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It’s over – a bike ride thru the protest zone
Great video showing the aftermath of the Bangkok protests two days after it’s completion. Red shirts left a bit of a mess behind, but it won’t take long to get cleaned up. Thankfully the bad example, started by the PAD, of protesting till the PM steps down, won’t become a Thai habit.
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Events of May 19th – The redshirt crackdown (video)
The protests are over, for now. Reds, upset with the outcome, take it out on the city of Bangkok. It will take a while to wash themselves of their tarnished image. Taksin’s hope of setting foot in the country ever again, has faded. Boston Globe has some great large sized photos of the day.
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Things have gotten worse since Thursday
There is a good article at the Economist called No End In Sight, but I think an even better comment by Felix Qui. Also some really great photos at CNN. Felix Qui wrote: May 16th 2010 6:43 GMT I live on Silom Road, near the blockaded area. Until Thursday evening, things were daily becoming more […]
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Video of yesterday’s stand off
The best video coverage of yesterday’s skirmish on Bang Na Trat road: BBC:
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How To Video: Build your own bamboo tire barricade
Grab a few friends, some long bamboo and used tires, and you can make your own defensive barricade. Watch how:
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The government will win the waiting game
Is the best solution for the government to wait it out? From a piece by Imtiaz Muqbil: In what could be an entirely new new chapter in the history of handing public protests, the Thai government has effectively stalemated the red-shirts. Far from buckling, as the red-shirts had expected, the government now believes that time […]
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Video: Silom violence, the people fight back
Some of fighting against the Red Shirts at Silom Road. This report shows Silom business owners and workers fighting back against the Red Shirts, in order to keep them away from Silom. Red Shirts seem to be running out of friends. BTW, this is right next to Dusit Thani Hotel, so avoid staying at this […]
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Blogger video coverage of the Red Shirt skirmish
Some well shot video on the scene of the Red Shirt / Military skirmish from Thai blogger Thai-faq.com.
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Red shirt solution: Pay them 3,000 baht to leave.
As the Ted Shirts are getting 2,500 Baht a day to hang out and protest, why don’t the shop owners of Gucci, Louis Vuttion, and EGV pay the Red Shirts 3,000 baht a day to leave?