• Street protests nearly everyday, asking for, e.g.
Ending the American use of Thailand as a base
Labour disputes
Calls for a politically committed literature , art and
traditional Thai history
A price support scheme for agricultural produces (ผลิตผล ทางการเกษตร)
• Influential business wanted to be free from he military influence (who used to share
their profits with no investment)
• M.R. Kukrit Pramoj (an oxford graduate) moved along the new business people, forming the Social Action
Party (พรรคกจิสังคม), and later became the PM with his only 18 seats in the parliament