Thailand’s ‘Red Shirts’ make headlines but little progress
BANGKOK — Thailand’s “Red Shirts” have propelled their theatrical protest movement into a second week, but observers give them little chance of achieving their ambitions of forcing snap elections. Despite headlines generated by stunts including splashing their own blood on the prime minister’s home and offices, they have gained little traction against the government they say is the tool of Thailand’s elites. But even when the supporters of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra pack up their protest camp in Bangkok and head back to their homes, mostly in the rural north, the phenomenon they have unleashed will continue to rage. .... MORESource: The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100324com7.html |
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