{"id":4278,"date":"2020-10-02T07:12:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T07:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markscogan.com\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2020-12-18T03:02:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T03:02:38","slug":"the-art-of-political-jiu-jitsu-and-thailands-student-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markscogan.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/02\/the-art-of-political-jiu-jitsu-and-thailands-student-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The art of political jiu-jitsu and Thailand\u2019s student revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/000_8QL87B-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4280\"\/><figcaption>An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a pro-democracy rally outside Thailand&#8217;s parliament in Bangkok on September 24, 2020, as activists gathered to demand a new constitution. Photo Credit: Mladen Antonov \/ AFP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">A<\/span>fter several major protests in Bangkok, authorities have practiced a degree of restraint, despite the dismantling of a long-held social taboo of voicing public criticism of Thailand\u2019s once-revered monarchy.&nbsp; While Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/thai-pm-appeals-for-unity-amid-almost-daily-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has called for unity<\/a>, several protest leaders have been charged. Thai authorities have arrested prominent lawyer Arnon Nampa and one of the rappers from the famed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/8\/20\/rap-against-dictatorship-artist-arrested-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cRap Against Dictatorship\u201d<\/a> group. Compounding anxieties in Thailand is the looming presence of Covid-19, which has taken its toll on an already reeling economy and the still largely unknown or underexpressed reactions of Thai royalists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Repression at the hands of the state and or violence by some protestors is well documented \u2013 evidenced by the Black May violence in 1992 or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2011\/05\/03\/descent-chaos\/thailands-2010-red-shirt-protests-and-government-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red Shirt protests in 2010<\/a>. As Thailand\u2019s current anti-government movement enters the month of October, student activists could take a page from movements of the past to not only broaden their appeal and improve communication, but prevent unnecessary acts of violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southeastasiaglobe.com\/political-jiu-jitsu-thailands-student-revolution\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/markscogan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SEAsiaGlobeLogo.png?resize=174%2C174\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4258\" width=\"174\" height=\"174\"\/><\/a><figcaption>As featured in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southeastasiaglobe.com\/political-jiu-jitsu-thailands-student-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southeast Asia Globe.<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The use of political jiu-jitsu<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When a social movement begins to effectively undermine a regime, the state will calculate the cost of repression and respond accordingly. In the art of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-sharp-idUSTRE73C19220110413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political jiu-jitsu<\/a>, a non-violent tactic developed by American scholar Gene Sharp in the 1970s, it is better to use instances of state violence against the regime by creating domestic and international backlash.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal is to make the regime\u2019s strengths a major weakness. However, the tactic works only when violent tendencies are restrained and demonstrators use campaign-style dissemination and implementation of non-violent strategies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2019\u2019s Hong Kong protests bring some indication of what not to do. After demonstrators flooded the streets following Chief Executive Carrie Lam\u2019s introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/10\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-extradition-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amendments to extradition laws that would allow extraditions to mainland China<\/a>, the lack of a coordinated strategy doomed the use of political jiu-jitsu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While more moderate protestors employed non-violent forms of civil disobedience, more radical elements threw petrol bombs at police. Businesses that were seen as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-hongkong-protests-cleanup-idUSKBN1WH055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being pro-Beijing were vandalised<\/a> and Fu Guohao, a reporter from the Communist Party-run <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/chinese-reporter-assaulted-at-hong-kong-airport-becomes-mainland-hero-11565789917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was assaulted due to suspicions of him being a mainland agent<\/a>. Outbreaks of violence among protestors were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/world\/1731407\/hong-kong-protesters-face-crucial-weekend-test-after-airport-setback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">later acknowledged as setbacks<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other examples of political jiu-jitsu have occurred in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/23\/world\/middleeast\/23neda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iran<\/a>, Egypt, Turkey and Ukraine, where people have capitalised on regime violence to undermine local regime legitimacy. Perhaps the most famous example occurred in Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/postcolonialstudies\/2014\/06\/20\/gandhis-salt-march-to-dandi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1930 Salt March<\/a>, where non-violent protesters undermined the brutal treatment of Indian by British colonial rulers and mobilised hundreds of thousands in support of independence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/kinginstitute.stanford.edu\/encyclopedia\/lawson-james-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pastor James Lawson in the 1960s to train dozens of youth<\/a> to occupy lunch counters in the segregated city of Nashville in the US. Protest organisers at future events in Bangkok need to understand the utility of this tactic and take a page from history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Decentralised, but not leaderless movements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In protests around the world, the most recent trend is toward leaderless resistance. Dating back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2011\/09\/occupy-wall-street\/100159\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2011 Occupy Wall Street movement<\/a> that broadened into a larger discourse on economic inequality in America, leaderless protests can be effective in eroding regime support or putting political pressure on leaders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While still plagued with outbreaks of violence and the arrests of thousands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/11\/03\/world\/americas\/chile-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Chilean protests of 2019<\/a> were successful in mobilising people against structural inequalities in society. Chilean President Sebasti\u00e1n Pi\u00f1era later announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-chile-protests\/chile-cancels-apec-trade-summit-climate-gathering-as-santiago-burns-idUSKBN1X91QT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chile would no longer host two events that year<\/a>, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP25.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaderless protests have an advantage in that they can disseminate information widely over social media without the interference of a structured hierarchy. Protestors have used peer-to-peer technologies such as <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Spotlight\/Hong-Kong-protests\/Tweets-memes-and-AirDrop-The-battle-for-Hong-Kong-goes-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple\u2019s AirDrop, or social platforms<\/a> like LINE or Twitter to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/tech-fueled-leaderless-protest-hong-kong\/story?id=66158665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">relay instructions or locations rapidly<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, leaderless protests have a major downside. They can be controlled or <a href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2020\/09\/royal-reform-call-not-all-that-it-seems-in-thailand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hijacked by anyone<\/a> and without the presence of coordinated leadership, factions can develop that can undermine non-violent strategies. A lack of leadership can also increase tensions when state violence occurs and protestors lack clear instructions on how to respond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a leaderless movement, no one individual sets a standard for what level of violence is deemed acceptable, <a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2019\/10\/inside-hong-kongs-leaderless-uprising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">such as in Hong Kong<\/a>, where arson, acts of vandalism, and violent responses to police became normalised. Without the presence of a group of decentralised, organised leaders to communicate clear, concise messages about reforms or goals, disillusionment can also set in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand\u2019s youth-led movement has <a href=\"https:\/\/prachatai.com\/english\/node\/8709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clearly articulated a 10-point declaration<\/a> aimed at monarchical reform, which enables students to build bridges or dialogue with authorities when the opportunity arises. Without organisation and dissemination of non-violent tactics, those opportunities for peaceful discussion can turn into regime excuses for implementing a more aggressive response.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Haunting&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A rather simple but straightforward approach advocated by Sharp was to exert maximum pressure on officials, through \u201chaunting\u201d. These are direct tactics used to influence or non-violently target regime officials through a variety of means \u2013 targeted protests, the use of social media campaigns, using past rhetoric against them, and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Sharp did not focus on institutional mechanisms, partly because dictatorships often have weakened institutional structures, haunting in more democratic countries has seen results. Haunting strategies employed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2017\/05\/11\/what-can-or-should-activists-learn-from-the-tea-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cTea Party\u201d Republicans<\/a> upended incumbent candidates by lobbying specific candidates or targeting issues that are critical to maintaining support in a particular Congressional district. Haunting is an essential strategy because it concentrates energy on specific \u201cpillars\u201d that keep a regime in power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists in Thailand have successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationthailand.com\/politics\/30334924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put pressure on officials in the past<\/a>, such as Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwon, who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/southeast-asia\/article\/3018000\/thailands-deputy-pm-prawit-wongsuwon-flies-100km-us37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dogged by allegations of corruption<\/a> and extravagant spending. While the scandal didn\u2019t remove Prawit from power, it did cause significant public displeasure when Thailand\u2019s National Anti-Corruption Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/aseanplus\/aseanplus-news\/2020\/06\/01\/thais-unhappy-with-decision-to-clear-deputy-pm-in-luxury-watch-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cleared Prawit of wrongdoing<\/a>. As more public officials weigh in on attempts at monarchical reform or the fate of Prayuth\u2019s government, more opportunities will emerge. Past statements by Gen. Apirat Kongsompong on protestors, comparing them to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaosodenglish.com\/politics\/2020\/08\/05\/army-chief-lashes-out-at-nation-haters-2-days-after-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cincurable\u201d virus<\/a> are fodder for public haunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October was host to two horrific violent events in Thai history, the 1973 student uprising and the October 6, 1976 massacre at Thammasat University, both in Bangkok. Students in the 1970s did not have access to sophisticated technologies and relied primarily on mass mobilisation to undermine public support for the regime of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1976, labour activists were hanged for <a href=\"https:\/\/mekongreview.com\/the-silence-of-1976\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">putting up posters protesting the return of Thanom<\/a>. In a drama skit, a student posed hanging from a tree, but it was portrayed in right-wing media as an effigy of then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn. Clear communication strategies with specific objectives combined with modern technology might have prevented the outrage that followed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this early stage of Thailand\u2019s newest student-led social movement, the power of nonviolent strategies should become commonplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/southeastasiaglobe.com\/political-jiu-jitsu-thailands-student-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\/?text=The art of political jiu-jitsu and Thailand\u2019s student revolution&amp;url=https:\/\/southeastasiaglobe.com\/political-jiu-jitsu-thailands-student-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/southeastasiaglobe.com\/political-jiu-jitsu-thailands-student-revolution\/&amp;title=The art of political jiu-jitsu and Thailand\u2019s student revolution&amp;summary=As the youth-led social movement gathers speed in Thailand, professor Mark S. 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