Communist Party of Thailand

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The Communist Party of Thailand was a Maoist-inspired underground political organization that led a decades-long armed insurgency against the Thai state during the Cold War.

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Communist Party of Thailand canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maoist organization
communist party
insurgent organization
alignedWith pro-Chinese communist line
antiImperialism true
armedWing People's Liberation Army of Thailand
conflict Communist insurgency in Thailand
Thai communist rebellion
country Thailand
goal establishment of a communist republic in Thailand
overthrow of the Thai state
ideology Maoism
Marxism–Leninism
communism
inspiredBy Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong Thought
linked to: 毛泽东思想
legalStatus illegal during insurgency
membershipType clandestine
operatedDuring Cold War
opposed Government of Thailand
linked to: Thai government

Thai monarchy
linked to: Thai royal family
opposedBy Royal Thai Army
Royal Thai Police
United States
opposedIdeology Thai nationalism as promoted by the state
liberal democracy in Western style
organizationalStructure democratic centralism
partOf global communist movement
peakActivityPeriod 1970s
early 1980s
politicalPosition far-left
primaryAreaOfOperations northeastern Thailand
northern Thailand
southern Thailand
recognizedAs terrorist organization by Thai authorities during insurgency
recruitmentBase intellectuals
rural peasants
students
status defunct
strategy people's war
supportedBy Laos
North Vietnam
People's Republic of China
undergroundOrganization true
usedPropaganda clandestine radio broadcasts
underground publications
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
rural insurgency

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Communist insurgency in Thailand mainBelligerent Communist Party of Thailand