rice pledging

“We Fight for Democracy and Justice”- Red Shirt Villagers Speak Out

Posted by Ratch  /   November 13, 2012  /   Posted in Archive, Featured, News  /   2 Comments

Thai Red Shirts (TRS) recently traveled to the Khon Kaen province in the North-Eastern region of Isaan to hear from Red Shirt villagers themselves. The villagers shared their thoughts on everything from the rice pledging program, to revoking Abhisit’s university degree from Oxford. TRS: Why did you first get involved

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Farmers send Message to Academics: When it comes to Rice, We know Better

Posted by Ratch  /   October 03, 2012  /   Posted in Archive, News  /   No Comments

Up to 1,000 farmers and Red Shirt activists gathered outside the National Institute Development Administration (NIDA) on Tuesday to protest what they perceive as an assault on their livelihoods by 146 academics, who petitioned the Constitutional Court to terminate the Pheu Thai government’s rice-pledging program. Despite such threats of judicial

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