Ghosts of a Massacre « The Straits Times Blogs

Ghosts of a Massacre

Ghosts of a Massacre « The Straits Times Blogs

By Nirmal Ghosh Thailand Correspondent [email protected] Sitting under the broad ficus tree at Thammasat University's campus in historic Bangkok, it is difficult to imagine the stomach-churning violence that engulfed the university in 1976 – the year I began university in Kolkata. It was a vastly different world then; the Vietnam war had just officially ended but the Cold War was still very much on. There was no such thing as cable TV; in many countries there was no such thing as TV. It was still the era of the radio. On Oct 6 that year, military and police units and righ- wing mobs savagely attacked several thousand left-wing students protesting the return to Thailand of Thanom Kittikachorn, the military dictator ousted in a massive uprising in 1973. There is video footage online from that day. The official death toll remains 46. The real death toll is widely suspected to...

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@deespicy » 14 Feb '12, 9pm
RT @zenjournalist: Excellent Nirmal Ghosh article on Thammasat University and the ghosts of 1976 [link]
@the_foolz » 12 Feb '12, 8am
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อ่านคอมเมนต์ล่างสุด ไม่อยากเชื่อว่านี่คือปี 2555 ไม่ใช่ 2519 -"- [link]
@zenjournalist » 12 Feb '12, 8am
I urge everyone to read the comment posted at the end of @karmanomad's great blog post on the Thammasat massace [link]
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RT @NonviolenceNet: Ghosts of a Massacre « The Straits Times Blogs [link]
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RT @safeworld4women: Good piece by @karmanomad on #Thailand. Ghosts of a Massacre [link]
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Good piece by @karmanomad on #Thailand. Ghosts of a Massacre [link]
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#Thailand, where ghosts are real. By Nirmal Ghosh | [link]
@Rajprasong_News » 10 Feb '12, 4am
Deep down in Army's psyche, they are still scared of this scarr>Ghosts of a Massacre via@NirmalGhosh... [link]
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@PravitR nirmal ghosh: the ghost of a massacre [link]
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@a_nnelie » 10 Feb '12, 3am
Ghosts of a Massacre - Nirmal Ghosh on unquiet memories and vicious cycle of royalist crackdown on dissent in Thailand [link]
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In #Thailand, unquiet spirits : my blog "Ghosts of a Massacre" - [link]
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RT @RichardBarrow: Ghosts of a Massacre at Thammasat University (The Straits Times Blogs) [link]
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Ghosts of a Massacre at Thammasat University (The Straits Times Blogs) [link]
@zenjournalist » 09 Feb '12, 8pm
Excellent Nirmal Ghosh article on Thammasat University and the ghosts of 1976 [link]
@kelaussie29 » 09 Feb '12, 12pm
RT @rtwflights: "Thailand never learns anything from any controversial past" Ghosts of a Massacre [link] h/t @travelfish
@rtwflights » 09 Feb '12, 12pm
"Thailand never learns anything from any controversial past" Ghosts of a Massacre [link] h/t @travelfish
@travelfish » 09 Feb '12, 12pm
"Pressed by radio host if he knew the details of group's proposal,he admitted he had no idea" [link]|Great post via @Bangkok
@bangkok » 09 Feb '12, 12pm
Nirmal Ghosh (aka @karmanomad) on Thammasat University: "Ghosts of a Massacre" [link]
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Ghosts of a Massacre « The Straits Times Blogs [link] via @karmanomad
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Ghosts of a Massacre « The Straits Times Blogs [link] by @karmanomad
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Ghosts of a Massacre « The Straits Times Blogs [link]
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RT @safeworld4women Good piece by @karmanomad on #Thailand. Ghosts of a Massacre [link]
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Ghosts of a Massacre « The Straits Times Blogs [link]
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Ghosts of a Massacre « Nirmal Ghosh- [link]
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