Socialist Front (Thailand)
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Socialist Front พรรคแนวร่วมสังคมนิยม | |
|---|---|
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| Chairman | Keaw Norapiti |
| Founded | 21 November 1974 |
| Dissolved | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Thailand |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The Socialist Front was a political coalition in Thailand, formed by left-wing parties in late 1956.[1] The main group in the coalition was the Economist Party, led by Thep Chotinuchit.[2] The other two constituents of the Socialist Front were the Free Democratic Party and the Hyde Park Movement Party.[3] Thep Chotinuch was the chairman of the Socialist Front.[4] The parliamentarians who founded the Socialist Front came from northeast Thailand.[5] The Socialist Front favoured a neutralist foreign policy, and called for Thai withdrawal from SEATO,[6] as well as being strongly anti-American.[7]
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In the 1975 general election the Socialist Front won ten seats, all of them from the northeast. In total, the Socialist Front got 3.8 percent of the nationwide vote.[3]
History
[edit]The Socialist Front was dissolved following the military coup of 6 October 1976, when the National Administrative Reform Council dissolved all political parties in Thailand in the aftermath of the Thammasat University massacre. [8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Wilson, David A.. China, Thailand and the Spirit of Bandung (Part II), in The China Quarterly, No. 31 (Jul. - Sep., 1967), pp. 96-127
- ↑ "HKU Scholars Hub: HKU Theses Online" (PDF). sunzi.lib.hku.hk. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- 1 2 Ockey, James. Through Multiple Transitions in Thailand. Variations on a Theme: Societal Cleavages and Party Orientations Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, in Party Politics 2005; 11; 728
- ↑ "1984 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service - Thongbai Thongpao". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ↑ Nguyen, Thi Dieu. The Mekong River and the Struggle for Indochina: Water, War, and Peace. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 1999. p. 81
- ↑ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
- ↑ "Socialist Party of Thailand policy statement". Journal of Contemporary Asia. 7 (3): 435–438. January 1977. doi:10.1080/00472337785390451. ISSN 0047-2336.
- ↑ "1968 and the Thai Seventies".
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