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Peter Werbe has been an important voice on the Detroit-based Fifth Estate magazine for decades. This selection of his essays from its pages explores some of the basic themes the publication addresses: anarchism, capitalism, technology, civilization, racism, patriarchy, politics, culture, music, the environment, his trips to Cuba, and other subjects that are explored in a manner that provide unique insights. He is the author of the Detroit based novel Summer on Fire<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Copies of Eat the Rich<\/strong> are now in stock! If you prefer an inscribed or personalized copy, please make a request in the NOTES section when checking out and we will notify Peter who lives close by the store. Thank you for your support!<\/p>\n

Title: Eat the Rich & Other Interesting Ideas
\nAuthor: Peter Werbe
\nPage count: 320
\nDimensions: 5.5″X8″
\nCover price: $17.95
\nISBN: 978-1-948501-26-2
\nPublished by Red and Black, Detroit
\nCover and the interior design by Ralph Franklin. <\/p>\n

Table of contents:<\/strong><\/p>\n

OPENERS
\nEscaping from Europe 7
\nJames Baldwin 14
\nHistory of the Fifth Estate 19
\nWhat Does Fifth Estate Mean? 28
\nPOLITICS
\nSelecting a Master 31
\nRepublicans: Get Out of Town 37
\nRevenge of the Nerds 39
\nBurn All Flags 48
\nGetting Back to Zero 49
\nClinton: Greater Danger to Peace 54
\nThe 2020 Election 57
\nCULTURE
\nWill Marijuana Save World Capitalism 65
\nSurreal Life 72
\nThe Vegetarian Myth 75
\nLooking at Animals 81
\nGetting Off the Road 88
\nR-E-V-O-L-T 92
\nWhat a Day It Wasn\u2019t 98
\nRELIGION
\nChrist\u2019s Body Found: Easter Cancelled 105
\nHas George Bush Doomed Christianity? 109
\nGodless 112
\nTECHNOLOGY
\nWe Get a Computer and Hate It! 119
\nTV? Turn It Off! 127
\nDIRECT ACTION
\nOccupy Confronts the Power of Money 137
\nRecycling and Liberal Reform 145
\nIn Defense of Self-Defense 156
\nAnarchists & Guns 160
\nAnarchist Violence or State Violence 166
\nFifth Estate A-Gassed 171
\nMUSIC
\nNo Dance; No Revo 177
\nDancing for Our Lives 179
\nWill Success Spoil Chumbawamba 182
\nWAR
\nAll Wars are Lies 191
\nHiroshima: First Shot of World War III 201
\nWartime Wildcats 205
\nThe Empire Exists Iraq 210
\nWILHELM REICH
\nSexual Repression & Authoritarianism 219
\nSex Economy 226
\nCAPITALISM
\nConfronting Poverty and the Poor 233
\nWorld-Wide Crisis 237
\nI\u2019m Sticking with the Union 243
\nCoffee Keeps Us Rolling 253
\nMarxism: Obscuring More Than It Reveals 258
\nIsn\u2019t All Money Fake? 263
\nON THE ROAD
\nAn Anarchist in Cuba 267
\nCuba: From State to Private Capitalism 279
\nAn Anarchist at the World Social Forum 289
\nFINAL WORDS
\nInterview with Peter Werbe 300
\nEat the Rich 303<\/p>\n

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Peter Werbe <\/strong>is a long-time figure in alternative and commercial media in Detroit, and a political activist. He is a member of the editorial board of the Fifth Estate magazine. His professional career was as a DJ on Detroit’s major rock stations, WABX, WWWW. WRIF, and WCSX. He hosted Nightcall, WRIF’s phone-in talk show, that was the longest running such program in U.S. radio history, 1970-2016
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