Share this on… “Your day has come. You may laugh, Mr. Sinclair, but you will have a long time to laugh. I sentence you to not less than and not more than ten years in the state penitentiary.” —Judge Robert…
Moonism
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 84, July 24-August 6, 1969
Share this on… Some ways to think about the meaning and significance of three white, Christian males, two of whom are members of the armed forces, going to the moon. Share this on…
“We Will Wield Power”
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
Share this on… Struggle, Chairman Mao teaches us, moves in stages. The West Central Organization (WCO) after a long series of internal problems previously reported in the Fifth Estate has moved to a new stage. Share this on…
How White Supremacy Progresses
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 398, Summer, 2017
Share this on… Frank Joyce, was the Fifth Estate News Editor 50 years ago, and rejoins us with reflections on the 1967 events. “I calmed the tremor in my gut. I was in close quarters with some representative specimens of…
Cops Riot at Belle Isle
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 30, May 15-31, 1967
Share this on… “When you have $50 billion invested in defense what you need most isn’t allies but an enemy.” — Nelson Algren said in Ramparts, May, 1967. When you have policemen on horses and Tactical Mobile Units with little…
Free Press Confirms Fifth Estate Stories on Leroy Killing
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
Share this on… On Sunday, September 3, the Detroit Free Press ran a five page feature entitled, “The 43 Who Died.” It was an in depth investigation into each riot connected death carried out by three competent Free Press staff…
Uptight Honkies Meet
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
Share this on… There are only two paths open to a country whose internal and external empires are in the state of decay prevailing in the United States. That of the left or fascism. Share this on…
People’s Tribunal Condemns Cops
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 38, September 15-30, 1967
Share this on… The worst thing one could say about the Algiers Motel Tribunal is that it was Recorder’s Court upside down. If the tribunal was biased and weighted against the four white defendants, Detroit Patrolman Robert Paille and Ronald…
New Evidence in Leroy Killing
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 37, September 1-15, 1967
Share this on… Editor’s note: Investigation of the murder of John Leroy reported in the last issue of the Fifth Estate is continuing. (See “Who Killed John Leroy?” FE #36, August 15-31, 1967.) News editor Frank H. Joyce has talked…
Who Killed John Leroy?
by Frank H. Joyce
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
Share this on… Ronald Powell crouched inside the car. So did the other four men. Share this on…