The parade is not unlike most others. Floats, marching bands, dancers, and even horses fill the streets. Large crowds of families gather in the festive atmosphere, with young children on the shoulders of parents, hoping to have a good view of the guests of honor. But once these guests of honor begin to make their way down the street, it takes not even a moment to know the difference between this parade and any other. For almost every person marching in this parade is in blackface.
“Thailand´s relation between cheap child labour and the lack of Intellectual Property Protection”
Thailand’s textile Industry has a long history. Due to the low import tariffs and the imposition of the Bowring treaty, which forced Thailand to open the market to colonial powers, national textile industry emerged relatively late compared to other East and Southeast Asian countries. Unlike other Asian countries this time, Thailand managed to maintain effectively its independence during the colonial period, but was nevertheless still economically colonised. The country ratified the so-called “Treaties of friendship and commerce” with most occidental colonial powers like England, United States, France and Japan. The textile industry was established in 1936 when the Ministry of Defence established Siam Cotton Factory, in which cotton-wool making and weaving machines were introduced for military service purposes and contributed to a steady growing economy. After the first crisis in 1970´s, the government focused on an export-based foreign policy and started to open the market for the export of their nationally produced goods.
An interview about the genocide and the current situation in Rwanda
Background: Mugyenzi Innocent
Mugyenzi was born in Rwanda in 1989, and fled the country with his family during the genocide in 1994. Growing up in Uganda, he attended the United World College of Atlantic, a leading independent school in Wales. Upon graduation, he started his undergraduate studies at Colby College in the United States.
