Finland Plot News Today

Conspiracy theories have long been in the royalist-rightist toolkit for defeating those who win elections. To mention just a few, there was the Finland Plot, the Marxist network, and the Illuminati secret society. All have been concoctions, but all had real political impacts. Each of these was taken seriously by elements of the state and…

23 04 2021 There’s been considerable discussion in recent days of a draft law that would allow state monitoring of NGO funding and supervision of their activities. This amounts to a predictable deepening of control by an authoritarian regime. At the same time, it is reflective of a quite mad authoritarianism as the regime has increasingly come under the influence of ideas of conspiracy that dominate the “thinking” of mad monarchists. Thai PBS reports that the effort to stri...

9 03 2021 With three more pro-democracy campaigners locked away on lese majeste charges, the regime seems confident it has a royalist political victory in sight. Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, Panupong “Mike” Jadnok and Jatuphat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa – were each charged with 112 and other “crimes” and denied bail for the Thammasat University rally back in September 2020. Along with 15 other pro-democracy protesters, they also face sedition charges. Some o...