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Intellectuel et militant thaïlandais, enseignant en sciences politiques à la Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) avant d’être accusé de crimes de lèse-majesté et de s’exiler en 2009, auteur notamment des livres A Coup for the Rich (2007) et Thailand’s Crisis and the Fight for Democracy (2010).
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Thaïlande : démocratie, mouvements et contre-mouvements sociaux
Giles Ji Ungpakorn 08/03/18
La crise politique thaïlandaise nous rappelle que ni la société civile ni la classe moyenne ne sont des alliés naturels des forces démocratiques. Elle met également en lumière l’importance et les difficultés que pose l’organisation des mouvements (...)
The power behind the Thai throne
Giles Ji Ungpakorn 09/09/10
Earlier this year, pro-democracy protesters known as Red Shirts demanded new elections and were violently repressed by the military and ruling regime. Thailand is currently run by politicians who took control of parliament in 2008 after the (...)
The struggle is for democracy
Giles Ji Ungpakorn 06/05/10
In a democratic society, when there is a deep crisis, it is customary for the government to dissolve parliament and call elections in order for the people to decide. This happened in Britain and France after mass strikes and demonstrations in (...)
Two faces of Thailand
Giles Ji Ungpakorn 25/09/09
On the 19th September this year, the 3rd anniversary of the military coup that wrecked Thai Democracy, two demonstrations took place. They sum up the two faces of Thailand. One demonstration, by tens of thousands of Red Shirts in Bangkok, was (...)