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During India's struggle to break free of British colonial rule, Mohandas Gandhi dominated the political stage. But there were two other important leaders who challenged Gandhi's hegemony over the independence movement. One, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, became the founder of Pakistan. The other, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, won crucial victories in the emancipation of India's oppressed untouchables, making them beneficiaries of what is today the world's largest program of affirmative action for education, jobs and political office...
...then there is campaign finance reform. I don't claim that campaign finance reform is equivalent to Gandhi's quest for Indian independence (although you could argue that it was also in his self-interest), but it is a rare example of politicians who are motivated by something other than narrow and immediate self-interest...
...from bringing the "Palestinians a long way," Arafat has delayed the hopes and aspirations of the Palestinian Arabs through decades of terrorism. Had the Palestinian Arabs had a Gandhi to lead them instead of an Arafat, they would have had their state years ago. Arafat's war against Israel, including the massacre of Israeli athletes at Munich in '72 and the murder of 21 schoolchildren in Ma'alot in '74, isolated the Palestinian cause and resulted in the Palestinians-as-terrorists stereotype. The latest round of terrorism Arafat has launched against Israel has devastated the Palestinian economy. MacLeod ignored...
...Indians are sick of corruption in government, but they've also learned to accept it as a fact of life. But what still gets people very angry is when guns and graft come together. That's viewed as venality that compromises national security. The late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi suffered a humiliating electoral defeat in 1989 after he was accused of accepting kickbacks from a howitzer deal with Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors. The Bofors scandal still haunts the Congress Party...
...might be unrealistic to hope that a Gandhi, an MLK or a Mandela will step forth from the Palestinian ranks, but we will never know as long as Arafat continues to cling to his autocratic regime. If I am wrong and if Arafat truly does speak for the Palestinian people, then let him re-affirm his legitimacy with a democratic election. The international community, including both Western and Arab countries, must pressure the PNA to take the question to the people. And if Arafat refuses to yield to democracy, then the world must embrace a popular Palestinian movement. Arafat...