PDF Thailand 2020 youth movement_FINAL.pdf (boell.org)

 Abstract 

 Kanokrat Lertchoosakul’s “The rise and dynamics of the 2020 youth movement in Thailand” focuses on the recent youth-driven political movements in Thailand. Young advocates for democracy are campaigning against the surveillance state and the internet “gateway” to control inappropriate websites and the flow of information from the rest of the world to Thailand. The election win of the Future Forward Party (FFP) shows how Thailand’s active young generation is moving from the Internet to the ballot box. After succeeding in blocking the military government’s attempts to restrict their freedom, they have moved to establish a formal political institution. In February 2020, Thailand’s Constitutional Court dissolved the FFP over internal party allegations and improper financial sources. Nationwide student and school protests erupted, the largest mass youth movement since the 1970s