Opinion
26 Nov 2008
Bangkok International Airport has now been closed by Fascist thugs from the anti-government 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 been proven by repeated elections. The PAD want a dictatorship to replace democracy because they deem that the majority of the Thai electorate are too ignorant to deserve the right to vote.
19 Nov 2008
Today it was revealed that a member of the Democrat Party has proposed an amendment to the lese majeste law. Below is a rough translation of two main section
22 Oct 2008
Thai newspapers seemed to be caught up in the on-going political conflict and the trust that readers and the public have in them may have been jeopardised after months, if not years, of deeply partisan and bias reporting. No incident could better illustrate the failure of most of Thai newspapers to act as a conduit for free flow of news and information than that of their failure to report a news article by the Associated Press (October 9, 2008) quoting Princess Sirindhorn's view about the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protest. (Thailand princess speaks at Connecticut school, AP)
14 Oct 2008
Acharn Thitinan Pongsudhirak’s ‘Thailand Since the Coup’ falls somewhere between journalism and history. For those who have been too far away from events to keep track of the twists and turns, and for those who simply couldn’t keep up, it provides a useful overview.
10 Sep 2008
Two weeks after the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) occupied Government House and plunged the Kingdom into political crisis, the views of ordinary people - especially the rural poor - have been conspicuously absent from media reports. They have largely not been heard from in any substantial way.
7 Sep 2008
During Sept 1-2, 2008, there were 17 press releases from groups of various kinds of individuals trying to put forth solutions to the current situation. I received two more drafts circulated via email loops, totalling 19.
6 Sep 2008
Kasian Techapira on the PAD's ‘general uprising' provides some insights into ‘the flaws and dysfunction of the existing electoral parliamentary democracy', and the movement of the so-called People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). He points out that in his view, ‘the PAD's most worrying trend is its stance towards the ethics of means'.
5 Sep 2008
Like it or not, either you are with it or against it. The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD)’s latest round of protests since late May is an interesting occurrence, worthy of analysis.
5 Sep 2008
It should be clear to even a casual follower of the political crisis that neither the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej nor the dissolution of Parliament will put an end to the deadlock. And a proposed referendum on whether the premier should stay or resign would likely be rejected by the anti-government protesters.
4 Sep 2008
For the past two or more years – and especially since the September 2006 coup – Thai society has been hypnotised into forgetting about its real social and political issues. Instead, the whole of society – and, most tragically, the social movements – have been entranced by a fight between two factions of the Thai ruling class.
28 Aug 2008
The raid on the headquarters of NBT on the morning of Aug 26 by a group of anti-government protesters alleged to have carried guns and long knives, has struck alarm among human rights and media freedom groups.
27 Aug 2008
The raids yesterday by the self-styled People's Alliance for "Democracy" (PAD) on the staterun NBT TV station, Government House and various ministries in Bangkok are pushing the public to decide where they stand.
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