Thirayuth Boonmee
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Thirayuth Boonmee (
Student leader
While a student at Chulalongkorn University in 1973, Thirayuth led the National Student Center of Thailand (NSCT) in coordinating political activism against the military dictatorship of Thanom Kittikachorn and Praphas Charusathien. The NSCT led tens of thousands in public protests against the regime. One of the earlier activities of the NSCT had been a 10-day boycott against Japanese products, in protest against Japanese investments in Thailand.[1][2]
On 6 October 1973, Thirayuth and 12 other student activists were arrested by the Praphas government for sedition after they distributed leaflets demanding a new constitution. Rumors spread that they had been killed, which sparked massive anti-government protests. The demonstrations reached their peak on 13 October, when about 400,000 protesters gathered in front of the Democracy Monument and the parliament building. That afternoon, Thirayuth and the other students were released, and the king approved plans to draft a new constitution within 12 months.[3]
Thirayuth also played a role in exposing the Internal Security Operations Command's role in a massacre of villagers at Ban Na Sai village in the northeast.
After the
Academic career
Thirayuth went to the Netherlands to study Philosophy, Sociology and Anthropology at the
Thirayuth was an outspoken critic of prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (2001–2006), for whose rule he coined the term "Thaksinocracy".[8]
References
- ^ "ธีรยุทธ บุญมี | ประชาไท Prachatai.com".
- ^ "ธีรยุทธ บุญมี : ของขวัญ กับความคิดเรื่องการทำบุญ ทำทาน และการบริจาค". 9 January 2018.
- ^ "กลับไปอ่าน "ตุลาการภิวัตน์" ของธีรยุทธ บุญมี". 13 September 2017.
- ^ ""ธีรยุทธ บุญมี" ...สุดท้ายของระบอบทักษิณ สร้างรากฐานใหม่ให้ประเทศไทย? - ThaiPublica". 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Faculty". Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University. 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
- ^ คลังปัญญาชน ชีวประวัติ ธีรยุทธ บุญมี
- ^ "อนุมัติ 'ศ.' 15 ราย- 'ธีรยุทธ' ได้สาขามานุษยวิทยา". Thai Rath. 7 March 2012.
- ^ Michael Kelly Connors (2007). Democracy and National Identity in Thailand. NIAS Press. p. 250.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-300-10682-3.
- Suchart Sriyaranya (2000). "Influential intellectuals in Thai society: Role and Influence in the Public Sphere of Bangkok" (PDF). Working Paper (329). Sociology of Development Research Centre, Bielefeld University. ISSN 0936-3408. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2006-09-27.
External links
- Giles Ungpakorn, Cleansing democracy of socialism