Black shirts on the streets of Bangkok. Photo by Nick Nostitz.
A year after the streets of Bangkok erupted in popular protest experts will gather at The Australian National University tomorrow to canvass the current state of play in Thailand. Scholars from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and ANU College of Law will look at the political, economic, cultural and social impacts of the April-May 2010 redshirt protests on Thailand and what they mean for the nation's increasingly unstable future. Dr Tyrell Haberkorn said that last year's street protests had brought Thailand to the verge. However the situation today was even worse. 'Just over a year ago, the political situation in Thailand was precariously balanced, with a wave of mass protest and popular discontent almost sending authority teetering over the edge,' she said. ?The country found itself in the midst of a stand-off between Thai government forces, red-shirted members of the United Democratic Front Against Dictatorship (UDD) and other murky actors. 'One year later Thailand is no longer on the verge.
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