Home Fourth International Fourth International on Thailand

Fourth International on Thailand

Details
Published on Thursday
20 May 2010 17:55
Written by Radical Socialist
 

Repression against the Redshirts must cease immediately

Stop the assassinations! Abhisit Resign!
Fourth International

 

For 5 days the soldiers have been organizing a new “black May” in Thailand. The Abhisit Vejjajiva government has sent the troops to shoot with live ammunition at unarmed demonstrators and authorized snipers in ambush to assassinate its opponents, as in the case of general Sae Deng.

In order to justify what is unjustifiable, the government has accused some of the demonstrators of “terrorism” and organized a disgraceful blockade of the Rachaprasong district; water and electricity have been cut. Supplies cannot get through to the demonstrators. Radio and TV transmissions in the district have been stopped. These “terrorists” are thousands of men, women and children, ordinary people who are fighting against rulng class justice in Thailand and for the re-establishment of democracy. Their watchword: resignation of Abhisit who has no legitimacy because his government was put in place by the army when parliamentary alliances changed in December 2008.

If Abhisit were legitimate, he would have agreed to the request of the Redshirts to respect the verdict of the ballot boxes. Instead of that he is showing his political weakness. He is trying to silence dissident voices by censorship and repression. His only chance of staying in power lies in the ability of the army to break the Redshirts movement by violence and repression. More than 65 people have been killed since the beginning of April and the violence continues.

Abhisit must resign immediately and account to the courts for the deaths for which he is the primary person responsible. Negotiations must open with the Redshirts representatives to organize the dissolution of the Parliament and hold elections as soon as possible.

The Fourth International salutes the courage of the Redshirts who have been waging an exemplary fight for several weeks and are now suffering the attacks of the army. It stands resolutely at their side.

Bureau of the Fourth International 17th May 2010

RELATED ARTICLES

Women and the crisis of civilisation

Details Published on Thursday 15 October 2009 07:58 Written by Radical Socialist Debate : Contributions to the World Congress discussion Women and the crisis of civilisation by Hall (Appeals Commission,...

Reject the draft “Role and Tasks of the FI”

Details Published on Tuesday 15 December 2009 12:08 Written by Radical Socialist Brown (USA), Jette (Denmark), Andreas (Greece), Konstanitin (Germany) * Draft Motion (for the agenda item “Role and...

GREECE The victory of the “no” announces decisive battles against the Troika

Details Published on Thursday 09 July 2015 06:28 Written by Radical Socialist GREECE The victory of the "no" announces decisive battles against the Troika Wednesday 8 July 2015, by Fourth...

Most Popular

Towards a new permanent global war? NATO’s a new strategic concept’

Details Published on Friday 08 July 2022 15:00 Written by Radical Socialist JAIME PASTOR   Version imprimable After the costly and patriarchal spectacle of this summit held for the greater...

The Path of Naxalbari

Details Published on Monday 20 September 2010 05:30 Written by Radical Socialist The Path of Naxalbari: An Appraisal Kunal Chattopadhyay In this essay, the discussion will remain mostly confined to...

The national question in focus again – Mahinda and Bahu in London

Details Published on Tuesday 14 December 2010 04:40 Written by Radical Socialist The national question in focus again - Mahinda and Bahu in London Kumar David It was a week...

Cynicism of colour-blind equal opportunity racism

Details Published on Wednesday 28 January 2015 17:57 Written by Radical Socialist The horrible atrocity of Charlie Hebdo shooting, resulting in the death of 12, has aroused...

The Radical, Vol 3, No 1

Details Published on Saturday 06 October 2012 17:05 Written by Radical Socialist

South America: end of a cycle? Popular movements, “progressive” governments and eco-socialist alternatives

Details Published on Friday 11 December 2015 05:10 Written by Radical Socialist Thursday 10 December 2015, by Franck Gaudichaud More than 40 years after the coup d’état that defeated...

The Comintern and the Concept of a Workers’ Government

Details Published on Sunday 08 January 2012 12:20Written by Radical Socialist

Role and Tasks of the Fourth Interational

Details Published on Thursday 15 October 2009 07:49Written by Radical Socialist

It’s constitutional consolidation on Sinhala chauvinism

Details Published on Sunday 19 September 2010 15:16 Written by Radical Socialist It’s constitutional consolidation on Sinhala chauvinism Hitherto, the left in general considered the UNP to be the...

15th October 2011: a great victory for the outraged

Details Published on Wednesday 19 October 2011 11:36 Written by Radical Socialist 15th October 2011: a great victory for the outraged Éric Toussaint Since February 2003, this is the first...