The most striking thing about this coup d’état is the speed and size of the anti-coup protests. For the last three days, immediately following the coup, mass protests of ordinary people have simultaneously erupted in many areas of Bangkok but also in Chiangmai and other towns. This is history in the making. These protests are spontaneous but it would be a mistake to think that they were “unorganised”. For years pro-democracy activists have been creating their own grassroots networks which are independent from Taksin, Yingluk, Pua Thai and the mainstream UDD leaders of the redshirts.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 08:28:03 +0000
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