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Bangkok Celebrates "Direct Democracy"(Extreme)..
..and the gov't declares "state of emergency"

PPP (pro-gov't) "activists"...

...and PAD (anti-gov't) "activists"...

...are "coming together" (last night in Bangkok)...

...in behalf of the power struggle in the Thai ruling class!

"People's Power" Party (PPP) and People's Alliance for "Democracy" (PAD) are both representatives of the Thai bourgeoisie and the large land owners! For example: the ongoing anti-gov't protest (by the PAD supporters) is (partly) financed by the five most influential and wealthiest clans in Bangkok, and parts of the Thai bourgeois media (*)..

 
Well, there's only one real difference between the two fractions! The PPP has the power in current gov't (i.e. the state, as the instrument of power of the ruling class), incl. the state's finances/taxes.., the public "security" and "order"..
And the PAD has (unfortunately^^) NO power in the current gov't!!

 
Related articles:

☞ State of emergency declared in Thailand (Guardian, 9.02)

☞ Thai army chief rules out coup (al-Jazeera, 9.02)

☞ Unions to strike across country (Bangkok Post, 9.02)

☞ Thailand teeters on the brink (Asia Times, 9.02)

☞ Dissolve the House