Dancing with dictatorship: how the government is dealing with the Free Youth movement
Pattawee Chotanan looks at the government’s approach to curb and suppress the youth-led pro-democracy protests.
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Black magic and calls for change at large protest at Khon Kaen’s Democracy Monument
Protesters at Khon Kaen city’s Democracy Monument called for democracy and held a mock ritual to drive out the prime minister on Thursday evening.
The Isaan Record
August 21, 2020
Talking protest with Attapon Buapat: Inside the “Khon Kaen’s Had Enough” group
Attapon Buapat, one of the prominent faces of the rallies and an organizer with the “Khon Kaen’s Had Enough” group talks about the birth of the movement, funding of the protests, the growing harassment by the authorities, and his hopes for change.
Hathairat Phaholtap
August 18, 2020
#SaveOurFuture: A test for the awakening of Isaan’s students
In wake of the dissolution of the Future Forward Party, student activism networks are emerging all across the Northeast. They want Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha to step down and the military-drafted constitution to be rewritten.
วีรวรรธน์ สมนึก
March 13, 2020
Isaan youth activism rises in wake of Future Forward dissolution
A wave of protests by university students and young activists is sweeping across the Northeast in reaction to the dissolution of the Future Forward Party.
The Isaan Record
February 27, 2020
Sombat Boonngamanong: The Red Shirts are not dead, just wait for the “rain”
Prominent political activist and founder of the satirical Kian Party Sombat Boonngamanong talks about his live after the military coup in 2014 and the fate of the Red Shirt movement.