David Streckfuss, Author at The Isaan Record

Udon Thani new generation: Battle over royal portraits, a monument, and a flag (Part II)

31/12/202031/12/2020 Features

Udorn Thani’s democracy fighters are battling over symbols. Three cherished symbols of the state: the royal portrait, the city’s essential patron saint, and a desecrated flag. Protest leaders say time is on their side and they hope to change this former “Capital of Red Shirts to “the Capital of Democracy.” In Part I, the battles over two symbols were over, but the third, over a flag, remains—and a royal visit.

David Streckfuss

31/12/2020

Udon Thani’s new generation: Battle over royal portraits, a monument, and a flag (Part I)

30/12/202030/12/2020 Features

Udorn Thani’s democracy fighters are battling over symbols. Three cherished symbols of the state: the royal portrait, the city’s essential patron saint, and a desecrated flag. Protest leaders say time is on their side and they hope to change this former “Capital of Red Shirts to “the Capital of Democracy.”

David Streckfuss

30/12/2020

Part II : The rediscovered heroes of democracy in Sakon Nakhon (12)

16/12/202016/12/2020 Features

The geography and history of freedom fighters set Sakon Nakhon off from the rest of Isaan. Though youth protests have been slow to start and lack some of the vigor seen in other Isaan provinces, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University, has played an important role in linking the province’s past with the new generation’s protests.

David Streckfuss

16/12/2020

Part I: Sakon Nakhon stirs: Students and academics continue a decades-old struggle (11))

16/12/202016/12/2020 Features

The geography and history of freedom fighters set Sakon Nakhon off from the rest of Isaan. Though youth protests have been slow to start and lack some of the vigor seen in other Isaan provinces, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University, has played an important role in linking the province’s past with the new generation’s protests. (See “Part II: Sakon Nakhon’s rediscovered heroes of democracy” tomorrow.)

David Streckfuss

16/12/2020

Series: The new generation of Isaan rises up: Part I

12/11/202016/12/2020 Series Framing

The Isaan Record launches its series, “The new generation of Isaan rises up.” How does the current student movement in Thailand compare to other student movements historically? We ask the noted scholar Thongchai WInichakul to weigh in.

David Streckfuss

12/11/2020