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 principles the Prachatai English website is designed:
…to build up a deliberative community operated in a volunteer principle. We will compile and translate various information related to political transition in Thailand produced by local media into English. The main source will be from Prachatai.com and our alliance websites.
Prachatai also offers what they call ประชาไทสลิม (Prachatai Slim) which consolidates current headlines in one easy-to-read and quick-to-load page. If you want to find out more about the general Prachatai effort to create an independent source of Thai news then this introduction is a good place to start.
Thanks to Vanessa for passing on the link to the Pak Mun coverage.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Srithanonchai // Jul 12, 2007 at 6:28 pm
This is a welcome addition indeed for all those who have become bored by the quality decline at Bangkok Post and The Nation.
2 nganadeeleg // Jul 15, 2007 at 6:23 pm
I see it more as an antidote to The Manager, and to a lesser extent The Nation and the Bangkok Post.
Interesting reading, but very one dimensional and judging by the articles, I doubt it is truly independent.
Still, I agree with Srithanonchai that it is a welcome addition, along with http://www.thaksinfightsback.com
3 Srithanonchai // Jul 16, 2007 at 1:54 am
nganadeeleg: I agree with you. I hope that this is just the beginning and that it will improve, which also includes not posting already out-dated stuff. Manager is so hopeless that even calling it a newspaper is too much of an honor. Thanks for the link.
Leave a Comment
Please note: New Mandala encourages vigorous debate. However, for the moment we will only be publishing high-quality comments that make original contributions to discussion. There will, of course, still be space for pithy, humorous, eccentric and cheeky input. Short and sweet will usually trump long and involved. Repetitive ranting, unimaginative point-scoring and idle abuse will not be entertained. Comments which carry a real name are also more likely to be approved. Thank you for your ongoing interest and contributions.