Plan Wellstone

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Fifth Estate # 364, Spring, 2004

Back in October 2002, driving from the hills to the anti-war rally in the city, we had plenty of time to talk. Conversation immediately turned to a possible conspiracy behind the plane crash the previous day. Did Bush’s people assassinate

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It’s the end of the world and I don’t feel fine

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Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004

“Not only religious zealots but economists, social theorists, technologists, nuclear critics, population experts, ecologists and political ideologues agree that an unprecedented shift in man’s world—whether catastrophic or beatific—is inevitable within the next half-century.” —Richard Heinberg, Memories and Visions of Paradise

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Leftism, nihilism, and the anarchy I seek

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Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004

Read and considered, perused and recommended, liked and disliked, discussed and commented on in the following section: Green Anarchy (current issue available from FE books for $4 or free with any book order, while supplies last) Issues #16 and 17,

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The communalism of desire

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Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005

The fear of communism comes with the notion that the State will take away our things, force us to share with unworthy neighbors, and leave us without self-determination. That contributes to why we need to replace communism with communalism.

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After the Deluge, Processed World

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Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005

a review of After the Deluge: A Novel of Post-Economic San Francisco by Chris Carlsson. Full Enjoyment Books, 2004, $14 from the Barn or available for free download at fullenjoymentbooks.com Processed World, 2005 edition, $7 from the Barn, or processedworld.com

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Wobbly Without Work?

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Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005

If there’s any idea promoted by the Wobblies that needs revision, it’s their concept of “One Big Union.” Even if one big union were doable, it may not be desirable. If I had to bet on it, I’d predict it

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Wilson’s Green Alchemy & Magick Poetry

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Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006

a review of Gothick Institutions by Peter Lamborn Wilson. Xexoxial Editions. Dreamtime Village, 2005. 76 pages, $10. http://www.xexoxial.org. Available from the Barn.

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Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out

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Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006

a review of Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out. Contact Jenna Free at leslzine–at–gmail–dot–com for barter to library workers; $3 to everyone else.

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Folk is Punk

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Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006

a review of Starlight on the Rails: Songbook, U. Utah Phillips, 4 CDs, AK Press, 2005, $39 Memory Against Forgetting, Casey Neill, CD, AK Press, 2005, $15. Available from http://akpress.org

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No Borders

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Fifth Estate # 371, Winter 2006

“In any form of duality, the one we have judged as inferior is the one that rules us.” –Rodolfo Scarfalloto Of all the intoxicating notions of insurrection, “without borders” is one of the most enduring. The toppling of walls, the

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