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Audio Clip of Thongchai Winichakul’s Lecture at CMU

28, Jul 2010

US-based Thai academic Thongchai Winichakul gave a special lecture at Chiang Mai University’s faculty of humanities on Wednesday, during which he offered an insightful analysis of various issues surrounding the April-May red-shirt protest and the subsequent crackdown. An audio clip of the lecture (including the hour-long Q&A session at the end) is available here. Please [...]

Suda Rangkupan: Thai Academics Warned for Having an Opinion

12, Jul 2010

The University World News (emphasis added): Thai academics are well-known voices on television and radio as analysts and commentators providing lively debate on politics. But broadcasting freely is no longer a simple and safe matter since the government crackdown against Red Shirt protesters in May. [...] “Many professors are reluctant to take sides, often they [...]

When and When Not to Criticise the ‘Foreigners’

4, Jul 2010

Thitinan Pongsudhirak opines in the Bangkok Post (emphasis added): [T]he government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva clearly cares about how foreigners view Thailand and how foreign takes should be consistent and conform to official positions. The government does not seem to detest the foreign media per se. It selectively prefers the foreign perceptions that toe [...]

Think Democracy is Nonsense? Say It out Loud

3, Jul 2010

Bangkok’s Democracy Monument (photo credit: minikin on Flickr) The Nation’s Thanong wrote this on Twitter (h/t Bangkok Pundit) : Don’t be misled by Freedom, Human rights, Democracy, globalisation and other crazy fashionable ideas. They are poisonous and hollow. And this is what PAD’s Sondhi Limthongkul said on ASTV two months ago : Sondhi also opines [...]

Petition to Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, Regarding the Violence in Thailand

15, May 2010

The following is the text of a petition to be sent to the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, of which Thailand’s ruling Democrat Party is a member. If any readers wish to add their names to the petition, please feel free to send an email to me (ibatum [at] gmail.com) or to the petition organiser (pokpong999 [at] hotmail.com), stating your name, organisation and degree title (if applicable).


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