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March 1, 2014 0

Thailand: Protesters to Refocus Movement

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In TIME’s " Bangkok Shutdown: Yingluck Supporters Prepare to Fight for Democracy ," it’s reported that:  As Thailand’s anti-government protests enter their fourth day, observers say prospects for violent confrontation are increasing,  with reports of government supporters stockpiling weapons in case of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s ouster.  According to the Bangkok Post, radical members of the Red Shirts — diehard champions of Yingluck and her notorious brother Thaksin Shinawatra —  are readying a cache of arms  in case the 46-year-old premier is forced from office by either military or judicial intervention.  The paper quoted a Red Shirt source as saying  “There are strong anti-coup and anti-court sentiments among the red-shirt mavericks who are familiar and experienced with weapon use.†What’s Next?  For protest leaders, the next step is to simply wait for the regime to continue unraveling.

February 27, 2014 0

The Nazi Coup in Ukraine

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Links The Nazi Coup in Ukraine February 27, 2014 – Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to provide his analysis of the latest developments in Ukraine.

February 23, 2014 0

Thailand: Regime Terror Campaign Intensifies

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Thailand: Regime Terror Campaign Intensifies Image : A regime terror attack today left at leasttwo dead - a woman and a 12 year old boy. The regimehad threatened to carry out an armed terror campaignto quell growing dissent. It now appears the campaignis being carried out in earnest.  February 23, 2014  ( ATN ) – Coordinated grenade and gun attacks have been carried out across Thailand by the regime of  US-backed Thaksin Shinawatra  and his nepotist proxy, sister Yingluck Shinawatra in an attempt to quell growing dissent that now includes rice farmers once considered the foundation of the regime’s support.

February 10, 2014 0

Wall Street "Populism" Tramples Thailand’s Poor

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Wall Street "Populism" Tramples Thailand’s Poor And how to pick them back up…  February 10, 2014 ( ATN ) -The West has praised Thaksin Shinawatra and his "populist" policies for years as an example of very best of modern progressive principles in practice. Cheap loans, free computers, and rice subsidies were hailed as democracy in action by the Western media – and those who questioned the unsustainable, corruption and scandal fraught policies were swiftly condemned as "elitists" who rejected equality. The goal of these policies were never to lift up the poor, but rather install Thaksin Shinawatra into power long enough to uproot Thailand’s indigenous institutions and open the nation up to foreign corporate-financier and geopolitical exploitation