Child Poverty: What Are You Going To Do About It?

        Rural migrants are attracted to the possibilities that a city can offer. Let’s take Bangkok as an example. The migration from rural to urban happens on a daily basis, whether its merely to work in Bangkok, traveling to and  from the distant towns, or to permanently settle down. ZashnainAn avid blogger, twitterer and photojournalist, Zashnain […]

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Children Living in Bangkok’s Slum Communities

“12-year-old Nuch (not her real name) lives with her mother Dao, stepfather and five siblings in a single room hut in a small slum settlement near the flower market in Bangkok. She used to go out begging in Bangkok’s commercial district but her mother decided to find another way to earn a living. Now, Dao […]

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The Cocktail of West Papua

Indonesia’s alleged focus on the welfare of West Papuans is a sweet cocktail of irony, deceit and hypocrisy, served cold. The Indonesian Government dodges away skillfully from the much-needed Independence of West Papua and the Administration’ s violation of human rights of the indigenous Melanesian-majority population.  The systematic, genocidal attacks on the West Papuans has been […]

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Why Do People ‘Riots’

หลังจากอ่านบทความ เลี้ยวซ้าย: จลาจลที่อังกฤษมีผลจากนโยบายทางการเมืองในยุควิกฤต จบ เราจึงเข้าใจว่า ทำไม “คน” จึง “กล้า”ออกมา “จลาจล” นักมาร์คซิสต์อังกฤษชื่อ คริส ฮาร์แมน เขียนไว้ว่า “สำหรับหลายคนที่มีส่วนร่วมในการจลาจล มันเป็นประสบการณ์ยิ่งใหญ่ของชีวิต MouiJust say.More Posts – Website Follow Me:

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The War Continues In West Papua

West Papua, again is in the news. Not because the country has gained independence from Indonesia, the Tyrant. But as usual for the wrong reasons. Courtesy of Indonesian troops, there’s a hunt for so-called ‘separatists’ (and one wonders why they are not termed as ‘freedom fighters’!). The chaos fermenting in West Papua is solely the […]

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THAILAND: Are secret trials compatible with Liberties and Rights?

AHRC-FAT-038-2011 July 29, 2011 An article from Prachatai website forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission THAILAND: Are secret trials compatible with Liberties and Rights? Mon, 25/07/2011 – 10:23 | by prachatai Elizabeth Fitzgerald According to the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court in relation to the case of Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, MouiJust say.More Posts – […]

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