Fifth Estate

09/18/2024

Certain Days: The 2025 Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar - PRE-ORDER
Pre-order from Buffalo's Burning Books https://burningbooks.com/products/certain-days-the-2025-freedom-for-political-prisoners-calendar?se_activity_id=184020992283&syclid=crlgntvdiaus73am9u6g&utm_campaign=emailmarketing_184020992283&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email
Now in its 24th year of publication, the "Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar" is for all who support political prisoners and advocate the end of mass incarceration.

All proceeds support prisoners and grassroots organizations like Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP), Mutulu Shakur legal support, Sundiata Acoli release fund, Palestinian Youth Movement, Puget Sound Prisoner Support, Coalition to Decarcerate Illinois, Appalachians Against Pipelines, Community Resource Initiative- CA, P4W Memorial Collective Prisoners’ Justice Day healing circle, Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Fund, Cascadia Forest Defenders and NorCal Resist.

Each calendar has 11 thought-provoking essays and 12 pieces of beautiful art. You'll feel inspired every day of the year, with radical historical dates and lots of space for your own plans.

09/11/2024

Punks For Rojava is a network of people from the punk community. In our view the ideology of Rojava, democratic confederalism, is based on the same principles as the international punk community. We invite punks worldwide to join our network and gain support for the one society in the world which is based on an ideology very much like ours.

Punks For Rojava is a network of people from the punk community. In our view the ideology of Rojava, democratic confederalism, is based on the same principles as the international punk community. We invite punks worldwide to join our network and gain support for the one society in the world which is...

09/06/2024

Here’s a QUICK flyer to remind everyone to sign up SOON if you wanna table, host a workshop, or volunteer at this year’s Boston Anarchist Bookfair!
🐈‍⬛ 📚
More details will come soon, and the easiest way to find out is to go to our website (http://bostonanarchistbookfair.com) or shoot us an email at [email protected] (yes, very old fashioned, we know)

09/02/2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 6:00 pm PST
GLOBALIZE LIBERATION, NOT CORPORATE POWER! 25 Years Since The Shutdown of the WTO
with Stephanie Guilloud, Anuradha Mittal, Merle Payne, and David Solnit – Join some of the organizers and activists who participated in the WTO protests in an evening recollecting the events and exploring the impact of the anti-globalization movement.
https://citylights.com/events/the-wto-shutdown-25-years-on/ for free registration.
Here's the Fifth Estate issue covering the WTO shutdown.
https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/354-spring-2000/

08/25/2024

Attention FE subscribes: Renewal notices are in the mail. Remember that you can combine your renewal with special offers, the new classic Fifth Estate cover poster, books, CDs, LPs, T-shirts.
We're in our 59th year of publication and only exist with your support.

DOMESTIC U.S. ORDERS ONLY Price increases, February 2024 We regret that production cost and postal rate increases have made it necessary for us to increase the prices of many items in our store. All prices include postage and handling.

08/25/2024

Jason Rodgers, author of "War of Dreams: A Field Guide to DIY Psy-Ops and frequent Fifth Estate writer, will discuss his book, Saturday, August 31, 6pm, at Big Idea Books, 4812 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh.

In "War of Dreams," Jason writes “I am interested in ideas that don’t fit…The limitations of an alien reality must be smashed. It isn’t important to reach the masses, instead we want a growing lunatic fringe, schizoid anarchs who are uncontrollable and irresistible.”
Look for a review of the book in the next Fifth Estate.
Order here from PM Press
https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1740

08/23/2024

Long-time Fifth Estate staff member, Peter Werbe, talks about his book, "Summer on Fire: A Detroit Novel," with podcaster, Wayne Heimbach. The interview focuses a lot on the 1967 Detroit Black Rebellion and how the Fifth Estate staff intersected with it. However, the book covers a lot more subjects unique to the era which are also discussed.
The novel is available through many outlets https://www.peterwerbe.org/buy-the-book or through the Fifth Estate website where it can be combined with subscriptions and renewals. https://www.fifthestate.org/product-category/special-offers/

Confronting a complicated world.

08/19/2024

The Fifth Estate was born and raised hell in Detroit.
A new Special Offer is this poster of a 1969 FE cover featuring an R. Crumb drawing from "Motor City Comics" produced after the cartoonist visited Detroit that year.
The 14” x 20” image is on 80 # cover stock, 220 GSM. It is unframed and will be mailed rolled in a stiff cardboard tube.
* $20 ($15 plus $5 postage) purchased separately.
* A special offer is $30 for new subscribers and renewals is four issues, plus the poster, postpaid.
Ordering information at www.FifthEstate.org

We're just about to mail out renewal letters to subscribers. If your mailing label says 414, 415, or 416 on it you'll be receiving one. Save us both a stamp and renew before we mail.
Support the anarchist press!

08/06/2024

Singer/songwriter, friend and comrade, David Rovics, will back in the Detroit area on Sept. 6 at a beautiful outdoor setting.
David drops albums at a rapid pace fueled by his creative urge, but also his desire to sing out for peace and justice. www.davidrovics.com
Here is a review of his two previous albums from the Fifth Estate summer edition. https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/415-summer-2024-2/two-new-david-rovics-albums/
Pleased to see he's wearing a Fifth Estate T-shirt https://www.fifthestate.org/product-category/t-shirts/

07/29/2024

The Summer 2024 Fifth Estate was mailed several weeks ago, and all subscribers should have received it by now. If not, there are usually one of three reasons:
1) The most frequent: you've moved and haven't notified us. The Post Office doesn't forward mail sent at our rate, but is returned to us and we are charged.
2) Your subscription has lapsed.
3) Your issue is at the bottom of a bin at a regional postal distribution center, was delivered to the wrong address, or some other mystery.
If you expected an issue and haven't received one, contact us and we will send a replacement copy. [email protected]
Be sure to let us know your new address if it's changed.
If you want to renew, check the number on your issue. This is issue #415 if you are at that or below, your subscription has expired. If so, we hope you will continue to the support the anarchist press by renewing at https://www.fifthestate.org/product-category/print-edition/ Be sure to check out our special offers for renewals and new subscriptions.
We will soon be sending out renewal notices, so please help by reducing the mail. Thanks.

07/21/2024

When I recently posted this 1969 cover of the Fifth Estate newspaper, the response was so good, that the publication decided to reprint it as a poster. I'll have it available Sunday, July 21, at the Detroit Festival of Books at the Eastern Market, 10am-4pm. Exclusively.
Soon, I'll let you know how you can order it by mail. It's a 14"X20" image on 80 # cover stock, 220 GSM. It is unframed and will be packaged in a stiff cardboard tube. $15.
I'll be at Table #57 at the Book Detroit Festival of Books with copies of my two books, "Summer on Fire: A Detroit Novel" and a collection of my essays, "Eat the Rich & Other Interesting Ideas." www.PeterWerbe.com
Even if you have the books, stop by and say hello.

07/04/2024

Fifth Estate Magazine, radical publishing since 1965

07/04/2024

What is Patriotism? by Emma Goldman.
https://speakoutsocialists.org/what-is-patriotism-by.../
The famous anarchist and feminist says, "Conceit, arrogance, and egotism are the essentials of patriotism."

07/04/2024

The Gallery of Revolution presents:
The Art of Vision: Capturing Social Movements Toward a New Humanity featuring the art of Leni Sinclair

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 13, from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

This exciting exhibition demonstrates the deep spiritual sensibilities of Leni Sinclair, a revolutionary artist, whose presence at the some of the most in events and in the presence of some the most significant shakers and movers of social progression in the arts and political culture of Detroit an

06/30/2024

Stop Cop City Defendants Still Facing Terror Charges w/ Priscilla Grim s

Cop City still remains an ongoing struggle. After the 2023 assassination of forest defender Tortuguita by the Georgia police, environmental and social justice organizers began to campaign hard on the issue. The state responded with a harsh backlash that has resulted in a multitude of charges that includes domestic terrorism and at least 61 people being included on a criminal RICO case.

In our latest, Scott talks with one of the Stop Cop City defendants, Priscilla Grim (). They discuss the campaign against Cop City, her time in jail and how state persecution has affected her life.

Priscilla Grim (she/her) is a Nuyorican, mom, comrade, and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has written for Scalawag, The Atlanta Community Press Collective, the Indypendent, and an upcoming story for Hammer & Hope. She is included in the forthcoming anthologies "No Cop City, No Cop World," and "World War 3 Now?."

‎News · 2024

06/27/2024

REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE in a webinar with leaders of the Palestinian labor movement
Tuesday , July 9th Noon ET/11AM CT/9AM PT

The National Labor Network for Ceasefire www.laborforceasefire.org/ invites you to a webinar with leaders of the Palestinian labor movement.
You'll hear from representatives of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the General Union of Transport and Communications Workers on their struggle to live, work, and organize under devastating conditions of war and military occupation. We will also hear a special message from the General Union of Health Services Workers in Gaza.
In addition, Workers in Palestine (UK) www.workersinpalestine.org/ will report on their work to support world-wide international labor efforts to promote a ceasefire and permanent peace in Gaza.
This will be a unique opportunity for trade unionists in the United States and Palestine to communicate directly with one another. Join us as we build solidarity with our union siblings in Palestine, strengthen our call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and work to forge a path for peace for working people everywhere.
Register here.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MF-m0LJMQTKvIzX8sJglvg #/registration

06/25/2024

Julian Assange, a hero, not a criminal.

The WikiLeaks founder has been held in a prison outside London for the last five years and fought extradition to the U.S. He is expected to return to Australia.

06/13/2024

And now, comrades, a magic trick. After the subscriber, store, and distributor copies have been sent out, we will magically make these 3000 disappear into the hands of potential readers.,
Actually, there is no magic. It's friends of the Fifth Estate like you who help them on their journey from our garage to readers' hand.
If you want to do free distro, use copies for a reading group, or subscribe, let us know at [email protected].
We'll post a photo in a month to show you the progress of reducing the stack.
Thanks to all who made this issue possible.

06/13/2024

The Fifth Estate is offering significant discounts off the cover price of any the titles we offer for book clubs or reading groups. Besides the ones below, other Black and Red books are included in the offer. Titles are here. https://www.fifthestate.org/product-category/books/
If you're interested, contact us at [email protected]

06/09/2024

Here's the cover of the new Fifth Estate that's at the printer. It will soon be on its way to subscribers, distributors, and stores. If you are on any of those lists and have changed information such as address or number of issues you want sent, please let us know because costs are rising all the time for print publications.

You haven't missed an issue; we have. This follows our Fall 2023 edition. Also, it's not too late to subscriber, renew, or order a single copy. https://www.fifthestate.org/product-category/print-edition/
There are lots of special issues and merch available as well.
https://www.fifthestate.org/product-category/special-offers/

06/08/2024

The huge movement against genocide in Palestine was in action today in Washington DC.
In Israel, celebrations for the rescue of Oct. 7 hostages. The IDF ("the world's most moral army") kills 200 Palestinians during the raid. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/middleeast/four-israeli-hostages-freed-gaza-intl/index.html
In the Western media, each hostage has an identity and a story. The tens of thousands of dead and wounded Palestinians have none. This is the mindset that permits sympathy for 108 hostages and none for 100,000 Palestinians casualties. Who else had a 100-1 ratio of punishment?

Police use pepper spray as demonstrators unfurl red banner to symbolize Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza

06/06/2024

The Convicted Felon is bringing a clown show to Detroit the weekend of June 14-16 at Huntington Place. https://www.actcon.tpaction.com/?utm_source=meta&utm_medium=110&utm_id=tpc24&fbclid=IwAR1EBJ9wOGUDD5U-F5ZcTF6sxfz-Krebeqj-voKMQhzTJPF0bbsxlpLpceg_aem_AQTPnfRuaZ8k42cDjr5umUPik356BWE05hCYfctEvsJ1aD5lMPXvcS95bTr3smDLDxm6aq0zw0M_PPkdikdz4lBk
The last time they ventured inside the city limits was for their 1980 nominating convention. They weren't well received, nor will they be this time.
This is an extra the Fifth Estate published to greet the delegates.
Here's the text from the Fifth Estate archives:
https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/303-october-20-1980/republicans-get-out-of-town/

05/29/2024

I was an outside agitator. Yes, me, a non-student visited Wayne State University's tonight to support the Palestinian solidarity encampment set up on the campus. There were rumors that the police we're going to raid the camp last night, but perhaps because of the all-night presence of U.S. Congress Rashida Tlaib, nothing occurred.
In order to create the appearance of the camp posing a danger, the school has gone all virtual claiming the "presence of flammable material" presented a safety hazard. What BS. This is the same reasoning used at the suppression of the University of Michigan encampment. The material? Tents, wood, paper. No open fires.
Worse at U-M, University of Michigan Hillel CEO Rabbi Davey Rosen alleged that the Palestine solidarity encampment at the college Diag represented a call for violence against Jewish students. Such crap.
This is all to deflect attention from what the encampment is about--Israel's war against Gaza which is increasingly exposed as a ruthless war against the civilian population whose death total is probably close to 50,000 when the thousands left under the rubble are counted.
Netanyahu claimed that the attack on the Rafah refugee camp that left 45 dead was "a tragic mistake," then claimed it wasn't IDF's doing. Today, twenty-one people were killed in the latest strike in Rafah, more than half of them women.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/tanks-centre-rafah-israel-isolation

05/28/2024

Most people realize that the Israel assault on Gaza has roots going back decades. I am writing an article on the situation for the next Fifth Estate and searched Israel in the magazine's online archives.
It was as if the articles, including one from 1967, had been written today. The same unresolved issues. I would highly recommend a look at what was published to get a perspective from the past on what is happening today.

In the Negev Desert Israeli “Green Patrols” employed military intimidation and violence to force the Bedouins off their ancestral lands into closed areas similar to Indian reservations. In fact, all Palestinian areas have more and more come to resemble reservations …

05/26/2024

3000 registrants for this Detroit conference expressing solidarity with Palestine and its people, and condemning the Israeli/U.S. war against them. No, the phrase is not a typo. The U.S., with our tax dollars, is the quartermaster for the ongoing, criminal war against Gaza.
The conference continues today. I've been watching the stream. More information and registration for the stream is here.
https://peoplesconferenceforpalestine.org/

Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, sharply criticized President Biden and others for not doing enough to end the war in Gaza.

05/21/2024

You may perhaps be spared this, since it probably is behind the New York Times paywall. Watching this was unbearable. Israelis have targeted hospitals making the care these doctors offer to the civilian Palestinian population heroic and tragic at the same time.
Friends who watched it said it brought them to tears. It goes on as I write. Whole extended families are being slaughtered by the IDF "the world's most moral army."

Dr. Samer Attar, an American surgeon, shows the unfathomable brutality of the war in Gaza.

05/21/2024

Pepper stray, cop violence used. So much for thinking UM was going to approach Ann Arbor's Palestinian encampment peacefully. It unmasks the university and the cops, well, won't they always be cops? Show us one who doesn't delight in doing this. ACAB.

University officials said the month-old encampment became a safety hazard.

05/19/2024

Israel is a terror state.
From the pro-Israel New York Times. At some point what Israel is even too much for them.
The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel
After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists, lawlessness has become the law.
No paywall on this article.

After 50 years of failure to stop violence and terrorism against Palestinians by Jewish ultranationalists, lawlessness has become the law.

05/16/2024

05/16/2024

Israeli historian Ilan Pappe spoke in Ferndale tonight to a crowd of several hundred as he did last night in Detroit. On Monday, his audience in Dearborn was a thousand listeners. Tomorrow I'll post about the Ferndale talk I attended.
Prof. Pappe's welcome to Detroit wasn't exactly a warm one. He was detained Monday at Detroit Metro airport, questioned by federal agents and had his phone copied. “Am I a Hamas supporter? do I regard the Israeli actions in Gaza a genocide? what is the solution to the "conflict." (seriously this what they asked!)