The outspoken public intellectual and firey social activist, Sulak Sivaraksa, has a new blog to take his brand of commentary to an online audience. Made famous by his encounters with Thailand’s lese majeste laws in the 1980s and 1990s, Sulak has given his site the motto “loyalty demands dissent”. This is also the title of Sulak’s 1998 autobiography.
This recently launched blog remains a bare-bones affair but new content is being regularly added.  Sulak’s current musings and correspondence are, I imagine, just a sign of things to come. His efforts will - like so much other new online content - be definitely worth a regular look in the weeks and months ahead.Â
5 responses so far ↓
1 patiwat // Jan 17, 2007 at 7:14 am
Is it really his blog?
The posts that are directly attributed to him refer to him in the third person. It reads like a series of poorly written press releases, not blog posts.
2 Nicholas Farrelly // Jan 17, 2007 at 8:05 am
Point taken, Patiwat. Some are as you describe. Some of the other posts, like these ones, are much more blog-like than the others:
- http://sivaraksa.com/how-to-achieve-our-democracy
- http://sivaraksa.com/thaksins-arrogance-something-the-king-cannot-stand
But I wouldn’t be surprised if these more substantial posts have all been published elsewhere in the past. At this stage, it’s a bit of a mixed bag.
3 Jay Johnson // Jan 19, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Although the blog is new and posts are a bit scattered, the blog is authentically “Sulak”. Please bare with us as we collect new content. Ajarn Sulak’s blog will eventually be a decent place to follow his ongoing activism, and keep track of events taking place within his organizations.
4 Jon Fernquest // Jan 20, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Thanks for the link.
This should provide historical context.
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