Opinion

Kasit and Jakrapob: Abhisitâ€™s double standard?

By Prachatai | 3 February 2009

Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya appears to be a lightning rod for the current government, due to his previous active roles both on and off the PAD stage.

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Govt Must Act to Prevent Country Sliding into A Blackhole

By Pravit Rojanaphruk | 12 January 2009

Now that the red-shirt pro-Thaksin Shinawatra protesters have succeeded in hurling an egg on the face of Chuan Leekpai, mentor of premier Abhisit Vejjajiva, and a former PM himself, what is next? <div> </div>

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2008 Blocklist Analysis: 1,303 new websites CENSORED!

By FACT | 21 December 2008

Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) has just received <a href="http://facthai.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/2008-mict-secret-thai-blocklists-1303-new-websites-blocked/">secret blocklists</a> leaked from Thailand’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. We know they’re secret because each one is stamped à¸¥à¸±à¸š!

Opinion

Thailand&#39;s second coup completed: The Cockroaches take over

By Giles Ji Ungpakorn, Turn Left Thailand | 16 December 2008

The appointment of "Democrat" Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as the new Thai Prime Minister is the final stage of the second coup against an elected government.

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The Continuing Crisis in Thailand

By Pokpong Lawansiri | 4 December 2008

The ouster of a constitutionally elected government may be only the beginning of trouble. Many analysts believe that the decision Tuesday by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dissolve the People’s Power Party (PPP), Chart Thai Party, and the Matchima Thipatai Party – the three key coalition parties which constituted the large component of former Prime Minister Somchai Wongswat’s government – will put an end to the political crisis. What they have not considered is the strong possibility that the events leading to and resulting from the dissolution could actually lead to a larger and wider conflict.

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A Second â€œCoup for the Richâ€

By Giles Ji Ungpakorn | 4 December 2008

Today the Constitutional Courts dissolved the democratically elected governing party in Thailand for the second time, forcing the Government to resign. This follows the refusal of the Armed Forces and the Police to follow government instructions to clear the two international airports blocked by armed PAD Fascists.

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Held hostage

By PRAVIT ROJANAPHRUK | 28 November 2008

I have become one of the thousands who have been held hostage by the self-styled People's Alliance for Democracy indefinitely shutting down Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. After arriving at Seoul's Incheon Airport to board a flight via Hong Kong to the Thai capital on Wednesday, I was told by the Cathay Pacific staff that it was impossible because the connecting flight from Hong Kong had been cancelled indefinitely, along with all other flights to Bangkok.

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Fascist Thugs Terrorise Passengers at Bangkok International Airport

By Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. | 26 November 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.

Opinion

Thailand&#39;s National Insecurity

By CJ Hinke, Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) | 19 November 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

Opinion

Thai Media Let Down: The Princess&#39; Remark Case

By Pravit Rojanaphruk | 22 October 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. (<a href="http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-09192950.apds.m0355.bc-ct--thaioct09,0,6157926.story">Thailand princess speaks at Connecticut school</a>, AP)

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Thailand Since the Coup

By Thitinan Pongsudhirak | 14 October 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.

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Opinions of the rural poor have always been ignored

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation | 10 September 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.

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