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Aprt5 lect of the O

rganizing Com

mittee for a Fifth E

state P

ost Office B

ox 647 Ben Franklin S

tation, Washington; D

.C. 2004

If you are a comm

unity activist, ;student; or otherwise

interested in becoming a C

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PY

, contact us for more

information. W

e will send you organizing m

aterials which

will help you to establish an autO

norribus research/action ;group on your cam

pus or in your comm

unity. Z.

If you are a concerned citizen w

ho wishes to help build the

Fifth Estate in w

ays other than becoming a full-tim

e organizer, you also can help by bringing m

ernbers Of the Fifth E

state to.-. speak in your com

munitY

, civic, church, or professional group.

Contact us for m

ore information on w

hat you can do to prepare youiself;- your fam

ily, and your friends for resistance to the

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novel 1984, George O

rwell envisioned '.

a 'society governed by an omnipotent force; spying on its

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"... tow

n citizens :while engaging. in clandestine'foreign',:W

ars,

Aagainst unseen enem

ies. The activities of this goV

ernment force

were cloaked in

-Secrecy;and re-inforced by advanced.t ,

.nology capable of not only maintaining that secrecy; but also

Probing into every aspect orcitizen activity: The events of the

:-. past-years in Am

erica prove that, this force.Itomm

onlialled.':

Iechnofa.scisin— is not just a *antic nightM

are of OnV

ell but'

ather is fast becoming the ;;; . i.41:,‘and:', political , realitir ia

soct

Lir nation. • ,';',',..j'5': - ,,.:. -• -1,:.-i.:F

7f,:: : 't l'-',7V

-4"-,: : From

the-White H

ouse horrors. othe Military Intelligence

spying upon 'private citizens and elect , officials) ,rom

.,,,

Federa

l '

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"gid f ' e

der

data' banks to electronic btigs and wiretaps from

C.Iniriai

l"dirty tricks' b the secrethistories of the Indochina War; from

undercover agents to massive invasion of personal priV

aCy and

other gross violation of:CojiStitutionally'guaranteedliberties

'. ..7• all Am

eriCans'can now

l'ilitiersiand that our society is betom

mg abscessed by O

rwell S viSion::the tim

e1s .:..kiiig

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4citizens to loin together, to resist. the further deVelo

this 'society of Big. B

rother."SuCh an effort is the C

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Cam

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a

Cam

paign T

he Counter-SpyC

arnpaign is'des to locate, train; a

,2_ ,

, organize thoie citizens who have the courage, and. strength

dedicate dedicate their'ilives, and, their resources to changing the current

direction of_ Ciur goveniment A

nketzatiokiNe::are looking for;,

those individuals with ..reselich'O

r Orgailizing:abilities 4 to join,

the:Counter-Spy. T

earri,;,O,A

ir, hope; s to w

els.1.'CO

Unt ,Spies

intd. groups forming a natiO

nWidealternatiV

elntelligen cortta

munity a F

ifth:EstateeserV

inKas , 41forte: 'Iocus‘a:publi

effort towards altennrd4

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oven

ne t. i s

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now taking tow

ards a tec ,no asast '1, T

he philosophy of the. CO

unterpYr.C

arnpaign- and .the

Fifth Estate is sum

marized in the foll9i4ing goals:', '-

Only a full and undisguised look inb

- the hidden,world

secret government operations can displace unw

arranted fears

of reaction, by Big B

rother and guidethe Public effort to

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illegal and unjustified s in *.

History show

Stha landestineintervention by odigovernm

ent'

into the sovereigrlaffairs:of, other:CoU

ntrieS.h OnIV

erea

an image for tis. *

:"Ugly

tjnip

our national security.; Before the.,forleign,0 r lestu ite,

tions of the CIA

' and other agencies, invv"'

national cataStivphy;s0C

h if of P

I '0

War, these operations M

ust lie ex and prevented fm

ni rent CU

the future

End D

omestic

Repression

End E

xcessive Secrecy - Foreign and domestic espionage operates in a w

orld of secrecy. :„

atmosphere of governm

ent secrecy is what w

ill,?urely

usher intechnofascism. A

n atmosphere of governm

ent open ' ness:;and citizen access m

ust be created in. Am

erica if we are

intaiii our status as free citizens in a democratic society';

Techno

enion T

he tist m

be greater citizen's access to advanced technology

,if that technology is to' be used for the benefit of all humanity

Instead of being used to rain'destruction on smaller nations

and to fill dossiers on our families, friencg, and neighbors

History. aliodem

onstrates that our governMent'S

qore .

policies and. practices often come hom

e to become

sh

policies ariCF.practices: Individualsand agerities:I94accds

timed to clandestine espionage, on a global'scaleill im

ple M

ent similar activities here at hoM

e if the 'political:a ; allow

s them to do so. The repressive activities of the intelligent

unity.. must be fully exposed!-and term

inated by'-'

Am

erican people.

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n .,our ,effort.to createthis F

ifth::Estate, the C

ounter7Spy

piaig#:',Ii7developing organizing tools, research' guides,

CininuniC

atiolti vehiclesTand other m

aterials ;which local

Unter4SpieSican use "to develop ,atitonom

ous ,reSearch/

aliflitgrolipi:Within the Fifth E

state., These tools, inclu

de a

n,

organizing manual; buttons, pam

phlets; ,brochures, and in

al news)

EyentU

ally, as the CO

unter-SpY Carnpaign

isual, aids and 'an in-depth research guide will

developed. In,addition, the:O

rganizing Com

mittee for a Fifth E

state e

ich''sponsors the C

ounter-Spy Cam

paign, m

aintains a,

rakers Bureau of citizens fam

iliar with the Fifth E

state and

the Intelligence Com

munity. T

he Cam

paign has alsO developed

an Intervention Watch G

roup and an Internal Security Watch

Group to keep the Fifth E

state and Counter-Spies inform

ed of

government O

perations in these areas of concerti: In the fUture,

a Secrecy Watch G

roup and a Technology W

atch Group

be developed to investigate Methods by w

hich facts are hidden,

from the people and m

odem technology m

isused for repres-

sive purposes: "'

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