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Focuses on the civil rights activist Jesse Jackson and his capacity to organize boycotts. Distinction between a noble boycott and an old-fashioned shakedown; Career background of Jackson; Discussion on the PUSH campaign of Jackson related to corporate boycotts; Adoption of affirmative action by Jackson in his pursuit of quotas for black companies and professionals who deal with major corporations.

Focuses on the violent demonstrations by Arabs in Israel. Need for a far-reaching geographical and functional compromise so that Israel does not rule over an additional million and a half Palestinians and the lands on which they live; Delusion in the Palestinian populace that makes some Israelis feel self-righteous, though there is no shortage of intransigence and delusion among the Israelis themselves; View of Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin that rioting is another way of terrorism.

Discusses the history of the Afro-American civil rights movement. Significance of the 1963 March to Washington in the protest against racial discrimination in the U.S.; Reasons for the outpouring of humanity during the march; Inspiration provided by Martin Luther King Jr. and his assassination; Failure of some black leaders to emulate King's capacity to inspire mass movement of whites as well as blacks; Problems facing black leadership and civil rights organizations; Emergence of black politicians and other achievements of the Afro-American civil rights movement; Condition of Afro-Americans under the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

Recounts a hunger strike among the Refuseniks advocating for a legal permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Citations of the scientists and doctors involved in the hunger strike; Motives behind the refusal of the Soviet government to give a legal exit to the Jews; Impetus to the tension between the Refuseniks and other immigrants in the region; Organization of a demonstration by a former senior scientist in a research institute in Refusenik.

Focuses on an announcement made by communists in the U.S. on their intention of leading a hunger march. Agreement of the city administration to receive a delegation at City Hall; Acceptance of the request to allow Communists to make speeches from City Hall's steps; Environment created in Town Hall for the demonstration; Details of participation of Negroes in the march for the support of unemployment insurance; Speech given by a Negro editor, who was arrested for circulating radical leaflets; Demand of F.G. Biedenkapp, principal spokesperson, for unemployment insurance, free gas, free clothing and the use of public hall for meeting.

Characterizes the group of anarchists who protested the meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in the U.S. Participation of students in the anarchists' movement; Speculation on how the anarchists formed as a result of vanished socialist causes and other declining social issues; Argument that anarchists are affluent college and graduate students who are in a position to tout materialism without risk; Differences between the labor and anarchists' movements.

Describes the anti-communist movement that led to the overthrow of communist party rule in Czechoslovakia. Participation of millions of Czechoslovaks in demonstrations across the country; Credit to the dissident community for the turnaround; College students clubbed by police at a march in Prague; Dramatic liberalizations in the Soviet Union, Poland, Hungary, and East Germany; Czechoslovak public primed for rapid change; Shock over the zeal with which security forces bloodied unarmed students.

Describes an emerging form of social activism in the U.S. that focus on celebrities. Susceptibility of Americans to vague demonstrations of pride under corporate sponsorship; Information on events of celebrity fundraising; Comparison of the power of celebrities and politicians.

Comments on the wave of strikes and protests that swept through Chile. Dissipation of General Augusto Pinochet's base of civilian support; People's reaction to years of rampant human rights violations, Pinochet's erratic personal behavior; Economic conditions; Strong but divided opposition to Pinochet since he took over in 1973; Demands that Pinochet abandon his inflexible application of monetarist theories, which had led to massive bankruptcies, a decline in production, and unemployment; Growth of the Popular Unity coalition and its realignment with left-wing parties that has opened the way to closer relations with the Christian Democratic Party.

Presents an article about the effects of the resignation of Indonesia President Makam Suharto on Indonesian citizens on May 21, 1998. Changes in the political behavior of students and professionals; Protests and social movements led by the group against the administration of Suharto; Event that triggered the protests; Attitude of the citizens toward his successor, B. J. Habibie.

Provides an overview of political developments in El Salvador. Charges of fraud during the presidential election in February 1977; Details about demonstrations in San Salvador, El Salvador after the presidential election; History of coups and counter-coups; Description of the military relations between El Salvador and the U.S.; Role played by the United Nations in calming the political situation in the country.

Highlights the benefits of the establishment of an African American community organization, Fight by Saul D. Alinsky of the Industrial Areas Foundation in Rochester, New York in efforts to encourage constructive protests by blacks against whites. Comparison with other poverty programs; Prevalence of demonstrations against police brutality; Characteristics of the negro community in the area citing the absence of a political leadership and lack of a civil rights movement; Indications of discrimination, social conditions and political activities of African Americans.

The author compares the recent pro-choice demonstration in Washington, D.C. with the last major abortion-rights rally in 1992. The last time the pro-choice movement converged on the capital for a major abortion-rights rally, in 1992, the scene was very different from Sunday's March for Women's Lives. Then, the crowd that filled the Mall was primarily white, female, and baby-boomer. And the event was spearheaded by the National Organization for Women (NOW), which, after the disappearance of the Equal Rights Amendment as a national issue in 1983, made abortion a raison d'être. At last weekend's march, by contrast, you had to look hard to even find the word "abortion." Since the first Bush administration, the threat to legalized abortion has not lessened, but it has become less obvious, making it harder for the pro-choice movement to mobilize. The change in tactics extended to the legislative arena. Instead of directly attacking Roe, conservatives pursued poll-tested initiatives that drew moderates to their cause while furthering the long-term goal of a ban on abortion. Such subtle rollbacks may be as frightening to Planned Parenthood, naral Pro-Choice America, and NOW as earlier Supreme Court cases, but they are far more difficult to challenge. So the pro-choice movement has taken a page from the right's playbook. The message at Sunday's march was carefully crafted to appeal to an audience beyond traditional abortion supporters, while reminding them that conservatives continue to undermine reproductive rights.

Reports on the protestation by gays of the Millennium March in Washington for equality. Organization of the march by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches; Failure of the march to demonstrate the unity and power of the gay community; Press release by an Ad Hoc Committee labeling the usage of millennium as discriminatory; Criticism of HRC by liberal gay activists.

Focuses on American civil rights activist Baynard Rustin who died last month. Contribution of Rustin in organizing the Montgomery bus boycott and numerous other demonstrations, including the great March on Washington which brought a climax to civil rights protests; View that Rustin was instrumental in establishing the movement's ethos of nonviolence; Discussion on Rustin's approach to civil rights movements; Ways in which Rustin will be remembered.

Presents information on the progress of anti-apartheid movement in and out of South Africa in 1984. Report that Bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October; Killing of more than 200 blacks by the police in demonstrations since September; Assertion of President P.W. Botha to take any steps necessary to maintain law and order; Need to discard constructive engagement and devise a new policy for South Africa; Information on the Solarz-Gray bill related to divestment.

Recounts the public demonstrations against apartheid held in front of the South African diplomatic building in Washington D.C. Signs carried by the demonstrating parishioners from Saint Augustine; Activities of picketers on Massachusetts Avenue; Different types of people who participate in demonstrations; Arrest of prominent personalities and civil rights leaders; Media coverage of demonstrations and arrests; Etiquette for a senatorial arrest.

Describes the demonstration against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade, Serbia on December 6, 1996. Key reason for the absence of workers in the demonstration; Question raised on the inaction of Serbs when Milosevic instigated ethnic cleansing and massacres; Participation of Russia in efforts not to punish Milosevic; Faith placed by the demonstrators on help from the U.S. and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Relates a situation during the James Meredith Mississippi March in June 1966. Significance of the support shown by the state police to the demonstrators; Warning issued to the participants by Leon Hall, a staff worker for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and captain of the line marshals at the march; Tactic implemented in the demonstration.

Reports on the imposition of a law regarding the private ownership of land on Italian peasants. Panic caused by the land law among the peasants; Protests raised by the Italian General Federation of Labor; Restoration of land to peasant cooperatives.

The article focuses on the Khaki Shirt movement that aims to bring down U.S. President Herbert Hoover from his position. A colonel in the newly established movement revealed some of their plans including the march on Washington to demand the resignation of Hoover and seize power. Marches on state capitals have also been planned with a comprehensive series of demands for inflationary consumer credit and unemployment relief.

Describes the protest organized by a farmer in England, Arkansas. Total number of farmers who participated in the protest; Demands of food by the farmers for their families; Report of the organizer of the protest about the incident; Description of the interior of the house of the farmer; Refusal of the authorities to grant aid or to feed the starving children; Threat of violence from the protesters.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Comments on the movement to boycott the Hearst Metrotone newsreel at American colleges and universities; Distribution of the Hearst-Metrotone newsreel by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor Corp.; Allegations on thirteen men and women in Oklahoma City of threatening and intimidating a federal court; Conviction of ten Leaders of the unemployed who were sentenced under the federal sedition laws for leading a demonstration in front of the local Federal Emergency Relief Administration office; Information on the merger of American Workers' Party and Communist League of America; Comments on an article on Thorstein Veblen, U.S. economist and social scientist, published in the May 15, 1935 issue; Views of Veblen on Marxism; Opinion on the article titled "N.R.A. Chiselers and Sculptors," published in the June 5, 1935 issue.

Examines the relationship between commercialism and political activism. Comment that the Millennium March on Washington for gay rights promoted commercialism rather than political activism; Description of the street fair on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.; Information about the involvement of gay celebrities like Anne Heche and Melissa Etheridge in the fair; Opinion that serious representation for gay rights was sidelined in favor of entertainment.

Focuses on the Vietnam War and the demonstrations against it. Overview of anti-war demonstrations in the U.S. since 1965; Problems facing demonstrators; Experiences of the author encountering demonstrators; Destruction from the war on Vietnam; Expectation of a U.S. Army withdrawal from Vietnam.

Focuses on the repercussions of resistance to government in the U.S. Assertion of the author that the attack on the government is nothing as compared with the paralysis of the government; Preoccupation of the government with the Treaty of Versailles and that no government at home able or willing to deal with the issues; Claim of the author that there had been no program on which men could loyally unite, no line of policy to follow, and no purposes set to apply.

Focuses on the hunger march in the U.S. for winter relief and unemployment insurance. Statement that a cavalcade of 1,200 hunger marchers, lurched their way in trucks; Information that the marchers clambered out of their trucks to stretch themselves on the bleak avenue which the District of Washington had generously offered as a shelter and a home; Steps taken by police to contain the marchers in case of any violence.