Red Shirts to gather in Nakhon Ratchasima

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Red Shirts to gather in Nakhon Ratchasima
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BANGKOK, Feb 21 - The pro-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the Red Shirt movement, will gather on Sunday in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima to map out its future strategic moves.

UDD leaders Tida Thavornset, Nattawut Saikua, Jatuporn Prompan, Korkaew Pikulthong, Weng Tojirakarn, and Yoswaris Chuklom announced at a news conference that the upcoming gathering will focus on strategies to deal with the ongoing political situation and how to manage a national reform in several dimensions.

The move is aimed at making a stronger and more united UDD policy to tell society what is truly wanted by Thais, she noted. It will also be the ultimate move of the UDD leaders to counter anti-government protesters led by Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary-general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), whom she said is defying law enforcement leading to deaths and injuries.

The UDD leader said although the movement does not have army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to stand by them, the group have the people that do.

Ms Tida asked UDD supporters to follow their leaders' speeches Sunday, starting at 8am until evening, in order to know their thinking. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-02-21

[zydeco]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

[bubblegum]

" To tell society what is truly wanted"

Jeezzzzzzzz

[whybother]

the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), whom she said is defying law enforcement leading to deaths and injuries.

The red shirts know all about that.

[djjamie]

UDD report card shows responsibility for over 90 dead during the brutal terrorist uprising and nothing achieved including not being able to overthrow an elected govt.

They can't even adhere to their own principles.

"To promote non-violence as our modus operandi for all activities"

The rest of the principles of democracy will catch up with this bunch of terrorists.

Time to listen to the will of the majority Tida.

[Crushdepth]

" To tell society what is truly wanted"

Jeezzzzzzzz

This kind of stuff creeps me out. It's thought police material.

[Tatsujin]

. . . aimed at making a stronger and more united UDD policy to tell society what is truly wanted by Thais . . .

A common theme . . . not listening, just telling people what they want to hear then ignoring them . . .

[whybother]

(The UDD) will gather on Sunday in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima to map out its future strategic moves.

Ms Tida asked UDD supporters to follow their leaders' speeches Sunday, starting at 8am until evening, in order to know their thinking. (MCOT online news)

Is this a rally or just a meeting of the leaders? Either way, how can they map out the future strategic moves if all they're doing is going to be giving speeches?

[PatOngo]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

The East is RED!

[seajae]

got to laugh at these idiots, they simply want what ever thaksin tells them to want. They care nothing for the peoples rights, it is all to do with them and they dare claim to be represeting the everyday thai but will tell them what it is they really want, in other words, you do what we say or your toast, thidas communistic preferences are coming to the fore.

[nong38]

Great news for Korat!

[icommunity]

I will be listening attentively. Hope there will be something new and news.

[geriatrickid]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

Your statement is a simplistic attempt to raise the bogeyman of "commies". It is 2014, not 1950 and Senator Joe McCarthy the master of manipulation drank himself to death long ago.

Professor Thavornseth was an accomplished microbiologist and had a career on the rise until she made the sacrifice to join the pro-democracy uprising in 1973. It was that uprising that ended the brutal military dictatorship that had ruled Thailand with an iron fist. Subsequent to the 1976 massacre of students at Thammasat University and the reinstallation of the military dictatorship, her name was put on a target list for execution by the death squads that were roaming Thailand at the time killing the opponents of the military dictatorship. Yes, she fled to the jungle and the only group to offer her protection and support were the communists. She had no other option. It was flee or end up raped and dead in a field. She hid out for 6 years enduring hardship and suffering, all because she believed in democracy. She was non violent and it has never ever been alleged that she engaged in any acts of violence. She is the one UDD leader who has remained firm in her belief in non violence.

[modafinil]

I will be listening attentively. Hope there will be something new and news.

Follow our instructions, Captain Scarlet!

Edited February 21, 2014 by modafinil

[15Peter20]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

No doubt your comment earns the liking of others who know equally little about the events you think you refer to, but to those who were either around at the time or have bothered to research that period of Thai history your post is embarrassing and makes you look a bit, well, simple.

Please don't take this as an insult, it is merely a gentle encouragement to ensure you know what you are talking about in the presence of others. A good bit of general advice, I'm sure you'd agree.

[Crushdepth]

I look forward to hearing more of her views on these 'fake farmers'.

Sent from somewhere in the Pacific

[keemapoot]

Most of the Korat people I know are NOT red shirts. Maybe it's the company I keep. Their holding meetings there gives the wrong impression that it's red country.

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[Luk Mhee]

The UDD leader said although the movement does not have army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to stand by them, the group have the people that do.

Excepting the farmers

[casualbiker]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

Your statement is a simplistic attempt to raise the bogeyman of "commies". It is 2014, not 1950 and Senator Joe McCarthy the master of manipulation drank himself to death long ago.

Professor Thavornseth was an accomplished microbiologist and had a career on the rise until she made the sacrifice to join the pro-democracy uprising in 1973. It was that uprising that ended the brutal military dictatorship that had ruled Thailand with an iron fist. Subsequent to the 1976 massacre of students at Thammasat University and the reinstallation of the military dictatorship, her name was put on a target list for execution by the death squads that were roaming Thailand at the time killing the opponents of the military dictatorship. Yes, she fled to the jungle and the only group to offer her protection and support were the communists. She had no other option. It was flee or end up raped and dead in a field. She hid out for 6 years enduring hardship and suffering, all because she believed in democracy. She was non violent and it has never ever been alleged that she engaged in any acts of violence. She is the one UDD leader who has remained firm in her belief in non violence.

GK. So your rewriting history again again. Thida was a member of the Communist party before the uprising.

But you are correct she is the ONLY UDD leader to not talk violence. Possibly because she became leader AFTER 2010 and learns from others mistakes!

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[Bakseeda]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

Your statement is a simplistic attempt to raise the bogeyman of "commies". It is 2014, not 1950 and Senator Joe McCarthy the master of manipulation drank himself to death long ago.

Professor Thavornseth was an accomplished microbiologist and had a career on the rise until she made the sacrifice to join the pro-democracy uprising in 1973. It was that uprising that ended the brutal military dictatorship that had ruled Thailand with an iron fist. Subsequent to the 1976 massacre of students at Thammasat University and the reinstallation of the military dictatorship, her name was put on a target list for execution by the death squads that were roaming Thailand at the time killing the opponents of the military dictatorship. Yes, she fled to the jungle and the only group to offer her protection and support were the communists. She had no other option. It was flee or end up raped and dead in a field. She hid out for 6 years enduring hardship and suffering, all because she believed in democracy. She was non violent and it has never ever been alleged that she engaged in any acts of violence. She is the one UDD leader who has remained firm in her belief in non violence.

Unluckily she fled.......

[TVGerry]

A meeting of great minds this Sunday! The collective IQ of the gathering will shoot through the roof in double digits!

Edited February 21, 2014 by TVGerry

[MaxLee]

So the rest of the red shirt supporters who are NOT affiliated with the rice farming or rice scam blindly ACT because Thaksin thinks...

[carbine1125]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

Your statement is a simplistic attempt to raise the bogeyman of "commies". It is 2014, not 1950 and Senator Joe McCarthy the master of manipulation drank himself to death long ago.

Professor Thavornseth was an accomplished microbiologist and had a career on the rise until she made the sacrifice to join the pro-democracy uprising in 1973. It was that uprising that ended the brutal military dictatorship that had ruled Thailand with an iron fist. Subsequent to the 1976 massacre of students at Thammasat University and the reinstallation of the military dictatorship, her name was put on a target list for execution by the death squads that were roaming Thailand at the time killing the opponents of the military dictatorship. Yes, she fled to the jungle and the only group to offer her protection and support were the communists. She had no other option. It was flee or end up raped and dead in a field. She hid out for 6 years enduring hardship and suffering, all because she believed in democracy. She was non violent and it has never ever been alleged that she engaged in any acts of violence. She is the one UDD leader who has remained firm in her belief in non violence.

After accomplishing all that what a sad, bitter and brianwashed person she has become.

[Yunla]

how to manage a national reform in several dimensions.

One dimension they can explore is the "stop acting like common brigands" dimension. In that dimension, red street-thugs are not giving out home-addresses of dissenting judges families where women and children are sleeping. In that dimension, children are not given broken tablets instead of classroom repairs, adequate staffing and quality books. In that dimension a farmer's produce is not conned out of him, leaving him without money to pay basic bills and ultimately driving him to suicide.

Its not a specially holy or noble dimension, no magic butterflies bringing you baskets of chocolates in the morning. Its just the normal law-abiding and compassionate dimension that non-brigands inhabit. We look forward to seeing you there eventually.

[dinom]

The move is aimed at making a stronger and more united UDD policy to tell society what is truly wanted by Thais Thaksin, she noted.

[bigbamboo]

" To tell society what is truly wanted"

Jeezzzzzzzz

See, Thida and Suthep do have something in common after all.

[Centrum]

(The UDD) will gather on Sunday in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima to map out its future strategic moves.

Ms Tida asked UDD supporters to follow their leaders' speeches Sunday, starting at 8am until evening, in order to know their thinking. (MCOT online news)

Is this a rally or just a meeting of the leaders? Either way, how can they map out the future strategic moves if all they're doing is going to be giving speeches?

Erm..by Skype I would imagine. That's how all their strategic moves are mapped out.

[geriatrickid]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

Your statement is a simplistic attempt to raise the bogeyman of "commies". It is 2014, not 1950 and Senator Joe McCarthy the master of manipulation drank himself to death long ago.

Professor Thavornseth was an accomplished microbiologist and had a career on the rise until she made the sacrifice to join the pro-democracy uprising in 1973. It was that uprising that ended the brutal military dictatorship that had ruled Thailand with an iron fist. Subsequent to the 1976 massacre of students at Thammasat University and the reinstallation of the military dictatorship, her name was put on a target list for execution by the death squads that were roaming Thailand at the time killing the opponents of the military dictatorship. Yes, she fled to the jungle and the only group to offer her protection and support were the communists. She had no other option. It was flee or end up raped and dead in a field. She hid out for 6 years enduring hardship and suffering, all because she believed in democracy. She was non violent and it has never ever been alleged that she engaged in any acts of violence. She is the one UDD leader who has remained firm in her belief in non violence.

GK. So your rewriting history again again. Thida was a member of the Communist party before the uprising.

But you are correct she is the ONLY UDD leader to not talk violence. Possibly because she became leader AFTER 2010 and learns from others mistakes!

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She was a social democrat, not a communist. She, like many other Thais were pushed into the welcoming arms of the Thai communists thanks to the draconian military dictatorship of the era. Thailand was an oppressive country during that period squashing any attempt at an attempt to modernize and liberalize society. Anyone who opposed the dictatorship was branded a commie. It was a convenient way to deal with those who spoke in favour of democracy.

[Mackie]

I wonder if Tida and the rest of the Communists intend to return to the jungle and start a Khmer Rouge type insurrection like they did before.

Your statement is a simplistic attempt to raise the bogeyman of "commies". It is 2014, not 1950 and Senator Joe McCarthy the master of manipulation drank himself to death long ago.

Professor Thavornseth was an accomplished microbiologist and had a career on the rise until she made the sacrifice to join the pro-democracy uprising in 1973. It was that uprising that ended the brutal military dictatorship that had ruled Thailand with an iron fist. Subsequent to the 1976 massacre of students at Thammasat University and the reinstallation of the military dictatorship, her name was put on a target list for execution by the death squads that were roaming Thailand at the time killing the opponents of the military dictatorship. Yes, she fled to the jungle and the only group to offer her protection and support were the communists. She had no other option. It was flee or end up raped and dead in a field. She hid out for 6 years enduring hardship and suffering, all because she believed in democracy. She was non violent and it has never ever been alleged that she engaged in any acts of violence. She is the one UDD leader who has remained firm in her belief in non violence.

GK. So your rewriting history again again. Thida was a member of the Communist party before the uprising.

But you are correct she is the ONLY UDD leader to not talk violence. Possibly because she became leader AFTER 2010 and learns from others mistakes!

Sent from my XT1032 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

She was a social democrat, not a communist. She, like many other Thais were pushed into the welcoming arms of the Thai communists thanks to the draconian military dictatorship of the era. Thailand was an oppressive country during that period squashing any attempt at an attempt to modernize and liberalize society. Anyone who opposed the dictatorship was branded a commie. It was a convenient way to deal with those who spoke in favour of democracy.

What you failed to mention is that all of that was blessed and encouraged by the government of the USA. Be fair.

[geriatrickid]

A meeting of great minds this Sunday! The collective IQ of the gathering will shoot through the roof in double digits!

And what was the subject of your doctoral dissertation? I find it odd that people who are uneducated and who probably have IQs that are themselves subject to ridicule, have the temerity to make derisive comments about people they are not in a position to judge. Are you envious or something?