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Discusses how political and social shifts in the Middle East are evoking hope and fear. Implications of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's decision to open presidential elections to more than one candidate; Role of street demonstrators in toppling Lebanon's government; Mood of Mideast politicians; Outlook for the end of authoritarian Arab governments; How a mix of outside pressure and internal shifts has created this movement; Influence of new technology on young protestors; Suggestion that pressure from the U.S. President George W. Bush administration has emboldened demonstrators; Ways that Egypt's tiny opposition movement has drawn attention; Observation that the idea of challenging authoritarian rule more directly is new; Perception of young demonstrators in Lebanon as models for popular uprisings across the Arab world; Why Iraq serves more as a threat than a model; How new technology has driven the steps toward greater freedoms; Attitudes regarding the American campaign for democracy in the Middle East.

Reports that the police has opened fire to break up a street fight between supporters of Bangladesh's governing party and the opposition Awami League, killing at least one person and wounding more than 100.

Offers a look at the Catholic Workers movement in New York. Founding of the Catholic Workers movement by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin; Report that the Catholic Workers have rejected comfortable lives in order to live beside the poor; Discussion of the consumerism attitude in New York City; Commitment of the Catholic Workers to nonviolence; Report that they publish "The Catholic Worker"; Statement that the Catholic Workers never sought tax-exemption status from the Internal Revenue Service; Commitment of the group to social justice; Involvement of the Catholic Workers in protest marches against the Iraq War; Statement that many Catholic Workers are arrested for civil disobedience.

Reports that a Manhattan judge John Cataldo ordered the city to release more than 550 protesters who had been detained without seeing a judge after being arrested at demonstrations against the Republican National Convention. How Cataldo held New York City in contempt when not al protesters were released after 60 hours and ordered a fine of $1,000 for each person still held; Triumph expressed by the throngs of protesters who were released from the Criminal Courts Building on Centre Street; Statement from Michael Cardozo of the city's corporation counsel that Cataldo was wrong not to permit the city sufficient time to process the arrestees; Lack of accountability for the delays in processing the arrested protesters by city and police officials.

Discusses how hundreds of demonstrators were arrested in New York City in their protest of President George W. Bush and the Republican National Convention. Consideration of there were clashes between protestors and police officers as a result of the civil disobedience; Detention of hundreds of protesters near ground zero and in Midtown where they were cursing at Republican delegates; Goal of the protestors to gather and descend on the convention site at Madison Square Garden; Opposition from protesters and civil liberties lawyers to the actions of police officers in their preemptive dealings with demonstrators; Protest against the company Halliburton which was holding a breakfast at the New York Hilton hotel for the Texas delegates.

Discusses the peaceful nature of the protests conducted in New York City in opposition of President George W. Bush and the Republican National Convention. How Republican leaders such as Vice President Dick Cheney and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani praised Bush and his leadership during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; Comparison of the anti-Bush protests to the protests which occurred in the U.S. during the Vietnam War; Claims from protesters that Bush is a warmonger, a liar, and a criminal; Focus of the media on the marches and demonstrations of the protesters.

Discusses how the protesters in Manhattan before the Republican National Convention were monitored by helicopters, blimps, and plainclothes police officers. Strategies used by the New York Police Department to control crowds and to prevent violence; How officers coaxed some protestors to remove themselves from construction scaffolding; Importance of teamwork when dealing with crowds of protesters; Need for individual officers to resist the taunting and jeering of the crowds; How officers took about 200 people into custody as a result of ordered arrests.

Discusses how protestors gathered to oppose the leadership of President George W. Bush and the Republicans on the eve of the Republican convention in Manhattan, New York. Efforts of the protest organizer, United for Peace and Justice, to protest the president's policies on debt, civil and constitutional rights, and the environment; Lack of violent acts during the march which was staged from Chelsea to Midtown to Union Square; How some protesters harassed Republican guests at a party at the Boathouse restaurant in Central Park; Political rally held by Governor George Pataki, Vice President Dick Cheney, and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani at Ellis Island.

Focuses on veteran protester Eric Laursen, who spoke at a Campaign to Demilitarize the Police news conference in New York City. His views on protest against the Republican National Convention; His explanation for various protest groups and a guy named Geoffrey Blank, who is also known as "Mr. Arrest Me"; Anarchists groups that Laursen belongs to; His opposition to violence, except property destruction.

Discusses the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to question political demonstrators in an effort to curb the possibility of violent protests at the Republican National Convention in New York. Development of a list of people who may have information about possible plans for violence; Feelings of the demonstrators that they are being harassed by the FBI agents; How local police departments were encouraged by the FBI to counter terrorism by monitoring violent resistance, Internet fund-raising, and recruitment for organizations of dissent; Importance of maintaining safety and order during large-scale demonstrations.

Reports on protesters' plans for the 2004 Republican Party national convention, to take place in New York City. Refusal of the city to grant the protesters a permit to demonstrate; Indignation of the protesters over the war in Iraq of 2003 and economic and social issues; Plans for an antiwar demonstration organized by United for Peace and Justice; Willingness of the protesters to participate in acts of civil disobedience.

Offers a look at a trial in New York City involving people arrested for a street protest against the U.S.-led war in Iraq and Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Report that the demonstrators used peaceful means in the protest; Charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration; Discussion of the sentence the defendants face, including jail time.

Comments on what to expect when the Republicans hold their 2004 presidential convention in New York City. Threat by Representative Charles B. Rangel to disrupt the convention if Republicans do not modify a law requiring some public housing tenants to work in community service; Plans for marches and rallies in Central Park; Outlook for arrests by police; Wariness of protestors; Concerns over balancing security and First Amendment freedoms; Range of issues over which people plan to demonstrate, including the Iraq War.

Examines the anti-Iraqi War movement in the United States. Shift away from large-scale disruptive tactics to appealing to mainstream Americans; Efforts of influential groups such as Win Without War; Focus on protests at federal institutions, corporations and media conglomerates that profit from war; Tensions within the antiwar movement; Comparison between this movement and the anti-Vietnam War movement; Issue of civil disobedience.