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Did any NM readers take up the call?

October 8th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 8 Comments

Amorn Amorattananon, a leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy, urged volunteers with good command of English to rally in front of the Foreign Ministry.
- Extracted from “PAD enlists volunteers to rally in front of Foreign Ministry”, The Nation, 8 October 2008.

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If somebody…

October 8th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 12 Comments

…in Bangkok, or anywhere else for that matter, wanted to write a Four Letter Word essay reflecting on current events, New Mandala would be very happy to publish it.
Off the top of my head words such as bomb, cops, tear, PA(S)D, Tula, hope, Prem, heat, king, demo, coup, time, guns, mask, and mess, may all [...]

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