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Thailand: Protesters to Refocus Movement
March 1, 2014 0

Thailand: Protesters to Refocus Movement

By News Desk

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.

Wall Street "Populism" Tramples Thailand’s Poor
February 10, 2014 0

Wall Street "Populism" Tramples Thailand’s Poor

By News Desk

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

Judge Bars San Jose from Imposing Voter-Approved Pension Cuts; Hollow Victory for Unions
December 30, 2013 0

Judge Bars San Jose from Imposing Voter-Approved Pension Cuts; Hollow Victory for Unions

By News Desk

Judge Bars San Jose from Imposing Voter-Approved Pension Cuts; Hollow Victory for Unions On December 24, a state court judge barred the city of San Jose, California, from imposing voter-approved pension cuts on current municipal worker. San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, a Democrat, encouraged voters in his city to back municipal pension cuts he proposed as part of last year’s Measure B, which drew 70 percent support at the polls. The unions challenged the measure, leading to Judge Lucas’ ruling in Santa Clara County Superior Court

Thailand: Third Mass Mobilization Floods Bangkok’s Streets
December 23, 2013 0

Thailand: Third Mass Mobilization Floods Bangkok’s Streets

By News Desk

Since the 2006 coup that toppled his regime, Thaksin has been represented by US corporate-financier elites via their lobbying firms including,  Kenneth Adelman  of the  Edelman PR firm  ( Freedom House ,  International Crisis Group , PNAC ), James Baker of  Baker Botts  ( CFR , Carlyle Group ),  Robert Blackwill  ( CFR ) of  Barbour Griffith & Rogers (BGR) ,  Kobre & Kim ,  Bell Pottinger  ( and here ) and currently  Robert Amsterdam  of  Amsterdam & Partners  ( Chatham House ). The protesters then, see the privatization and selling off of Thailand’s natural resources and infrastructure, the pending FTA’s the regime has been attempting to pass, the chaos in the nation’s south, the atrocious "war on drugs," and the use of Thailand to serve the strategic interests of the West, in particular the United States, as intolerable.