The First Red Shirt District Officially Opened And Recognized Today

[Buchholz]

Rayong residents rebel against ‘red shirt village’

Rayong residents are rebelling against plans to open a “red shirt village” near the Maptaput industrial estate, accusing members of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship of sowing dissension and intolerance in an otherwise-moderate province. Two community-activist groups protested May 26 at a ceremony to designate Plaeng as a “red shirt village,” or community aligned entirely to support the UDD, the red-shirt anti-government protest movement and fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

After spreading rampantly through Thailand’s northeast last year, the village campaign has hit resistance as red-shirted political operatives try to push their agenda southward. A roadside pavilion at a newly-established red-shirt village in Songkhla’s Chana District was torched May 15 and hundreds of Phuket residents have taken to the street in the past two weeks to protest new villages there.

Rayong red-shirt movement leaders Thanes Chaanloha and Yanyong Sawatthaworn claim they hoisted a red banner over Plaeng as a way to promote democracy, participation in government policy and fight drugs, but members of the Krabaeng Thong and We Love Rayong groups say the plan incites dissent, divides people along color-tinged political lines and could lead to violence akin to the deadly Bangkok riots of 2010. Rayong police obviously think the same, as they were out in force as more than 100 Krabaeng Thong members drove through town imploring residents via loudspeaker to join them at Yanyong’s storefront, headquarters of the red-village movement. There, protestors called on “Uncle Yong” to remove all traces of the red-shirt allegiance. They claimed the red shirts disrespect the opinions of village residents who may not support them. The movement, said group leader Visanu Kaetsuriya, is destructive to unity and harmony in the province.

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http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/rayong-residents-rebel-against-red-shirt-village-13445

[GentlemanJim]

And so it starts! Hoisting a red flag is supposed to be democracy? I wonder if you took the average IQ of residents in red villages and those residents in villages who refuse to accept this garbage, if you would find results that would be enlightening? I think so.

[pipo1000]

Sorry I thought the title was " the first red light district officially opened and recognized ".

I get my coat.

[Soi Sauce]

1,000 Red shirts there, but how many people live in Udon?

What percentage is this?

Edited June 22, 2012 by Soi Sauce

[MAJIC]

Comisserations on opening the first Chairman Mao style District,but don't be surprised if it all turns to his style of Communism,and Dictatership!

Edited June 22, 2012 by MAJIC

[rubl]

Comisserations on opening the first Chairman Mao style District,but don't be surprised if it all turns to his style of Communism,and Dictatership!

The somewhat brief wiki pages on Pridi Banomyong and the Siam Revolution of 1932 seem to suggest a reason why red-shirts or the 'United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship' want to celebrate on the 24th of June.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pridi_Banomyong

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_Revolution_of_1932