Very very dark episode. We look at deep networks of patriarchal violence in the region which span upwards internationally.

In a hurriedly put together episode we began our series on looking at how to escape our current hyper-feudal landlordism predicament by going back to see how the good people of China did it. For this we're joined by dear Marcus from The Return of the Repressed who had all of 30 minutes to prep for the episode.

We trace Bhumjaithai back deep into the 1960s when the poison seeds of the green revolution were sown.

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www.dindeng.com

Whoopsie, looks like some real actual fascists have crawled under the skin and taken control of the entire state and its organs. A quick look at the results of the 2026 Thai General Election.

Riggings:

https://x.com/i/status/2020514133330866369

https://x.com/tanawatofficial/status/2020572604181205386#

https://x.com/n_kik19/status/2020670017428185502

https://x.com/jellyja110223/status/2020585374595400005

https://x.com/lalitpans/status/2020561438478327897

https://x.com/fireyuui/status/2020636991239737506

https://x.com/thv_kty/status/2020550896560836958

https://x.com/_jumpoverthewar/status/2020602109050388646

https://x.com/gqwagon/status/2020670681533304890

https://x.com/tanawatofficial/status/2020591680920195439

https://x.com/imyourwintercry/status/2020560025316688350

It's a good episode. About feminist-infra-political protest. Spirit posession, all kinds of great stuff. Listen to it

We try our best to make the 2026 general election interesting. Sorry. (:

We say goodbye to Samai, talk about the february elections a little bit, Cambodia war talk. This show will start getting good again next week. Promise.

Ghosts of the Red Soil - The Book is out, sold out actually. But there will be a new print run in January with Leftword books & there might still be some on bookshop shelves in Kuala Lumpur. To mark this special occation we've done a one time pivot to video. It took way too much work. Please don't get used to it.

"This book is a collection of stories, research and conversations gathered over the past decade in Thailand and its border regions. It is about those who are made to work, the small tragedies of that working class and how those tragedies define the collective memory. It charts the ongoing rise and fall of social movements and the generational failures to break out. "

p.s, if you really really want to make sure you get a copy, email [email protected] and demand it immidiately.

We're taking a break until new years sorry. So we answered YOUR questions.

Imagine one of those thumbnails of a DPRK defector with the clickbait headline like: NORTH Korean DEFECTOR tells the TRUTH about REGIME.

Well we're doing this but for the south, with our friend - a former Psyops Officer in the ROK Military (not kidding) - Kim.