Revolution toolkit – a model for pro-democracy protesters to follow?

Revolution toolkit – a model for pro-democracy protesters to follow?

Anti-government protesters have adopted a wide range of tactics from flash mobs to banners in order to defy the powers that be. Last weekend, demonstrators gathered outside the Criminal Court surrounded by barbed wire on Ratchadaphisek Road to call for reforming the monarchy, the ouster of the military from politics, and a shift towards a welfare state. They first dumped garbage and then performed the symbolic act of setting it ablaze.

However, political observers have said that the pro-democracy movement has been on the wane since late last year. As protest…