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Israel announced plans to build 1,300 more houses in East Jerusalem, angering Palestinians who warned that such plans threatened chances for a peace accord by the end of the year. The announcement brought to more than 3,000 the number of houses that Israel has approved for construction since the renewal of the peace talks on land that Palestinians think should be part of a Palestinian state. Palestinian negotiators condemned the latest plan, while Israeli officials said that most of the proposed housing would be on land that Israel has already annexed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the protest of relatives of soldiers who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq outside U.S. President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.

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.

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.

Compares the military services of U.S. President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry. Background on Kerry, a decorated Vietnam soldier who became an activist for Vietnam Veterans against the War after returning home; Reference to the undocumented months when Bush was supposedly completing his National Guard service while campaigning for a senatorial candidate in Alabama; Mention of films and documentaries about the Vietnam War; How Kerry and members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War are being attacked by Republicans; Why Kerry is a unique figure as a presidential candidate.

Reports on the antiwar protests held in New York and New Jersey on March 29, 2003.

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.

Presents an article on the emergence of antiwar movements in the U.S. and its purpose for conducting rallies for peace as of March 2003.

Discusses the apparent lack of shared values among anti-war demonstrators in the United States. Comparison between contemporary protesters and their 1960s counterparts; Diversity of political persuasions among demonstrators; Notion of counterculture.

Focuses on protest singers and songwriters in the United States. How they are trying to speed up an antiwar reaction; Actions of protest singers at the Grammy awards, including Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt and India.Arie; Influence of protest songs; Mention of Bob Dylan's 'Hurricane' and 'Give Peace a Chance,' by John Lennon; Absence of antiwar songs from commercial radio stations; Views of singer John Mellencamp and other musicians; Background on the 1960's protest-song movement; Music styles of antiwar songs. INSET: 'Boom Boom Boom Mr. Son of a Bush'.

Reports that United States President George W. Bush dismissed antiwar protests as a factor in his plans for a military assault on Iraq. His efforts to persuade reluctant allies that United Nations weapons inspections would not secure the disarmament of Iraq; His dismissal of public opinion as a factor in his policies; Outlook for support from the European Union for U.S. and British war plans.

Reports on the pro-war sentiment encountered by pro-peace rallies at universities in the United States.

Focuses on the status of the peace movement in Israel in 2001 which demanded for the end of violence and a resumption of negotiations between Israel and Palestine.