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February 23, 2014 0

Thailand: Regime Terror Campaign Intensifies

By News Desk

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 15, 2014 0

Big Pharma’s Profits Over People & How to Hit Back

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February 15, 2014  ( LocalOrg ) – In Slashdot’s " Big Pharma Presses US To Quash Cheap Drug Production In India ," it states: "Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), are leaning on the United States government to discourage India from allowing the production and  sale of affordable generic drugs to treat diseases such as cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis . India is currently on the U.S

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

February 3, 2014 0

Thailand: Sham Elections Unravel in Humiliation

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In Bangkok Post’s article, " Lowest voter turnout in Samut Sakhon ," it reports:  The Northeast region recorded the biggest overall turnout with 56.14 per cent, followed by the North with 54.03 per cent, the South with 44.88 per cent and Central region with 42.38 percent. The Bangkok Post would compare these turnouts with 2011, where a 74% turnout was recorded, and stated that the overall voter turnout this year was 45%

February 1, 2014 0

Thailand: Vote Thaksin or Die

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Thailand: Vote Thaksin or Die On eve of sham elections, regime openly threatens all who oppose it – literally with death.  February 1, 2014  ( ATN ) – The regime has once again unleashed its black-clad terrorists against protesters during their " Occupy Bangkok" campaign  – this time  at Lak Si intersection  near government complex , Bangkok, Thailand – this  after a 72 hour warning by the regime  for protesters to leave their encampments at the complex. Regime gunmen could be seen wearing face masks and concealing weapons as they carried out their assault on the protesters. The regime’s "red shirt" enforcers have been specifically ordered not to wear red, to further confuse both the Thai and international public ahead of a planned campaign of expanded terrorism against its opponents.    As the violence begins – readers must recall the many overt threats made by the regime and its "red shirt" supporters over the past several weeks.