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April 2010

Remembrances of Red Trauma (11) – A war of words: ‘red buffaloes’

May 22, 2020June 20, 2020 Interviews

Linguist Saowanee T. Alexander talks about the evolution of the term “red buffaloes” that had been used pejoratively to describe Red Shirts and supporters of the Pheu Thai Party. But in recent years, pro-democracy activists have reclaimed the slur, partly shifting its derogatory usage.

Hathairat Phaholtap

May 22, 2020

Remembrances of Red Trauma (5) – Recollections of a reporter : Bloody April – May 2010

May 6, 2020June 9, 2020 Opinion

“I can still remember that heavy smell of blood wafting through the air, as the dead bodies of the protesters were being piled together up on the UDD stage, together with the weapons they managed to prise from the hands of soldiers. I can’t forget it,” writes a news reporter who covered the bloody events of April-May 2010.

Wanpen Møller

May 6, 2020