New Mandala

Back in early September – well before the coup and subsequent events began reshaping Thai politics - I wrote two short posts on growing opposition to the expansion agenda of Tesco and other foreign-owned “supercentres”.  Tesco is an easy and obvious target for commercial (and, to some extent, popular) resentment: for anybody who is aggrieved by a whole raft of disparate economic and social [...]

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I’m heading to the coast for a couple of days so won’t be posting. In the interim here is something from today’s Nation to mull over:
Coup leaders tighten gripTroops shifted to key locations in capital. Sonthi denies split in CNS or coup against Surayud
Troops shifted to key locations in capital. Sonthi denies split in CNS or coup against [...]

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