![]() A file photo of guerilla militants loyal to the Communist Party of Thailand. While the fires of their “Liberation War” died along ago – the government pardoned all communist fighters, many of them students, upon its victory in 1980 – discussion about communism remains a taboo in Thailand due to its ideological hostility to the monarchy. “Please join Restart Thailand to build a society where everyone is equal.” Hello Lenin?įor many, the campaign’s undertone revived the ghosts of socialist movements throughout Thailand’s Cold War era, when the Communist Party of Thailand waged guerilla warfare in rural areas in a bid to establish a communist regime alongside its neighbors in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. “The RT movement shall have no leaders, no stages, no guards, no mobile toilets, no negotiations, and no bargaining!” it said. In one of the posts published by the Free People, the group pledged that its activities will be even more decentralized and their efforts more relentless than ever before. “I can’t tell what’s coming next, but the movement is meant to inspire people.” “It’s not just a new group, it’s a movement,” she said. Jutatip Sirikhan, one of the student leaders of the Free People movement, would not say in an interview what their undeclared goal would entail. ![]() Read: Election Commission Rejects ‘Communist Party of Thailand’ In a series of online posts, the group said it will merge the existing three demands – PM Prayut’s resignation, charter amendments, and monarchy reforms – into one, which is yet to be spelled out. Little else is known about their goal or tactic. No matter if you’re students, office workers, plainclothes officers, farmers, or civil servants, we’re all workers who are oppressed.” “We will awaken the consciousness of the oppressed workers. “This is a new movement where nothing will be the same,” the announcement said. The emblem is part of a new campaign debuted by the Free People organization on their social media platforms, along with slogans that proclaim “laborers built the land, not the monarchs” and “we are all oppressed workers.” ![]()
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