New Mandala

We have been told that approval of the Thai junta’s draft constitution in the referendum scheduled for 19 August will pave the way for national elections. As Thai Rat’s editorial noted yesterday, it seems likely that the promise of elections to come, and a semblance of political normality, will be sufficient to persuade many voters [...]

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Today Prachatai’s relatively new English language site has a short illustrated article on recent protests against the Pak Mun dam.  It includes some very good images. 
New Mandala readers who are unfamiliar with Prachatai’s innovative web publishing initiatives will find that the English language site carries a great deal of other useful and informative material. 
According to its statement of [...]

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