Saturday, February 14, 2009

Bangkok Protest Post 2 - Getting Ready

Finally, the signs were coming out. Some had to be put onto poles.


The pickup with the loud speakers - a necessity in Thailand - arrived.






One of the issues my organization is working on is the rights of farmers living 'in the forest.' There are a number of different situations. This man is making the point that while they have designated where he lives a forest area, he and his family planted all the rubber trees that the Government claims is a forest.


This is a student from Ramkamhaeng University here to see what was happening.





1 comment:

  1. I wish that I had time to learn that language-- it is so lyrical even in it's writing. Do thy think that our letters are interesting?

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