Activists remember Oct 6 massacreAn activist garbed in remembrance of the Oct 6, 1976 massacre, during the memorial gathering at Thammasat University on Wednesday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)Little has changed in the 45 years since students and activists were massacred by the military and rightwing radicals at Thammasat University, sending many survivors fleeing into the jungle where they took up arms against the authoritarian government. This point was made by speakers when activists and members of the victims' families gathered on Wednesday at the memorial at Thammasat University to the victims of the Oct 6, 1976 purge to pay their respects. The Move Forward leader was among the politicians, activists and family who attended the service at Thammasat University in remembrance of those killed by security forces and right-wing radicals during the massacre on Oct 6, 1976. (continues below)People lay wreaths of remembrane at Thammasat University on the 45th anniversary of the Oct 6, 1976 massacre.
