50 years ago this week, growing discontent with the Thai ruling elite’s corruption and abuse of power boiled over into a major campus protest at Thammasat University, one of Thailand’s…
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50 years ago this week, growing discontent with the Thai ruling elite’s corruption and abuse of power boiled over into a major campus protest at Thammasat University, one of Thailand’s…
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“The October-14 Uprising ignited the Thai public’s desire for change as advocated by young people. And since then, it has become a fight between different groups of people wanting changes. …
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“The October-14 Uprising gave birth to “songs for life”. We joined in the struggle in the name of “Artists Alliance for the People”. After almost 20 years under military rule,…
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“The uprising ushered in an unprecedented era of freedom. It was an explosion of desire for rights and freedom of expression by students and members of the public, giving them…
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“During the uprising I was among the student demonstrators moving out of the Thammasat campus. I mustered my courage to stand up right in the middle of the Democracy Monument…
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“Before the uprising, Thailand had always been under dictatorship. But it got worse after Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat seized power from Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (in 1957) before the power…
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“A lot of those who took part in the October-14 Uprising are still politically active. The uprising was followed by another uprising in May, 1992 which was known as a…
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“Thailand’s political change began with the 1932 revolution but it was a top-down change in which people played no part. But in the October-14 Uprising, people were the key players…
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“You can tell from their uniforms that they (protesters) were students who skipped class to rally for democracy. The result was an end to the long-reigning dictatorship dating back to…
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“Democracy, freedom and people’s right are among the legacies of the October-14 Uprising. They were inherited by the new generation of Thais who are rebellious and dare to challenge things….
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Pro-democracists held a memorial service at the October 14 Memorial in Bangkok today (Sunday) for the late and exiled Sriburapha award-winning writer Wat Wallayangkoon, who died in France in March….
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Followers of Thailand’s United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), or the red-shirt movement, assembled at the October 14th memorial, at the Kok Wua intersection on Ratchadamnoen Avenue in Bangkok…
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The Ratsadon group will hold an exhibition and public discussions on the lèse majesté law, or Section 112 of Thailand’s Criminal Code, at the October 14 Memorial at Kok Wua…
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Thailand’s well-known political activist Sirawith Seritiwat, alias Ja New, reemerged from a long absence today when he gave a speech at the October 14th memorial on Rajdamnoen Avenue, to commemorate…
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