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Lucy Ash travels to the heartland of Thailand's Red Shirt protesters to discover who they are and why poor villagers and rice farmers are demanding to be heard.

Violent clashes in Bangkok have revealed a deep political divide in Thailand. As the Red Shirts prepared to descend on the capital, Lucy Ash joined them in their heartland in the north east of the country.

She watched the build up to the massive protest in Bangkok and discovered who the Red Shirts are, how they organise themselves and why poor villagers and rice farmers are now demanding to be heard.

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Mon 27 Apr 2009 20:30
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