Ian Hamilton Finlay was an incredibly provocative thinker who played on the opposite poles of conservatism and revolution, authority and dissent.
The smuggler spoke on condition of anonymity because, after all, his work was illegal, though he and others said that since the revolution the authorities seemed to worry only about political activities, not criminal acts.
With Thursday's key demonstration approaching on the 104th anniversary of the Mexican revolution, the authorities announced the cancellation of the annual military parade that usually fills the capital's central streets on that day.
Right after the revolution, the authorities did their best to stamp out the practice of keeping dogs as pets even if it was not that prevalent because of the cultural aversion.
After the 1979 Islamic revolution, the authorities stepped up the persecution of the Bahá'í community, accusing its members of having links with or spying for Israel, mainly because the Bahá'í governing body, the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, is based in Haifa.
The political unrest and almost absent security in the wake of the 2011 revolution forced authorities to suspend the pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue.
While there is no right to revolution, political authority is only legitimate if the head of state respects the social contract.
In addition to these two important works, Arendt published a number of influential essays on topics such as the nature of revolution, freedom, authority, tradition and the modern age.
Hashemi comes from a family closely connected to the 1979 Islamic revolution, when the authorities stepped up persecution of Bahá'ís.
Despite the chancellor's claimed conversion to localism, council-funded social housing is sidelined in the housebuilding revolution and local authorities are to stripped of their vital role coordinating local schools.
So, with the persistent trend of this latest green revolution, health care authorities around the world have found it a daunting task to promote the standardization of TCHM.
