Thailand’s army chief, Prayuth, reports several press, has given a meeting of all sides in the Thai political divide “Homework.” The homework is to decide on a solution for Thailand, centering on: “elections, reform and a neutral Prime Minister.” But there is a “Catch” in that Prayuth’s homework, to many, is just a “Re-Hash” of…
There has been a great deal of talk globally, if Thai army chief, Prayuth, invoking Martial Law, just staged a “Coup.” In Thailand, as most press expert know, about 90% of Thai press works for the Bangkok Elite Establishment and their proxies. So there is virtually no discussion or narrative on the issue, inside Thailand.…
Thai army chief, Prayuth, today, invoked Martial Law, and so far, media and protest freedom has been curbed. Prayuth cited an intention to keep law and order in Thailand, as Thailand, according to many local and global press, was entering a crunch-time, as Democracy & the Establishment’s Suthep brand of Fascism, were on collusion course.…
As a “Democratic Activist” I became an ally of the Shinawatra Family and its political machine and also the Red Shirts, a mostly anti-dictatorship and pro-democracy force in Thailand. Un-like most Thai political observer, who brush-off the Red Shirts movement, as a puppet of the Shinawatra Family and as being a part of the Shinawatra…
A few days ago, I was told of a story, about an attempt to break Thailand “Political Grid-Lock.” A Chulalongkorn University, where the university is a staunch Royalist that is anti-Shinawatra and support Suthep’s PDRC, engineer department graduate, where the department is one of the most influential academic department in Thailand, where the graduate also…
Suthep’s PDRC Movement, called “Like Mussolini Black Shirts” by Cato at Liberty, has taken control of Thailand’s Government House Complex to give press conference and been violently and vicioulsly attacking anyone who moved “Traffic Cones” the movement has set up. With those activities, and no one seemingly know how Thailand can move forward, has…
In a recent article by Doug Bandow (appeared in Forbes on February 3, 2014) the article on Suthep’s PDRC, headed, quote: “Yellow Shirt Protestors Act Like Mussolini’s Black Shirts.” Suthep relied on, says Dough, quote: “Storm Trooper Tactics.” Suthep’s mobs seized public buildings, took over government ministries, blocked Bangkok streets, discussed occupying the stock…
The Thai crisis is difficult for many to understand. The Shinawatra Family for example, is worth US$ billions, very much the same as the core supporter of the Bangkok establishment, being they too are worth US$ billions. So many in Thailand and globally, says the Thai crisis, is about the rising news wealth against old…
Thailand’s most popular and respected weekly magazine, Matichon Weekly, cover for this week, is a picture of Thai army chief Prayuth, imposed on a back-ground of split in the middle Red Color and Yellow Color, where of course, in Thailand, Red means democracy, liberty and justice and Yellow means traditional elite. On the cover of…
Today, Thailand’s Constitutional Court threw-out the February 2nd election. There is a great deal of comments on the court’s action, but perhaps the best is from Chuvit, a former opposition MP, local politician known to speak bluntly and from the heart, and Chuvit said, quote: “Today, Thailand’s Democracy Died.” Meanwhile Robert Amsterdam, an well known…
