Hollow victory for Thailand's unelected government

Since we last reported on Thailand, the unelected Thai government has completed its brutal crackdown on the protest camp in the heart of Bangkok’s business and shopping district. Showing that they valued the property of the area, and their own power, more than human life, the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajjiva ordered troops to [...]

Posted by Jack on May 27th, 2010 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Thailand is on the brink of civil war

Since we last reported on the situation a couple of days ago, the standoff between pro-democracy protesters and the unelected government in Thailand has escalated dramatically. Troops, acting under orders from Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, have begun firing live ammunition on the protest camp in the middle of the capital Bangkok. At least three people [...]

Posted by Jack on May 14th, 2010 | 2 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Thailand: Is compromise slipping through the government's fingers?

Protest camps in the Thai capital Bangkok are under a full scale siege by the army, as the unelected government has declared that the pro-democracy demonstrators must disperse today or face the cutting off of food and water supplies. As Leftfield has extensively reported, there’s been a standoff on the streets between the forces of [...]

Posted by Jack on May 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Thailand update: Return of the Yellow Shirts

As Leftfield has already reported, the centre of the Thai capital Bangkok has been locked down for weeks now, as hundreds of thousands of Thais, mostly from the rural and urban poor, have camped out in mass protests. The Red Shirts, as they are known, demand the immediate dissolution of parliament, and fresh elections. The [...]

Posted by Jack on April 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Thailand's Red Shirts fight back against crackdown

As Leftfield has already reported, Thailand is currently in the grip of a political crisis as hundreds of thousands of some of the nation’s poorest are on the streets demanding democracy. The Red Shirt movement demands the immediate dissolution of parliament and the calling of new elections. The current government was installed in a military [...]

Posted by Jack on April 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Class war in Thailand

For the past week Thailand has been engulfed in a massive wave of protest by the anti-government ‘Red Shirts‘, who all dress in red to symbolise their support for the immediate dissolving of parliament and new elections. The current government of Thailand was installed by a military coup in 2006, that overthrew former telecommunications tycoon [...]

Posted by Jack on March 21st, 2010 | 4 Comments Posted in Uncategorized