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David in Siam: Monarchy is part of the problem: The Economist
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Friday, December 05, 2008. Monarchy is part of the problem: The Economist. As I wrote in the previous post, the unmentionable is now being mentioned. In the international media. The 4 December 2008 edition of The Economist. Goes even further with two articles that discuss in detail the role of the king and the royal family in the current crisis and Siam's democracy (or lack of) in past decades. In part, the strife also refl...
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David in Siam: Mentioning the unmentionable
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Tuesday, December 02, 2008. Covering this crisis is like trying to explain the unexplainable, without mentioning the unmentionable.". New Mandala notes that international media reports are increasingly mentioning the role of the royal family. An article in the International Herald Tribune. Again) goes even further asking, "Could the monarchy in Thailand go the way of Nepal's, the latest crown to fall to republicanism?
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David in Siam: David Streckfuss on lese majeste
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Saturday, April 14, 2007. David Streckfuss on lese majeste. There is an excellent article. In the Bangkok Post. About the lese majeste law by David Streckfuss, academic and author of Modern Thai Monarchy and Cultural Politics. Thailand Jumped the Shark. Has also linked to the article and has some more comments. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Davidreid's photos tagged with thailand. Global Voic...
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David in Siam: October 2010
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Friday, October 22, 2010. New book about lese majeste by David Streckfuss. Is a topic that I have often written about on this blog. A post I wrote about David Streckfuss and lese majeste. Yet, but C.J. Hinke at FACT has written a review of the book. David Streckfuss, a human rights expert on Thai political and cultural history, finds that the heart of the longstanding and ongoing. Truth on Trial in Thailand. 2) Some Thais c...
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David in Siam: Monks, protest, nonviolence and violence
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Thursday, June 03, 2010. Monks, protest, nonviolence and violence. Image by Damir Sagolj/Reuters via The Big Picture. When I first saw the image above on The Big Picture. Of course this raises the question of if or how Buddhist monks should participate in mass protests and political movements. I think there are four possible circumstances in which the monks might have participated in the protests. In the Bangkok Post. Tradi...
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David in Siam: February 2011
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Friday, February 18, 2011. New documentary about the red shirt movement. A new documentary, Enter The RED Shirts. By Aphiwat Saengphatthaseema explores the red shirt movement in Thailand. An eight minute preview. Of the documentary is available on Vimeo and embedded above. Sulak Sivaraksa is among the people interviewed in the documentary. In the description of the video Aphiwat writes:. About the April-May 2010 protests.
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David in Siam: More on lese majeste and Amnesty International
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. More on lese majeste and Amnesty International. Lese majeste is a topic I have mentioned frequently on this blog. As Thailand waivers between dictatorship and dysfunctional democracy the spectre of the lese majeste law is ever present. It continues to be used as a political tool to limit free speech. According to the report Zawacki presented a new AI position on lese majeste. And that if there is no...
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David in Siam: June 2010
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Thursday, June 03, 2010. Monks, protest, nonviolence and violence. Image by Damir Sagolj/Reuters via The Big Picture. When I first saw the image above on The Big Picture. Of course this raises the question of if or how Buddhist monks should participate in mass protests and political movements. I think there are four possible circumstances in which the monks might have participated in the protests. In the Bangkok Post. Tradi...
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David in Siam: 2009 INEB Conference
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Friday, November 27, 2009. The biennial conference of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) was held in Chiang Mai this month. The conference marked INEB's 20th anniversary. I was involved in organising the conference in Taiwan in 2007. And in Thailand in 2001. I didn't attend this time, but came across a couple of reports online. Also posted on New Mandala. The Clear View Project. We affirm our deep belief ...
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David in Siam: The Economist covers the real crisis
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News and media from Thailand. Books, travel, language, culture, history, society. Saturday, March 20, 2010. The Economist covers the real crisis. Has published a number of articles over the last couple of years that have pushed the boundaries of what had previously been acceptable in discussions of the Thai monarchy. (See Monarchy is part of the problem: The Economist. And The Economist from 1932 to 2009. The most recent issue of The Economist. And As father fades, his children fight. I completed my Mast...
