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Affirmative action has been a revolution in American rights and in our ideas of citizenship. To judge from almost all polls and referendums over the past few decades, it is reliably unpopular. Judges prop it up. Since the election of the first black President, it has been a shoe waiting...
Finally, Ahmadinejad appeared onstage amid a throng of aides, all male, all dressed in black. The crowd burst into chants exalting the President. Over the past four years, Ahmadinejad has cultivated an image as the leader of the downtrodden. At home, the hallmark of his presidency has been his visits...
There could not be more contrast between an Ahmadinejad campaign event - the stage occupied only by men, supporters dressed in black, the air filled with sentimental music and religious chants - and a recent rally for Mousavi, with supporters covered in shades of green bouncing to uplifting pop music and women...
In many ways, this election is a continuing struggle over the definition of the country's revolution 30 years ago, and its achievements. That remarkable event of idealism sought economic equity and justice, as well as true national independence and democracy. (Read "Iran Celebrates an Earthshaking Anniversary.")
Whether Iranians choose a government that promises greater freedoms and civic participation will depend on the extent to which the country's lower classes feel the revolution's economic promises have been fulfilled. If they still are not satisfied, a theocratic democracy that gives one vote to every one of...