New Social Movements
• Source of struggles bases not on the class but on differences of sex, religion, environment
and so on.
• It is expressed not based on individual interests, but calls for more global issues.
• It does not use political channels but is led by ordinary people who take action by
themselves.
• New Social Movement (cont.)
• Its goal is not to oppose the state's power but to set new rules so as to look at things in a new,
different way.
• All new movements are also movements for rights.
• It asks about daily life, democracy, the state, political practice, or the redefinition of
development.
• It is not fixed but fluid and emergent.
Figure 7. Land Movement in Lamphun Province
Figure 8. Movement for Women’s Right
Figure 9. Environmental Movement
Example of Social Movement at Pak Bara, Satun Province, Thailand
Pak Bara, Satun Province, Thailand
• Andaman Seaport and the Landbridge to the Gulf of Thailand Seaport Project
• Project started since 2007. But because of protest it extended.
• Now, construction is planned from 2018.
Local people movement
• Campaign to stop the illegal procedures
• Submit complaint letters to relevant agencies
• Expanding network both in the project area as well as public alliances
• Study and briefing info both on negative impacts and other alternative development
proposals
• Regular communicate with public through various channels