Thai protesters spark interest in 1976 university massacre

Anti-government protests challenging the institutions of Thailand's traditional ruling class are not just prompting intense debate about the country's future. Academics and researchers say they’re seeing a surge in the number of people wanting to learn about a massacre of students 44 years ago that mainstream Thai history books ignore. At Bangkok’s Thammasat University last week, students who were exploring connections to the troubled past took photographs for “then and now” comparisons to the bloodletting that took place on the campus on Oct. 6, 1976.

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