Thailand

A Tale of Two Protests: Ukraine and Thailand - Part II

As unrest continues in both countries, a sharp, hypocritical divide widens for the "intentional community."  December 21, 2013 (Tony Cartalucic) - For audiences around the world watching pro-EU protests unfold in the streets of Ukraine's capital of Kiev, they may have noticed flags bearing a lifted hand giving a "three-fingered salute." This is the reformed Nazi salute of right-winged nationalist group Svoboda.

Thailand: Fighting the "Superpower"

Understanding the greater global chessboard Thailand's political crisis is unfolding upon.  December 20, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - The history of Thailand over the past several centuries could be defined by its fending off of one European empire after the next. It is the only Southeast Asian nation that has never been colonized by a European power. This is in direct contrast to its neighbors on all sides - Myanmar and Malaysia were under the British, and Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam were under the French. Even China was carved up by Western powers.

Thailand: Red Terror - Regime Thugs Firebomb Protest Leader's Home, Threaten Opponents

Image: Protest leader, Chitpas Bhirombhakdi.December 19, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - After weeks of cyber-stalking by the Thaksin Shinawatra regime's paid-PR machine, including disgraced former-Reuters editor Andrew Marshall, regime thugs have fire-bombed the home of anti-regime protest leader Chitpas Bhirombhakdi.

Thailand: Breaking Down Reuters' "Class" Lies by the Numbers

Baseless narrative disingenuously portrays Thailand as divided along class, rather than united against regime. December 14, 2013 (Tony Cartalucci) - Thailand's embattled regime has long fashioned itself as the champion of the nation's north and northeast rural poor - and its opponents, essentially the rest of the nation - as aloft elitists which also inexplicably includes hardworking middle class, and much of the nation's central and south, including laborers and farmers.