…news of anti-coup activities is starting to seep out of Thailand. Every couple of days, we are seeing a jumbled bunch of small-scale responses. Some are, no doubt, clumsy and difficult to categorise, but others seem to have the makings of what could become a serious backlash.
Some schools have been destroyed and investigations have been ordered.
A taxi slammed in to a tank. It was apparently “pre-planned”.
And, of course, small protests by students and well-known Lefties have garnered a great deal of attention.
Is this just the beginning?
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1 XKMasada // Oct 1, 2006 at 9:14 pm
This coup is showing the Thai public which of Thailand’s “intellectuals” really has the conviction to think on their own. Those that do are compiled in a “white list” at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academics_and_intellectuals_against_the_2006_Thailand_coup
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