Radical Democracy's ‘Modern Constitution’

Radical democracy's `modern Constitution'``There are few better illustrations of the waywardness of Taliban rule than its treatment of Afghanistan's womenöharassed and brutalized for simply walking down the street, confined to their homes unless accompanied by a man, denied education, forced to wear the head-to-toe burqa that makes them look like faceless ghosts moving beyond the boundaries of perception.''Michael Hill Baltimore Sun (25 November 2001, page 1F)``Even if the liberation of Afghanistan's women were only a collateral benefit, so to speak, and not America's primary war aim, this is remarkable ... .Never before has an American president spoken out so strongly on behalf of a whole population of brutally oppressed women.''