Thailand

US-Backed Regime Change: When Warning Bells Should Go Off

May 16, 2017 (Tony Cartalucci - LD) - It is unfortunate that despite the practice of Western-backed color revolutions becoming a widely familiar tactic exposed across the alternative media including larger national networks like RT - ideology, emotions, and ignorance are still being used to perpetuate this tactic in the service of Western special interests.More unfortunate still is that occasionally the alternative media charged with exposing these ta

Fake News: Asia's "Autocrats" Vs Asia's Autocrats

May 7, 2017 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) - Mounting evidence suggests media outlets across the United States and Europe are selectively labelling leaders from around the world as "autocrats," "despots" and "dictators" based not on their actual human rights records, policies or actions, but rather on where they fall along the spectrum of obedience to and complicity with the ambitions of Wall Street, Washington, London and Brussels. 

Fake News: Asia’s “Autocrats” Vs Asia’s Autocrats

Mounting evidence suggests media outlets across the United States and Europe are selectively labelling leaders from around the world as “autocrats,” “despots” and “dictators” based not on their actual human rights records, policies or actions, but rather on where they fall along the spectrum of obedience to and complicity with the ambitions of Wall Street, Washington, London and Brussels.

Fact Check: Did Thailand Really Arrest a "Top Human Rights Lawyer?"

May 4, 2017 (LD) - A recent article published by RT titled, "Top Thai human rights lawyer faces 150 years in prison for ‘royal insult’," repeats almost verbatim talking points drawn from US and European media, as well as US-funded organizations posing as "nongovernmental organizations" (NGOs).The "top Thai human rights lawyer" mentioned in the headline is actually a representative of an armed militant group, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) which killed over 100 and maimed hundreds more in multip

Thailand: Crushing Localism Threatens National, Regional Stability

Street vendors of all kinds are facing a complete ban of their livelihood across Bangkok, the capital of Southeast Asia’s Thailand. While it may appear to be a minor move falling in line with many other nations within the “developed world,” the significance of it both to Bangkok, Thailand, and the rest of Asia in socioeconomic terms is indeed, major.