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The boy who cried 'Vote'
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 15/10/2017
» In the 85 years since the pioneering but no longer mentionable event concerning absolute rule, Thai citizens or some of them have voted in 27 elections. Or so. A few were free and fair. Most weren't, and things aren't looking too sunny for election No.28.
The war bringer
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 12/03/2017
» The southern rebellion against the government begins its 58th year tomorrow. It will be the first time the anniversary is marked without any of the original 1960 instigators but in particular it will go on without its primary leader, better called the godfather of the southern conflict.
Revenge of the kamnan
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/01/2017
» It had been 975 days since the military regime did anything to justify the coup d'etat that was needed specifically to bring happiness back to the people by national reconciliation. So the general prime minister named a 98-man, three tier committee of otherwise unemployed two-, three- and four-starred green shirts to draw daily allowances and proceed to bring about unity.
The Fakebook Diaries
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 01/01/2017
» Around 15 million or so people noticed last Tuesday that there was no bomb or large explosion anywhere in Bangkok. None of those people worked for Facebook, which is OK, but after the "explosion", people who work for Facebook insisted there was, actually, an explosion.
The Big Issue: Redefining Defamation
Alan Dawson, Published on 27/04/2014
» Credit marketing flair and impeccable timing for the sudden new shine on an old idea whose time may have come around again.
The Big Issue: The Men in Black
Alan Dawson, Published on 29/03/2014
» The most important question in politics is now pretty obvious to everyone. Does Suthep Thaugsuban or Jatuporn Prompan have the bigger one?
The big issue: Kamnan Thep hits the streets
Alan Dawson, Published on 01/12/2013
» Anti-government leader Suthep Thaugsuban attracted a huge crowd last Sunday to his "million-man rally", the biggest political protest since the 2005 heyday of the pre-coup yellow shirts.
The big issue: Another predictable ruling
Alan Dawson, Published on 24/11/2013
» The Constitution Court slapped the government and parliament for specific offences against the charter, but once again stopped well short of a decisive ruling of just what steps judges consider legal in amending the supreme law.
US report details post-9/11 torture in Thailand
Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2013
» A report by a bipartisan US task force on interrogation and torture of al-Qaeda suspects after the Sept 11 attacks presents the most complete picture yet of Thailand's covert role in the process.
THE BIG ISSUE: Safety restraints
Alan Dawson, Published on 16/12/2012
» The road to national reconciliation has become the most divisive issue of the day, but a couple of small cracks appeared in the wall separating the country.