
Murray Bookchin
Jim Casey
Red Evans
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Colleen Jensen
E.B. Maple
J.J. Markin
Nick Medvecky
Monros
Bob Nirkind
Pat O’Bryan
Leo Petrauskas
Algirdas Ratnikas
Carl Smith
Mr. Venom
Marilyn Werbe
Dec 21, 2013 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Pat O’Bryan
Kathy Horak
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Stuart Perry
Pete Rachleff
Donna Saffioti
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays through Fridays. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising.
Sep 23, 2016 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
FIFTH ESTATE #269, February, 1976, Vol. 11, No. 5, page 5
Millard Berry
Murray Bookchin
Red Evans
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Colleen Jensen
E.B. Maple
J.J. Markin
Nick Medvecky
Monrós
Bob Nirkind
Pat O’Bryan
Algirdas Ratnikas
Mr. Venom
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Dennis Rosenblum
Jan 2, 2014 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Gordon Barry
Millard Berry
Ed Clark
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Terry Hawkins
Kathy Horak
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Pat O’Bryan
Stuart Perry
Pete Rachleff
Donna Saffioti
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays through Fridays. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising.
Sep 20, 2016 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff & Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Maynard G. Krebs
Angela DiSante
Pat O’Bryan
Kathy Horak
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Bill McGraw
Stuart Perry
Pete Rachleff
Donna Saffiati
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Judith Torres
John Zerzan
Mark Wenson
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays through Fridays. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising.
Oct 1, 2016 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and contributors
Chairman of the Board, Publisher, Assistant to the Publisher, Senior Editor, Editor, Managing Editor, Executive Editor, Assistant Managing Editor, Chief of Correspondents, Operations, Senior Writers, General Editors, Art Editor, Circulation Manager, Associate Editors, Assistant Editors, Senior Editorial Assistants, Editorial Assistants, Chief of Photography, Editorial Controller, Key Grip, Best Boy, Choreography, and Ms. St. Jacques’ Wardrobe by the Paleolithic Liberation Organization (PLO).
Dec 26, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and contributors
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E.B. Maple
Mr. Venom
Primitivo Solis
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Richard Rollins
Larry Talbert
Michael Monster
Bob Brubaker
Stuart Christie
Angela Di Sante
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN-0015-0800) is published bimonthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6.00 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second-class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright., No paid advertising accepted.
Nov 29, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Tomega Therion
Primitivo Solis
Coquilles St. Jacques
Bob Brubaker
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Suzy Ruby Lips
Don Kirkland
The Unknown
T. Fulano
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015–0800) is published bimonthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 USA; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours vary, so please call before visiting. Subscriptions are $4.00 for six issues; $6 for foreign including Canada. Second class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid ads accepted.
Jan 26, 2019 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Tomoga Therion
Primitivo Solis
Angela Di Sante
Larry Talbert
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Coquilles St. Jacques
E.B. Maple
Wanda Lust
Dora Kaplan
David Watson
Bill Watson
T. Fulano
Linda Wiens.
Mr. Venom
Don Kirkland
Ralph Rinaldi
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015–0800) is published bi-monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 USA; phone (313) 8316800. Office hours vary, so please call before visiting. Subscriptions are $4.00 for six issues; $6 for foreign including Canada. Second class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid ads accepted.
Jan 18, 2019 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E.B. Maple
Angela Di Sante
Mr Venom
Primitivo Solis
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Richard Rollins
Larry Talbert
Michael Monster
Stephen Goodfellow
John Zerzen
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015–0800) is published bi-monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 USA; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours vary, so please call before visiting. Subscriptions are $4.00 for six issues; $6 for foreign including Canada. Second class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan.
Dec 13, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E.B. Maple
The Entire Nachalo Family
Mr. Venom
Primitivo Solis
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Michael Scrivener
Buster Brown
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN-0015-0800) is published bi-monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6.00 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second-class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid advertising accepted.
Sep 25, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Michael Betzold
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E.B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Mike Neiswonger
Speedo
Mr. Venom
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Dennis Rosenblum
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published bi-monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright: No commercial advertising accepted.
Aug 14, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Fifth Estate, A Newspaper Of Detroit
EDITORS
Harvey Ovshinsky
Peter Werbe
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Cathy West
CIRCULATION
Tommye Wiese
NEWS EDITOR
Alan Gotkin
MUSIC EDITORS
Tony Reay
John Sinclair
OFFICE MANAGER
Debbie Quigg
PHOTO EDITOR
Mike Tyre
ART DIRECTION
Blallen
ADVERTISING
Gunnar Lewis
Sep 1, 2015 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Tomega Therion
Ruby Lips
Bob Brubaker
T. Fulano
Primitivo Solis
Coquilles St. Jacques
Larry Talbert
David Watson
Don Kirkland
Angela Di Sante
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
John Zerzan
Buster Brown
George Bradford
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN 0015–0800) is published quarterly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48201 USA; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours vary, so please call before visiting. Subscriptions are $4.00 for six issues; $6 for foreign including Canada. Second class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid ads accepted.
Jul 3, 2017 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
#3, January 1966, Vol. 1, No. 3
The Fifth Estate
Po Box 305
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Harvey Ovshinsky
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Susan de Gracia, Robin Dibner, Steven Dibner
STAFF: John Sinclair, David Rackett, Deena Clamage, Jeff Feldman, John Hawksley,
Special thanks to the Detroit Friends of SNCC and especially to Miss Dorothy Duberry, who went through hell to get the front page photographs.
Jul 31, 2015 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Alice Allman, Millard Berry, Alan Franklin, Ralph Franklin, Mike Pinchera, Algirdas Ratnikas, Marilyn Werbe, Peter Werbe
THE FIFTH ESTATE Newspaper, a non-profit corporation is published every month at 4403 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, (313) 831–6800. Office hours are 1:00 til 5:00 P.M. Tuesdays through Fridays. Subscriptions are $3.00 per year (12 issues). Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. Copyright protection is taken on all Fifth Estate issues for the sole purpose of protecting our labors from misuse by capitalist publishers only and will not be invoked against revolutionary publications. Distribution: call 842–8888 for store locations.
Sep 17, 2013 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
FIFTH ESTATE, #299, October 22, 1979, vol. 14, no. 4
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E. B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Mr. Venom
Primitivo Solis
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
John Zerzan
Brenda Sabbagh
Larry Talbert
The Fifth Estate Newspaper (ISSN-0015-0800) is published bimonthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6.00 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second-class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid advertising accepted.
Oct 27, 2016 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Pat O’Bryan
Kathy Horak
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Doug Larkins
Donna Saffioti
Peter Werbe
Marilyn Werbe
Govinda Habersplatte
John & Paula Zerzan
Rick Rollins
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $5.00 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No advertising.
Feb 19, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Dennis Rosenblum
Bob Nirkind
Pat Halley
Colleen Jensen
E. B. Maple
J.J. Markin
Mr. Venom
Sonny Tufts
Pat O’Bryan
Peter Werbe
Algirdas Ratnikas
Marilyn Werbe
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second, Detroit, MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays thru Fridays. Subscriptions are $3.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising accepted.
Jul 20, 2014 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Richard Ades
Michael Betzold
Angela DeSante
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Govinda Habersplatt
Amelia Jones
Jay Kinney
Don Kirkland
Jerry Lemenu
E.B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Peter Rachleff
Richard Rollins
Clayton Sheridan
Peter Werbe
Marilyn Werbe
Hughthir White
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid advertising accepted.
Jun 9, 2018 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Pat O’Bryan
Arnold Washover
Kathy Horak
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Stuart Perry
Paula Zerzan
Nana Saffioti
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Jay Kinney
Michael Lucas
John Zerzan
Peter Rachleff
Richard Rollins
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $5.00 for foreign. Call 259-1888-for retail sales outlets: Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No advertising.
Feb 26, 2017 Read the whole text...
Fifth Estate Collective
Staff and Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Pat O’Bryan
Kathy Horak
Tina Nachalo
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Stuart Perry
Joe Jacobs
Donna Saffioti
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
Danylo Tkach
Marcus Graham
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Staff and Contributors
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Kathy Horak
Rick Schrader
Pat Kazenko
Bob Nirkind
E.B. Maple
Pat O’Bryan
Algirdas Ratnikas
Dennis Rosenblum
Bill McGraw
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
John Zerzan
Paula Zerzan
David Watson
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Staff and Contributors
F. Briest
Angela DeSante
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Pat Halley
Tina Nachalo
Sabina Nachalo
E.B. Maple
Bob Nirkind
Govinda Haber
Peter Rachleff
Richard Rollins
Peter Werbe
Marilyn Werbe
Hughtheir White
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Mar 22, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Staff and Contributors
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
E.B. Maple
Paul Mavrides
Tina Nachalo
Brenda Sabbagh
Jim Stodder
Norm Thomas
Sonny Tufts
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
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Jun 28, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Staff and Contributors
FIFTH ESTATE #271, April, 1976, Vol. 11, No. 7
Millard Berry
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Dennis Rosenblum
Bob Nirkind
Pat Halley
Colleen Jensen
E. B. Maple
Mr. Venom
Paula Zerzan
Pat O’Bryan
Peter Werbe
Algirdas Ratnikas
Marilyn Werbe
John Zerzan
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation is published monthly at 4403 Second, Detroit, MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are: 1:00–5:00 P.M., Mondays thru Fridays. Subscriptions are $3.00 for 12 issues. Call 842–8888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No commercial advertising accepted.
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Staff and Contributors
Claudio Albertani
Angela DiSante
Alan Franklin
Ralph Franklin
Marcus Graham
John Grant
Maynard G. Krebs
E.B. Maple
Tina Nachalo
Mr. Venom
Marilyn Werbe
Peter Werbe
The Fifth Estate Newspaper, a non-profit Michigan corporation, is published monthly at 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201; phone: (313) 831–6800. Office hours are sporadic, so call before coming down. Subscriptions are $4.00 for 12 issues; $6 for foreign. Call 259–1888 for retail sales outlets. Second Class postage paid at Detroit, Michigan. No copyright. No paid advertising accepted.
Jul 10, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Staff Notes
As We Go To Press
As we were just finishing this issue, we received word from the anarchists of the Spooner collective in Willimantic, Connecticut that they are sponsoring an Anarchist UNconvention on Sept. 8. They apparently have a beautiful outdoor spot available for a picnic, music festival and campout. Musicians and bands are being sought to perform. Rain date will be Sept. 15. Full details by sending a SASE to Spooner Collective, Box 433, Willimantic CT 06226 or call their bookshop at (203) 423–5836.
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State Declares War Legal
...peace illegal
What had been planned as a week-long series of demonstrations and civil disobedience at a suburban Detroit cruise missile engine plant has become the focus of the government’s attempt to crush the growing anti-nuclear movement. In 1983 over 5000 persons were jailed for protests against nuclear facilities and the week of November 27-December 3 saw 51 persons arrested at the Walled Lake, Michigan Williams International Corporation for blockading the entrance to the plant. Instead of expected contempt of court charges and misdemeanor trespassing prosecutions, those arrested are facing felony counts of “conspiring to commit a misdemeanor”—ludicrous sounding on the face of it, but potent enough to send violators to prison for two years.
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State Jails Anarchist Webmaster
The war at home
In early August 2003, African-American anarchist revolutionary Sherman Austin was sentenced to one year in jail, a $2000 fine, and three years probation. His crime? Being a black man who published a website with links to bomb-making information.
According to experts, the data Austin linked to is widely available—on the Internet and in public libraries. The state attacked Austin because he is black and because he is an anarchist.
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Statement of Ownership, etc.
1. Title of Publication: Fifth Estate
2. Date of Filing: 30 September 1979
3. Frequency of Issue: Bi-Monthly
3A. No. of Issues Published Annually: 6
3B. Annual Subscription Price: $4
4. Location of Known Office of Publication: 4403 Second Ave., Detroit MI 48201, Wayne County.
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Statement of Ownership, Management & Circulation
Title of publication: Fifth Estate. Publication number: 710420. Date of Filing: February 24, 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) 5000; (b) 5000. Paid and or requested circulation: Sales through dealers and vendors: (a) 2424; (b) 2339. Mail subscriptions:
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State Terrorism in West Germany
As the letter on the preceding page indicates [“Who Are the Real Terrorists?,” FE #289, January 24, 1978], though the more spectacular aspects of the repression in West Germany are now fading from the popular imagination, the “policification” of the Federal Republic proceeds apace.
In recent weeks the criminalization of all who express even the slightest sympathy for the “terrorists” has intensified markedly; though it becomes increasingly difficult to say which is the most astounding of the actions taken by the state to achieve this, a sure candidate can be found in the charges recently brought against the father of murdered RAF member Gudrun Ensslin. For having the temerity to suggest that his daughter had no reason to kill herself but was in fact killed by the state, Ensslin (a minister) is now accused of “defaming the state” and faces three years in prison if convicted.
Jun 10, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Statistics About Our ZIP Code
The December North Cass Community Union Newsletter gave some startling statistics about the 48201 ZIP Code the FE office is in.
Its population is a scant 13,010 and falling.
The median income is $10,001, the lowest of the 192 metro ZIP Codes. and the racial composition is 69 percent black.
Jan 16, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Stay where you are
Don’t do anything
Whatever happens, don’t do anything until you hear from the authorities; your safety cannot be guaranteed if you take it upon yourself to act.
Stay in your homes, cars or shopping centers. If you stay at home, watch television or listen to loud music. During the day, remember that there is no safer place for you than on the job. If you are too young to work, go to school. For your own good, do as you are told.
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Stooges In New York
The Stooges, a Trans-Love band from Ann Arbor, will be in New York City for an end-of-the-month recording session at the Elektra studios.
Produced by John Cale of Velvet Underground fame, the group expects Elektra to release their first single and album in early May.
The band, signed simultaneously with the MC5 will also be doing a number of gigs at Steve Paul’s Scene and some college campuses in the area.
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Stop the Dublin Hangings!
Anarchists Tortured, Framed-Up
As Noel and Marie Murray approached their Dublin home after a morning stroll they were confronted by a garda (an Irish cop), wielding a sub-machine gun.
“You’re dead, Murray,” he screamed. A few months later, a justice of the Special Criminal Court concluded a political show trial by confirming the garda’s sentence.
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Stop the Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Pennsylvania Governor expected to set May death date.
If a death warrant for Mumia is signed, demonstrate the next day, 6 p.m. at local federal buildings & city halls.
Death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal for a new trial was denied by the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court October 30 in an order upholding every detail of his racist and unfair frame-up. He is now under immediate threat of being executed.
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Street people get it together
Representatives from five Ann Arbor revolutionary groups convened at Trans-Love Energies Monday, August 11, to announce to the press the formation of a working coalition of the White Panther Party, the God’s Children motorcycle club, the Black Berets, Sunnygoode Street commune, and the Congolean Maulers.
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Strike!
In the spirit of Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs,
an American Beowulf, who was like both a
sacred covenant rainbow
for all the blue proletariat
and a
powerful electromagnetic storm
and struck fiercely against the
industrial money monsters who
were mute,
blind, stark and cold
to all colors of tears and as
brutal, bloodthirsty and beastly
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Strike against War, Imperialism
On October 15, 25,000 Detroiters added their voice to the millions of others across the country saying “End the War in Vietnam, Bring All the Troops Home Now.” President Nixon, as he had promised, did not listen to that cry. The war continues and so does the Fall Anti-War Offensive.
The dates for the next phase are Nov. 13, 14, and 15. We urge every American who wants the carnage in Vietnam ended to participate as fully as possible in the scheduled events of those days.
Jul 30, 2019 Read the whole text...
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Students Occupy U. of Windsor
WINDSOR, Ont.—For the first time in its history, the University of Windsor has felt the effects of increasing student demands for a voice in those decisions which affect their lives.
On Feb. 11, 55 students took over the Theology and Classics departments in the South Wing of the Administration Building.
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Students Plan Anti-War Meet
College and high school antiwar activists and leaders are scheduled to converge on the campus of Cleveland’s Case-Western Reserve University this month to discuss, debate and decide on a future course for the student antiwar movement.
The February 14 and 15 national conference, called by the Student Mobilization Committee to End The War in Vietnam (SMC), is expected to be the largest anti-war student gathering to date. The SMC is encouraging all young people against the war interested in helping to chart the Spring program and strategy for the SMC and the student anti-war movement to come and participate in the conference.
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Students vs. Draft
Washington, March 29, (UPI)—The Defense Department called today for the drafting of 34,600 men in May. It had asked for 21,700 for April.
The Army still needs 90,000 more men to complete its buildup for the Vietnam war.
The new draft call dimmed hopes previously expressed that the induction of college students might be avoided. Selective Service officials believe that induction of college students would be unnecessary if the draft could be kept below 30,000 a month.
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Fifth Estate Faces Being Gobbled Up By The Money Monster
Once again the old Fifth Estate is faced with the nemesis of financial bankruptcy. Our shoestring budget still continues to operate at a rate where production costs inevitably outweigh income generated by the paper, due to our refusal to accept all forms of commercial advertising.
In an effort to maintain the paper and our independence from commercial advertising, we urge our readers to contribute financially to the continuing operations of the paper, to re-subscribe if your sub is running out, to check out Ammunition Bookstore and the catalogue in this issue for reading material, and to pass the word and the paper along to friends everywhere. We at this end will assuredly continue to look for ways to keep the paper going.
Jan 5, 2015 Read the whole text...
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Successful Detroit Benefit Concert for Marie Mason
Marie’s long sentence compared to that of an anti-apartheid revolutionary
Movement troubadour David Rovics performed a benefit concert in Detroit, October 27, for singer/songwriter/environmental activist, Marie Mason, the Green Scare prisoner serving the longest sentence for eco-sabotage.
Generous attendees at the benefit contributed over $1,000 to support Marie’s prison and legal needs.
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Support the Troops in Revolutionary Defeat
Some of our anarchist, autonomist, and anti-militarist comrades organized a Deserter Festival in Moscow during the last week of February.
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 shows, antiwar demonstrations, a “Radical Women Against Conscription” rock concert, workshops for international solidarity, a dance party, and a couple of free Food Not Bombs feasts.
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Take This Census & Shove It!
For the last several months I have been inundated with press releases and other propaganda disseminated by the United States government concerning the census which is to begin, appropriately, on April Fool’s Day, 1980. The census presents itself as an innocuous gathering of facts which will make it possible for “us Americans” to know how our society is changing and, as President Carter wrote in a White House release last November, “to make intelligent decisions for the future.”
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Tales from the planet
As we were going to press, Albert Meltzer, active in British anarchism for five decades, visited Detroit and told us of a devastating arson attack on Freedom Press in addition to the ones reported below.
We called England and learned that on June 4th, Aldgate Press, which shares space with Freedom in Angel Alley on the first floor below the bookshop, was gutted by flames and its printing press destroyed. Damage was estimated to be $100,000. Although the first floor is a “burnt shell,” the Freedom book shop received only minor smoke damage.
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Tales from the planet
Erik Larsen, probably the best known military resister to Operation Desert Storm, was released from a Marine brig at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 15. He served five months of a six month sentence. Even though many other resisters, especially those of color, remain imprisoned, the Larsen case is a victory, not only for Erik, but for the entire GI support movement.
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Tales from the planet
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s battle to keep from being legally lynched by the state of Pennsylvania has reached a critical point. On October 1, the U.S. Supreme Court denied his petition for a review of his conviction and death sentence. In January 1990, Mumia exhausted his last avenue of appeal in the state (in)justice system. All that remains is for Governor Robert Casey to sign the warrant of execution.
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Tales from the planet
At a conference of the Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) (the first in twenty years) held in April 1989 in Bradford, England, member groups decided to activate one of the ABC’s original functions by establishing the Emergency Response Network (ERN) which will mobilize anarchists internationally to respond to immediate crises. A call to action would have demands such as the immediate release of anarchist prisoners, the dropping of charges, the cessation of torture, meeting the demands of hunger strikers or prisoner hostage-takers, etc. The meeting in Bradford decided that the ERN would only be activated in defense of anarchists.
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Tales from the planet
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal that his conviction and death sentence be overturned for the 1981 death of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner is still pending before Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. The recent election of an extreme conservative justice to a court that has never granted a new trial, much less dismissed charges for a death-row inmate, does not bode well.
Jan 30, 2016 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
The Saigon Times reports work will begin next year on a north-south expressway along the route of the old Ho Chi Minh Trail. Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet has called for a mass labor program to build the 1,125-mile road This was a retreat from his original plan to build a trunk road down the west side of the Truong Son Mountains, which would have cost $6 billion, half the country’s annual national income.
Oct 13, 2021 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
Between May 19 and 21, a regional anarchist gathering sponsored by the Outaouais Anarchist Circle was held in Ottawa (the capital of Canada, located on the border between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec). The gathering was attended by about 150 people from Ontario, Quebec and Vermont, and followed by a now familiar format of workshops, musical events demos and communal meals. A generally upbeat mood was clouded by a number of sexist incidents. Although some of these incidents seemed to be caused by men who were not directly connected with the gathering, women were angry about the lack of response from anarchist men who were present (for example, a man had interrupted a women-only meeting and later made so much noise with a drum that they had to leave the house). Discussion of these incidents dominated a brief evaluation period before the demo, and it was made clear that some women were strongly considering not coming to future gatherings.
Sep 26, 2021 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
While some celebrated the 510th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the western hemisphere, thousands of others protested his legacy of genocide and enslavement. In Chiapas, more than 50 peasant and civil organizations organized 12 roadblocks. In Colorado, in opposition to an annual Italian (white) pride pro-Columbus march, AIM mobilized nearly 2500 people to march from the four directions with red, black, yellow and white flags to the state capitol to “Transform Columbus Day”, while hundreds of anarchists confronted the parade in solidarity. In Arizona and Sonora, 250 people marched on the U.S./Mexico border to show their opposition to border policies, the takeover and separation of indigenous lands, and the subjugation of indigenous people. Native Americans and others converged on Washington, DC where someone defaced a statue of Columbus.
May 27, 2021 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
Quick! Call the Anarchist Anti-Defamation League (AADL). It’s bad enough when every corporate media outlet uses anarchism as a synonym for chaos, but now an English company has gone even further.
Superdrug PLC is marketing a commercial bath product line using the brand name “Anarchy,” complete with a circle A over the first letter, which includes a body shower gel they call “Havoc.” “Wreak Havoc,” the plastic container urges; “Get Refreshed.”
Mar 20, 2021 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
Kent State University (KSU) announced that on May 4, 1999, the Ohio college parking lot where Sandra Scheuer, Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, and Bill Schroeder were shot to death by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, will be closed to traffic and a full memorial created. The deaths occurred during a campus demonstration when troops fired armor-piercing ammunition at unarmed student anti-war protesters. The 67-shot barrage also wounded nine youths.
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Tales from the Planet
For over five years, villagers in Portugal have been battling the mass planting of eucalyptus trees, a “quick money,” fast-growing, drought resistant tree which, according to its advocates, provides a good light fuel and prevents soil erosion.
In reality, the eucalyptus planting is truly life-threatening for what remains of Portugal’s small farming communities. The tree, which drives its roots deep into the ground, robs the villages of their already meager water supplies, quickly drying up the wells and small streams.
Dec 5, 2020 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
1994 saw a new wave of activism in support of imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier including the following events: Leonard Peltier Freedom Weekend in Washington D.C. in June, a summer cross-country Walk for Justice, a twelve day “People’s Fast for Justice” and an International Walk for Justice in Washington State and British Columbia in October.
May 24, 2020 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
In our last issue George Bradford reported there are some five thousand pieces of junk floating around in space, including several nuclear reactors that will eventually fall back to earth. (See “Biosphere 2: The Future of the Planet?” FE #343, Fall-Winter, 1993.)
Alas, the situation is even worse. The broken solar panel thrown overboard by space shuttle astronoids working on the Hubble telescope last December actually became another of at least 7,300 pieces of junk out there bigger than a softball.
May 3, 2020 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
“On Gogol Boulevard” is the bulletin of the New York City Neither East Nor West Group which gives support and aids in communication between Eastern European anarchists and dissidents and similar movements in the West. It has functioned since the early 1980s and until recently was published as an autonomous section of Love and Rage newspaper. At an L&R conference held in Atlanta during Thanksgiving 1992 a decision was made to drop the OGB section in favor of an expanded “International Section.”
Feb 26, 2020 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
The on-again, off-again first Mexican anarchist gathering is apparently on again with its dates set for Sept. 14–16, 1991. It will be held in Ocotepec, Morelos near Cuernavaca at El Centro de Investigacion Accion Communitaria. The planning was originally beset with disputes over money the Mexican groups received from the 1989 San Francisco anarchist gathering which was to finance the Mexico event. However, much of this seems resolved and planning is proceeding.
Jan 21, 2020 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
While nonviolent action in China and Central Europe last year grabbed headlines around the globe, North American media seems to have all but forgotten the ongoing nonviolent direct action campaign for a nuclear-free future. Yet in 1989, nearly 5,500 arrests for anti-nuclear protest in the US and Canada—more than any other previous year—were reported in The Nuclear Resister newsletter.
Aug 16, 2019 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
In an odd twist of democratization, the fires in California’s Oakland Hills this Fall, turned the tables on who usually are the victims of catastrophic house fires. Destruction by fire is an event usually suffered by the poor due to the conditions in slum properties, e.g., faulty wiring, structural faults, blocked escape routes, dangerous heating sources and slow official response.
Sep 3, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
Compiled by john johnson
In November 2003, a bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony near Johnson City, Tennessee came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him. Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24. About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree, and shot with paintball guns as Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire.
Aug 15, 2017 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
Agents of the Biotic Baking Brigade-NYC cell pied Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, who was speaking on behalf of his new anti-abortion group, the Society for Truth and Justice.
The anti-choice group was holding a meek protest outside Planned Parenthood’s Manhattan office. Agent Cheesecake served up an organic chocolate cream pie while Terry was ranting to the local media about the evils of homosexuality and abortion.
Dec 15, 2016 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
The British libel proceeding brought by McDonald’s against two activists with Greenpeace London over their fact sheet, “What’s Wrong With McDonald’s,” continued into the new year with no end in sight. The $26 billion a year junk food giant objects to the leaflet’s characterization of them as abusing animals, destroying the rain forest, conning kids, creating mountains of waste, and being anti-labor.
Jan 15, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
In an era when almost all environmental battles seem doomed to defeat, it was heartening to see Quebec’s energy megaproject at James Bay dealt a crippling blow by the decision of the State of New York to cancel a 20-year power contract.
The giant hydroelectric complex in the Canadian sub-Arctic is devastating the James Bay wilderness and destroying the traditional way of life for thousands of Cree and Inuit who live there. (See FE, Winter 1992.)
Jan 17, 2016 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Planet
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Tales from the Planet
According to David Brower, the ecology elder “archdruid,” the Clinton administration has done more harm to the environment than either preceding right-wing Republican presidents. For instance, Clinton’s signature on the infamous salvage rider bill allows extensive clear cutting in America’s forests such as Northern California’s Headwaters and Cove/Mallard in Idaho.
May 3, 2018 Read the whole text...
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Tales From the Planet
Charges Dropped Against FE Collective Member
Last September, the forces of law and order in Davidson County, Tenn. dropped criminal trespass charges against a member of this magazine’s editorial collective.
At a protest outside the White Bridge Road offices of senator Bill Frist, the activist was arrested on March 21, 2003, during the second full day of the US invasion against the people of Iraq. Wearing white medical scrubs emblazoned with the slogan “Harm None,” the FE writer distributed a leaflet denouncing Dr. Frist for using his professional title to help rationalize war in an essay called “When War is the Best Medicine.”
Mar 13, 2014 Read the whole text...
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Tales From The Planet
Silvia Baraldini, an Italian national, imprisoned in the U.S. for nearly 17 years for a series of armored car holdups in support of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), an urban guerrilla group, was released in August 1999.
She was given a hero’s welcome in Rome, after arriving on a private jet arranged for her by Italy’s leftist government. Several Italian cities offered Baraldini honorary citizenship, calling her a victim of American injustice.
Nov 22, 2019 Read the whole text...
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Tales From The Planet
Proving our contentions a few issues ago that, “all money is fake,” a ring of Iranian and Syrian high tech counterfeiters have been printing $100 bills at a clip faster than the government. The quality of these bills is so good that for a while they were honored by the Federal Reserve when submitted for collection.
Mar 14, 2016 Read the whole text...
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Tales from the Police State
In early April, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) fired on non-violent anti-war demonstrators without cause or provocation.
No police were hurt. The protesters conducted themselves in an organized, dignified, and calm manner at all times, even while being fired upon.
Many demonstrators were shot and wounded. Almost all were shot in the back while retreating from advancing police. A concussion grenade exploded inches from protesters. Not only did OPD fire directly on non-violent protesters, they appeared to deliberately turn to fire on longshore workers who were clearly standing to the side and not involved in the protest.
Jul 20, 2021 Read the whole text...
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Tales From The Police State
Recently, several American peace activists, who traveled to Iraq to act as “human shields”, have been notified that they are subject to fines and jail time by the US Government. The government is fining the activists $10,000 for traveling to Iraq in violation of US sanctions against Iraq.
Nov 15, 2017 Read the whole text...
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Teacher Sues School Board
Patrick Eady, the Lamphere High School teacher who lost his job last March when a White Panther speaker used the word “fuck” at a student assembly, struck back in three broad-ranging court actions.
Eady has filed suit in Federal District Court for $450,000 damages under the Ku Klux Act of 1871 for deprivation of his civil rights against the Superintendent of Schools, members of the Lamphere Board of Education, a police officer who brought criminal charges against Eady, and Madison Heights Municipal Judge Edward W. Lawrence.
May 17, 2019 Read the whole text...