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Red Shirt self-portrait

September 7th, 2009 by Nicholas Farrelly · 10 Comments

Over the past couple of years New Mandala has been proud to feature regular photo-essays by Bangkok-based journalist Nick Nostitz.  Nick’s exposure of the street-level dynamics of Thai protests — Red, Yellow and Blue — has won him well-deserved acclaim.  His unique reports remain among our most popular content.  They have been read by tens [...]

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Tags: Bhum Jai Thai · PAD · Thailand · Thaksin · UDD

Bhum Jai Thai and the business of protests slightly gone wrong

July 30th, 2009 by Nick Nostitz, Guest Contributor · 46 Comments

The Bhum Jai Thai party announced a movement against the million signature campaign of the Red Shirts. There was a buzz when it was announced that the Blue Shirts were to protest at Royal Plaza today (July 30). Was it the same guys as in Pattaya? Were there soldiers in Blue Shirts? PAD guards in [...]

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Tags: Bhum Jai Thai · Blue shirts · Royal family · Sufficiency Economy · Thailand