Thailand Revolution- Red Shirts vs. Yellow Shirts

In 2005 the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) won the majority of the seats in parliament in Thailand.  The Democrats of Thailand has boycotted this election so instead of putting the TRT in power the military disbanded the government before it could take any action. Unfortunately the new TRT, called the People’s Power Party, took power when the country voted for parliament again in 2007. Eventually the PPP, or the yellow shirts, took over the prime minister’s position through “disqualifying” the two, then current prime ministers. Thailand is currently divided into the two radical groups: yellow shirts and red shirts. The yellow shirts are the wealthier members of society, or the aristocrats, and the red shirts are the lower class, or “urban” members of society. The two parties are currently at a stalemate and still fighting for majority rule and total rule over the country.

The major similarity between the revolution in Thailand and the French Revolution in A Tale of Two Cities, is that the groups are separated into the upper class, wealthy aristocrats, and the lower class, working men. While in A Tale of Two Cities, the revolution progresses to the point where the monarchy is out of rule and the common people have finally risen, in Thailand that has not occurred. Additionally, the reason behind revolution in both situations is because of unhappiness in the representation in the government. 

Website: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/opinion/17iht-edabuza.html?_r=1