#title The Left (Supplement to Issue 173)
#author Fifth Estate Collective
#SORTauthors Fifth Estate Collective;
#date 1972
#source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/173-december-16-1972-january-5-1973/the-left]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2026-01-19
#notes Fifth Estate #173, December 16, 1972-January 5, 1973



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Fifth Estate Extra

This is a supplement to THE FIFTH ESTATE, an independent socialist newspaper of Detroit now in its eighth year of publication. It deals with the current uproar in Detroit’s Left caused by a violent conflict between the Communist Party and the National Caucus of Labor Committees. The conflict has spread to include virtually every Left group, several welfare rights organizations and some unions. A few lessons can be learned from it. One article presents the criticism and analysis of The Fifth Estate production staff. A second article presents the criticism and analysis of The Fifth Estate distribution staff, Big Rapids Distribution Company.

<strong>Contents</strong>

[[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/173-december-16-1972-january-5-1973/so-dis-is-da-left/][<strong>So dis is da Left?!</strong>]]

[[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/173-december-16-1972-january-5-1973/left-chaos/][<strong>Left Chaos: Pre-mortem to Working-class Defeat?</strong>]]