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The End of Bangkok’s Epic Protest, or Just the Beginning?

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Posted on May 5, 2010
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The two-month-long mass protest that has paralyzed the Thai capital is nearing resolution, as the besieged prime minister looks ready to accept new elections. But some observers wonder, with rival mobs ready to march in perpetuity, if Thai politics will ever really stabilize.

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If more unruly protest movements are successful in swaying politics by paralyzing Bangkok, the country is in danger of never-ending unrest, said political scientist Thitinan Pongsudhirak of Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University.

“The election campaigns ... could actually be very nasty,” he said. “It could actually exacerbate the confrontation. It could end up in the same vicious cycle: whoever wins, the losers won’t accept it.”

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By antispin, May 6, 2010 at 10:34 am Link to this comment

“What, no reporting on the epic street battles in Greece to protest the IMF? Wow, you guys are slipping over there at Truthdig headquarters. “

All that is propaganda foisted by banking [self-censored pejorative here].

http://www.newropeans.eu/spip.php?article1380&lang=en

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By Ouroborus, May 6, 2010 at 4:48 am Link to this comment

What’s going on here in Thailand is not easily
understood by the western press. Most get it wrong.
As a long term expat I’m having trouble wrapping my
mind around the complexity of the situation.
Combine that with censorship and threats of lese
majeste and embedded reporters are hobbled at best.
The truth will not come from within Thailand. Look to
the Asia Times for a semblance of the real situation.
Enough said!

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By Commune115, May 5, 2010 at 10:49 pm Link to this comment

What, no reporting on the epic street battles in Greece to protest the IMF? Wow, you guys are slipping over there at Truthdig headquarters.

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