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Links Thailand: Protests Neither a "Class Divide" Nor "Anti-Democratic" Protesters are fighting against a loud, violent, and well connected minority led by Thaksin Shinawatra and backed by Wall Street. January 14, 2014  (ATN) – Even at face value, Eric Sommer’s (under the pen name David Marx) op-ed on Russia’s RT is full of factual errors that call into question both his premise and his conclusion.
The New York Times admitted in an early 2013 article titled, " In Thailand, Power Comes With Help From Skype ," that: For the past year and a half, by the party’s own admission, the most important political decisions in this country of 65 million people have been made from abroad, by a former prime minister who has been in self-imposed exile since 2008 to escape corruption charges. The country’s most famous fugitive,Thaksin Shinawatra, circles the globe in his private jet, chatting with ministers over his dozen cellphones, texting over various social media platforms and reading government documents e-mailed to him from civil servants, party officials say. The NYT piece would also report:  “He’s the one who formulates the Pheu Thai policies,†said Noppadon Pattama, a senior official in Mr.
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These threats come after Jatuporn’s promise to bring mobs to the city to confront protesters  – as well as numerous threats online by police themselves that they would use covert violence  to attack protesters if February 2, 2014’s sham elections  were disrupted. 4. January 11, 2014 : Perhaps the most troubling warning yet comes from the regime’s Western backers at the corporate-financier funded US think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Thailand: Regime’s "Red Shirts" Attack Protesters Regime directly controls "red shirt" enforcers, is directing violence and intimidation as it clings to power. January 5, 2014  (ATN) – Regime "red shirts" attacked peaceful protesters in the northern city of Chiang Mai today, as thousands of fellow protesters marched simultaneously in Bangkok.
Links Terror in Volgograd Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to discuss the recent terror attacks in Volgograd, Russia. Draitser explains the political and geopolitical context within which the bombings should be examined
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December 30, 2013  (Tony Cartalucci) – Singapore’s "The Straits Times" reports in their article, " Thai protests: ‘Red shirts’ plan to hit back Leader warns of retaliation if Yingluck government is forced to cede power ," that: ANGRY "red shirts" in northern Thailand are preparing to hit back as anti-government protests in Bangkok are set to enter their third month. Having stayed largely in the background, the red shirts, who propelled the Puea Thai party to power in 2011, are upset by what they see as a weak government response to the protesters’ attempts to paralyse the capital and disrupt the Feb 2 election. And they are quietly making plans to retaliate if Ms Yingluck Shinawatra’s caretaker government is forced, by a military coup or other means, to cede power to an unelected administration. The Times would also report: In the current protests, Thai police have shown relative restraint for fear that any sign of brutality would give legitimacy to protesters and provoke a military intervention