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Land rights struggle mustn't be in vain
Sports, Published on 22/11/2018
» As the country's land conflicts have intensified, many will recall the role of the Farmers' Federation of Thailand, which struggled fiercely for land justice during the 1970s.
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A kerbside view of Thai politics
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/07/2017
» On the day the doors of Phitsanulok Mansion were opened for Chalerm Changthongmadan, he felt his existence was recognised for the first time in his life.
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Mind the generation gap
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/07/2016
» They wear deep red lipstick modelled after their idol, Taylor Swift. They worship the Apple and Visa brands, and enjoy music ranging from One Direction, DJ Calvin Harris and The 1975, as well as lesser-known performers with niche followings.
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Heavy-handed actions crushing villagers
News, Soikaew Khammala, Published on 20/06/2016
» The intensified crackdown on encroachment and logging by the military regime has dealt a heavy blow to villagers who live in harmony with nature in protected forest areas, while leaving most influential big timber businesses unscratched.
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Paranoia reigns amid crackdown on critics
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/01/2016
» Academics and human rights experts have accused the junta of being paranoid and wasting scarce resources on protecting itself at the expense of socio-economic stability for the country.
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Academics keep the spirit of learning alive
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/12/2015
» Facing creeping military intervention, to defend the spirit of critical inquiry at Thailand's universities academics have joined together.
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Academics keep the spirit of learning alive
News, Published on 16/12/2015
» What duties should be fulfilled by academics? In a conservative society, academics have a duty to reproduce existing knowledge in order to inculcate the meaning and value of the original "truth, goodness, beauty" set out by our ancestors in order to protect the proper social order and against any desire for social transformation. This also entails slowing down any attempts to transform social and power relations.
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The teachers at risk of detention
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 06/12/2015
» In the halls of higher learning, some academics believe the Thai military is waging a war against teachers who encourage their students to think critically. Attachak Sattayanurak, an economics and political history professor at Chiang Mai University, says the ruling junta is engaging in Orwellian “thought control” and trying to produce a generation of “stupid” students.
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Climate of fear won't cover up regime's black sheep
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/11/2015
» In yet another sign of the intellectual suffocation which the regime is pressing upon us, two academics from Chiang Mai University are to appear before police for telling the military to stop interfering with academic freedom.
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Scholars demand freedom from NCPO harassment
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/11/2015
» A coalition of university lecturers yesterday called on the government to end its "suppression of academic freedom and independence" or face an intensified campaign.
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