Yet Nepalis resisted and another popular movement a year later toppled him, and Nepal became a republic.

ECONOMIST: Girija Prasad Koirala

Although many orthodox rabbis resisted, the Sabbatian movement was hardly a fringe cult.

ECONOMIST: Jewish mysticism

The MPs concerned mobilised hundreds and hundreds of local supporters who then were in the middle of their communities, and we were able to build a movement that resisted the national swing.

BBC: Transcript of Peter Hain interview

The country's powerful trade union movement whose support has traditionally been so important to the SDP has long resisted any change to Germany's generous welfare provisions.

ECONOMIST: Schr?der still struggles