Cattleya Jaruthavee » Deeper Divides

Introduction

Yota — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:26:38 +0000

Graffiti

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:38:03 +0000

A quote found after the April 10th crackdown, in the area of Rachadamnoen where clashes broke out.

PM Abhisit

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:40:18 +0000

One of many photographs of PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, up all over red camp, accompanied with the by-line of ‘Murderer, Tyrant, killer of the people.’

Double standard government banner

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:44:13 +0000

On the barricades

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:29:08 +0000

Red shirt protesters built a barricade made from bamboo sticks to protect themselves from the army, which was closing in by the day.

On edge

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:33:27 +0000

Protesters eagerly listen to leaders who are standing on an elevated ten-wheeler truck stage. They are telling the protesters to stay calm and that there is no need to attack if they do not get attacked first.

Camp

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:13:04 +0000

Red camp in Bangkok’s central shopping district, Rachaprasong, was lined with slogans such as the above, ‘Stop creating a divide. Dissolve parliament… for Thailand’s way forward.’

Guarding the barricades

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:56:46 +0000

Sacred support

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:02:16 +0000

Monks, whom Thais regard as sacred, came from around the country to support the red shirts cry for a re-election.

Misspelled slogan

Yota — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:59:08 +0000

Pro-government supporters, otherwise known as the yellow shirts, are mainly made up of Bangkok’s middle class. They pride themselves on being educated and were angry that the reds who are mainly Thailand’s rural poor, had taken over Bangkok’s main shopping district and disrupted the country’s economy.