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- Activists are concerned about unchecked government power during the COVID-19 pandemic
Suwit Kulapwong, head of the Human Rights and Environment Association, warns the state of emergency limits the public's ability to check the powers of the government.
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20 June 20 2020Interviewshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24632 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (29) – Are we what we remember?
In this final part of our series on the tenth anniversary of the political violence of 2010 and its aftermath, we want to capture some of the comments and feedback we received from readers and contributors.
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19 June 19 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24620 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (28) – No democracy without justice
Niran Pitakwatchara, a former human rights commissioner, talks about the implications of the violence in 2010 for the country’s democracy and calls for “the perpetrators to be brought to justice, so as to deter repeat offenders.”
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14 June 14 2020Interviewshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24545 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (27) – Crisis of power in a country moving backwards
Reflecting on the violence in 2010, former National Human Rights Commissioner Niran Phitakwachara calls Thailand's political system outdated as power is monopolized in the hands of the military and a small elite.
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13 June 13 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24557 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (26) – Crushing democracy: From Red Shirts to Future Forward Party
Political scientist Chaiyan Rajchagool reflects on how the ruling class have constructed a politico-military complex, and co-opted state institutions in a bid to keep democracy at bay.
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12 June 12 2020Interviewshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24505 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (25) – Lessons from 2010: History doesn’t repeat itself
Political scientist Chaiyan Rajchagool reflects on some of the lessons of the struggle of the Red Shirts and the fatal crackdown in 2010. [VIDEO]
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11 June 11 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24482 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (24) – Rebuilding shattered dreams of democracy
The bloody crackdown on protesters in 2010 is seared into the mind of Thanat Thammakaew. For the writer, known by his pen name Phu Kradat, the traumatic events became a political awakening and a source of inspiration for his writing.
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9 June 09 2020Interviewshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24351 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (23) – Lessons of the defeat of the Red Shirts
"Back in 2010, I thought the protests were taking us close to a change towards a democratic system, where everyone would be under the constitution." "But it didn’t turn out like that. We lost. We failed," says Thanat Thammakaew, who is known by his pen name Phu Kradat. The prolific Isaan writer reflects on the Red Shirt movement.
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8 June 08 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24314 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (22) – The forgotten art of the Red Shirts
Artistic expression had an undisputed place in the Red Shirt movement. But little of the art of the Red Shirts has been preserved. Not only because it was destroyed by the 2010 crackdown, but also because it wasn't seen as art in the first place, says art critic and curator Thanom Chapakdee.
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8 June 08 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24305 - Remembrances of Red Trauma (21) – Hakom
A village in northeastern Thailand is terrorized by a powerful ghost and descends into chaos as two factions fight over how to exorcise the demon. A short story by Charuphat Petcharavej that can be read as a parable of the country’s political conflict.
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7 June 07 2020Culturehttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=24285