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Reports on the thousands of people that participated in the protests against labor market reforms in Magdeburg, Germany on August 9, 2004.

Reports on a rally in Hong Kong, China to demand for the Chinese government to grant democratic elections in the administrative region. Range of criticisms against the Beijing administration; Complaints of restricting democratic freedoms in the city.

Reports on a popular uprising against a regional government in Bashkortostan, Russia. Demonstrations against President Murtaza G. Rakhimov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin; Allegations against Rakhimov's government, including complaints of manipulated elections, increasing state control of business, and corruption.

James O'Keefe III, the guerrilla videographer, advised conservative students this month that they needed to start taking more risks. ''The more you put yourself out there and you take those calculated risks,'' he told the Web site CampusReform.org, which works to foster conservative activism on college campuses, ''you're actually going to get opportunities.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

She was twice divorced and fresh out of South Dakota when she fell for his worldly sophistication. He came from one of this city's most privileged families, and admired her work helping ordinary people. Together, Gwendolyn and Kendall Myers set out to give the second half of their lives new meaning. At first, disillusioned with the pace of change in Washington, the great-grandson of Alexander Graham Bell, who at the time was a State Department contract employee, and the housewife turned political activist moved to South Dakota, where they embraced a counterculture lifestyle, even growing marijuana in the basement. They marched for legalized abortion, promoted solar energy, and repaired relations with six children from previous marriages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Senior negotiators from Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, began talks in South Africa, a spokesman for the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, said. Two senior opposition officials and two Zimbabwean cabinet ministers were leading the negotiating teams, the spokesman, Mukoni Ratshitanga, said. Preliminary talks began Tuesday after Mr. Mbeki secured a framework deal between Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, and the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, on Monday for talks to end the deadlock over Mr. Mugabe's re-election on June 27 in a vote the opposition boycotted because of violence. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

To the Editor: Re ''The Coming Activist Age'' (column, July 18): [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that Syrian opposition groups have issued a broad call for democratic change in the form of a statement that is being called the "Damascus Declaration."

Reports that council speaker Gifford Miller has received the support of two unions representing the city's grocery workers and traffic agents in New York.

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.

Reports that anti-Republican protesters did not trample and shred the lush grass in Central Park, New York City. Statement of one New Yorker on the legality of the protest; Different reaction from regular Sunday crowd on the demonstrators; Consideration of the protest as bucolic that Republicans can walk around unharmed.

Reports that angry Masai tribesmen have begun marching onto ranches held by white settlers in Kenya's Rift Valley and claiming the tracts as their own. How police are forcibly ousting the men; Arrests of Masai, who are protesting a 100-year-old land treaty; Remarks by Amos Kimuny, minister for lands and housing; Why Kenyan officials will not follow the example of President Robert Mugabe, who supported the forced redistribution of land in Zimbabwe; The Kenyan government's cautious approach to land reform; Details of the land controversy; How drought is aggravating the current conflict; Role of the Masai in Kenya's tourism strategy.

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 the plan of the A31 Action Coalition, a group opposed to the Republican National Convention to carry out illegal protest activities on the convention's second day in New York.

Offers a look at a decision of New York City officials to deny a permit for use of the Great Lawn in Central Park for a political protest during the Republican National Convention of 2004. Decision to move the demonstrators of United for Peace and Justice away from the park to a remote location; Claim that this decision illustrates Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg administration's feelings about civil protest; Comment made by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly regarding the restrictions placed on civil liberties as a means of terrorism prevention; Criticism of the Bloomberg administration by free-speech advocates; Balance between the terror threat and ordinary crowd-control issues with the right to demonstrate.

Focuses on the social activities of people taking in some democratic actions in the steps of the City Hall. Opportunity of Adam Clayton Powell to take advantage of the press and dozens of cameras to deny a woman's accusation that he had raped her; Demand of protesters on grant of permit for a peaceful rally in Central Park on the Republican National Convention; Stand of State Senator Liz Krueger to call upon state Senator Olga A. Mendez, who switched to the Republican Party two years ago, to disclose her campaign records.

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.

Reports that thousands of demonstrators marched through downtown streets in Hong Kong, China to peacefully protest the decision of the Chinese government to limit democracy. Number of people who participated in the rally; Realization that the chief executive of Hong Kong must obtain the approval of the Chinese government before submitting any electoral reform bills to the legislature; Comparison of the protests in Hong Kong and Taiwan regarding the issue.

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.

Focuses on exiles from Saudi Arabia in London, England. Political activity of the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia; How their campaign challenges royal rule in Saudi Arabia; Saudi government's alarm at the dissidents' influence; Street protests in Saudi Arabia; Comments of the head of the movement, Saad al-Fagih; Use of technology to reach their audience; Purpose of the organization.

Focuses on the personal story of Brian Flanagan, a saloonkeeper and former 1960's activist. His affiliation with Weather Underground, a faction of students who supported Democracy and armed liberation; Description of Night Cafe where Flanagan often resides; Ways in which his past activism still influence his current opinions; How Flanagan still preaches about socialism.

Discusses mothers' social movements in light of the Million Mom March scheduled for Mother's Day 2000 in Washington D.C. Goal of the march which is to push for common sense gun control; Political aspects of the march in an election year; Comments from a spokesman for the NRA (National Rifle Association); Reason why the march was organized, including a series of shootings in United States schools.