Motorcycle Taxi Drivers, Mobility, and Politics in Bangkok
by
Claudio Sopranzetti
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
On May 19, 2010, the Royal Thai Army deployed tanks, snipers, and war weapons to disperse the thousands of Red Shirts protesters who had taken over the commercial center of Bangkok to demand democratic elections and an end to inequality. Key to this mobilization were motorcycle taxi drivers, who slowed...