After the insurrections failed, anarchist activism tended to take the form of acts of terrorism by individual protesters, who would attempt to kill ruling figures to make the state appear vulnerable and to inspire the masses with their self-sacrifice.
The Al-Adahi ruling figured to be a game-changer, and it was.
"There's no way we are going to lose the runoff," one senior ruling party figure said.
As of this week, the top four candidates for the presidency were independent businessman Petro Poroshenko, professional boxer and UDAR party leader Vitali Klitschko, banker and former ruling party figure Serhiy Tihipko, and controversial former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was recently released from prison to join the Maidan protests.
Mr Sirisena was one of the most powerful men in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party before he defected along with a number of other ruling party figures.
Outside, someone had replaced the "royal" in the "Royal Thai Police Headquarters" plaque with "Thaksin," suggesting the former prime minister and his sister weren't fully loyal to the Thai King, a long-ruling figure whose 86th birthday falls on Thursday.
The Serbian nationalist hysteria that swept Slobodan Milosevic to power in the late 1980's evaporated long ago, leaving him an isolated figure ruling over a shrinking land.
Mr MacGregor says the exhibition is one of a series exploring great rulers who shaped our world.In this section The greatest journey Doom, gloom and boom A Catholic father Questing lost manuscripts Waterlog Strutting on the stage ReprintsHadrian was a complex, contradictory figure, ruling for 21 years.
While the American president is hardly a figure ruling with the power of a Caesar, there does sometimes seem to be an almost obsessive desire on the part of the Tea Party and its Congressional supporters to oppose the President's will at every turn.
