The action was portrayed by its authors as a liberation from the power of the monarchy, but they put in its spot a symbol of a new sort of power: the guillotine.
But some observers fear that Mr Mbeki just doesn't like to see a fellow liberation leader lose power.
Voters remain loyal to those who led the way to liberation, and the power of incumbency keeps rivals at the margins.
Meanwhile, as the national liberation movements took power or dissipated in countries like El Salvador and Nicaragua, so did the utopian visions of their advocates.
Those who crossed him or looked like rivals paid with their lives, as the "hero of national liberation" cemented his power.
"How is it that it is wrong to read the books of Gustavo Gutiérrez here?" Some at PUCP suspect the battle over the university's name is not about liberation theology, but power and perhaps money.
The movement known variously as "size acceptance," "fat acceptance," "fat liberation," and "fat power" has been around for more than four decades; in 1967, at a "fat-in" staged in Central Park, participants vilified Twiggy, burned diet books, and handed out candy.
President Zuma believes liberation means unfettered power for the ANC," Ms Zille said in a 2012 BBC interview.
As Korean culture experienced specific circumstances such as the rule of a foreign power, liberation, and a war different from the Western cultures, the totalitarian social identification appeared more predominant than the personal identification in Korea.
But Lestrange also embodies a combination of power, liberation and an unabashed lust for life (and death) I found enticing.
