FE Note: Most of this article was written prior to the WTO demos and is not a contribution to the debate over tactics used there. // Share this on…
FE Author: Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
The Unabomber’s Unending 15 Minutes of Fame
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 354, Spring, 2000
Death by Internet?
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 362, Fall, 2003
In two years, this newspaper will celebrate its 40th anniversary and carries the distinction of being the longest running, English language, anti-authoritarian publication in American history. Yet, the substantial upsurge in computer use in recent years as a major source …
Let Them Eat GMOs
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 363, Winter, 2003/2004
MIAMI—The vicious and unprovoked police assault on demonstrators during the recent Miami Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) talks produced waves of indignation and anger among both participants and observers. Witnessing Kevlar-armored, weapon-laden RoboCops kick the crap out of …
Our Enemy the State
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 365, Summer, 2004
A quick glance at the evening news should be enough to convince even the most disengaged citizen that we live in “grim times.” This recognition, although accurate, is a clichĂ©, since the same could be said about almost every era …
Everybody but Bush
by Don LaCoss, Sunfrog, Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 366, Fall, 2004
Don LaCoss The election is already over and we have lost. The name of the president for the next four years won’t be announced until November 3, but I know right now that the guy who won is a white …
First Iraq Mutiny
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 395, Winter 2016 - 50th Anniversary
Fifth Estate history Mutiny. This word, fearsome to the brass of any army (but joyful to anti-war activists), was left out of October 2004 media accounts about a US Army Reserve unit whose soldiers refused to deliver fuel along a …
How to Support Anti-War GIs
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
As Bush’s Iraq quagmire begins to take on the same qualities as the war in Vietnam—fighting an insurgent population, mounting US casualties, increased slaughter of civilians, destruction of the country to “save it,” no exit strategy—so, too, does military opposition. …
First Iraq Mutiny
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 367, Winter 2004-2005
Mutiny. This word, fearsome to the brass of any army (but joyful to anti-war activists), was left out of October media accounts about a US Army Reserve unit whose soldiers refused to deliver fuel along a route in Iraq they …
Drinking Joe Hill’s Ashes
by Billy Bragg, Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
Note: FE staffer Walker Lane interviewed Billy Bragg, the English singer/songwriter, when he played a 1998 Labor Day benefit for striking Detroit newspaper workers. // Share this on…
All Wars are Lies!
by Walker Lane (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 372, Spring 2006
War! Uh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! –Edwin Starr, “War” The Motown great Edwin Starr asked and answered this question in his 1970 song that became a best-selling record and the anthem of another in a series of …