• Thailand: Time for Fresh Elections

    After the military-backed Democrat Party government of Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency and issued arrest warrants for pro-democracy Red Shirt leaders, the government has attempted to close down all internet and satellite media or websites which don’t tow the government line. Since late March the Red Shirts have been holding peaceful and disciplined […]

  • Thailand: State of Emergency

    7 April 2010 The Thai government refuses to hold democratic elections and is preparing for violent repression. After Democrat politicians brought weapons into Parliament and their officials threw CS gas canisters into peaceful Red Shirt protestors outside, the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and its vicinities.  This gives them […]

  • Thailand: Human Rights Commission Says Force Justified against Peaceful Protests

    Dr Tajing Siripanit, a commissioner from the Thai National Human Rights Commission, stated on NBT television at 13.30 on 4th April 2010 that the military-backed government “would be justified in using force” against the peaceful pro-democracy Red Shirt protestors “because they were disrupting shopping” in the centre of Bangkok.  In fact, the Red Shirts are […]

  • Thai NGOs Side with the Military-Royalist Government against the Pro-Democracy Movement of the Poor

    Once again the Thai NGOs have sided with the military-installed royalist government against the demands of hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy Red Shirts.  The Red Shirts, who represent millions of ordinary working people in urban and rural areas, have been staging huge protests in Bangkok in recent days.  Their demands are for the dissolution of […]

  • Thailand: Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets to Demand Democracy

    Hundreds of thousands of Thai Red Shirt pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets of Bangkok and other cities over the weekend.  This was a show of force to prove the strength of the movement and to dispel any lies by the royalist government and the media that the Red Shirts are not representative of the […]

  • Two Faces of Thailand

    On the 19th September this year, the 3rd anniversary of the military coup that wrecked Thai democracy, two demonstrations took place.  They sum up the two faces of Thailand. One demonstration, by tens of thousands of Red Shirts in Bangkok, was organised in order to continue the demand for full democracy.  It was a peaceful […]

  • Red Shirts in Thailand Face the Armed Might of the Ruling Elites

    For the fourth time in forty years, troops have opened fire on pro-democracy demonstrators in Bangkok.  Each time the aim has been the same: to protect the interests of the Conservative Elites who have run Thailand for the past 70 years. For those watching the cold-blooded murder by soldiers on the streets of Bangkok, it […]

  • Thailand: A Second “Coup for the Rich”

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  • Thailand: Anti-government PAD Thugs Want Dictatorship to Replace Democracy

    Bangkok International Airport has now been closed by fascist thugs from the anti-government “People’s Alliance for Democracy” (PAD).  The PAD are demanding that the elected government resigns.  This is despite the fact that the government has the backing of the majority of the Thai population and even the majority of Bangkok citizens.  This backing has […]