Phil Robertson
@reaproy.bsky.social
Human rights & labor activist, working mostly in SE Asia. FCCT Board member and chair of Programs Committee. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. SAIS Grad. Cape Cod, Korat, Khon Kaen, Bangkok. Thai/Lao speaker
FLMAO, Anutin cosplay. Obviously deciding to run on the ultra-nationalist ticket.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
FLMAO, Anutin cosplay. Obviously deciding to run on the ultra-nationalist ticket.
What's happening on the Thai arts scene? Come hear the new voices emerging to challenge established hegemonies and redefine cultural narratives on #Thailand's art scene on Nov 13 at 7 pm at the FCCT! @fccthai.bsky.social
#WhatsHappeninginThailand #Bangkok
www.fccthai.com/event/can-th...
#WhatsHappeninginThailand #Bangkok
www.fccthai.com/event/can-th...
Can there be a renaissance in Thai arts now? | FCCT
Join us for Can there be a renaissance in Thai arts now? at FCCT. Nov 13, 2025. Find ticket details here. Bar and restaurant open.
www.fccthai.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
What's happening on the Thai arts scene? Come hear the new voices emerging to challenge established hegemonies and redefine cultural narratives on #Thailand's art scene on Nov 13 at 7 pm at the FCCT! @fccthai.bsky.social
#WhatsHappeninginThailand #Bangkok
www.fccthai.com/event/can-th...
#WhatsHappeninginThailand #Bangkok
www.fccthai.com/event/can-th...
Coming on Nov 12, 7 pm at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok - what does the unresolved battle of maps (and more) along the Thai-Cambodia border mean? Hear from both sides about the conflict that is driving nations & neighbors apart, & damaging both! www.fccthai.com/event/what-d...
What does the unresolved battle of maps along the Thai-Cambodian border mean? | FCCT
Join us for What does the unresolved battle of maps along the Thai-Cambodian border mean? at FCCT. Nov 12, 2025. Members free, non-members 450 baht, students 150 baht.
www.fccthai.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Coming on Nov 12, 7 pm at the FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok - what does the unresolved battle of maps (and more) along the Thai-Cambodia border mean? Hear from both sides about the conflict that is driving nations & neighbors apart, & damaging both! www.fccthai.com/event/what-d...
Taking refugee assistance & resettlement $$ that is supposed to help people, and sending it to Equatorial Guinea, one of Africa's worst, most corrupt dictators - this is Trump regime foreign policy at its worse. Shame on Rubio, Trump, & the rest of #MAGA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US has sent $7.5m to Equatorial Guinea to accept noncitizens deportees
Country is one of world’s most repressive and corrupt, raising concerns over rights abuses of those deported
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Taking refugee assistance & resettlement $$ that is supposed to help people, and sending it to Equatorial Guinea, one of Africa's worst, most corrupt dictators - this is Trump regime foreign policy at its worse. Shame on Rubio, Trump, & the rest of #MAGA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Great Stephff cartoon about the Miss Universe Organization controversy. Thai owner/organizers denigrated Miss Mexico and other women contestants, & paid the price in bad publicity & ridicule (which they fear the most). Get Stephff's weekly cartoon for free in @fccthai.bsky.social weekly Bulletin!
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Great Stephff cartoon about the Miss Universe Organization controversy. Thai owner/organizers denigrated Miss Mexico and other women contestants, & paid the price in bad publicity & ridicule (which they fear the most). Get Stephff's weekly cartoon for free in @fccthai.bsky.social weekly Bulletin!
Great @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social documentary from frontlines of #Burma's continuing civil war, with amazing battlefield footage & discussions of torture, abuses, & impunity by the #Myanmar junta forces as well as the democratic resistance. Not for the faint-hearted www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5_...
Exposing the hidden horrors on Myanmar’s battlefields I Al Jazeera Investigations
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Great @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social documentary from frontlines of #Burma's continuing civil war, with amazing battlefield footage & discussions of torture, abuses, & impunity by the #Myanmar junta forces as well as the democratic resistance. Not for the faint-hearted www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5_...
Biden Warns of a ‘Very, Very Dark Moment’ as He Hits Out at Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What's that garbage under my shoe asks @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ?
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
What's that garbage under my shoe asks @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ?
New, updated version of the Virginia state seal ;-)
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New, updated version of the Virginia state seal ;-)
Huge victory for Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Huge victory for Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
The #Myanmar military junta's so-called "election" in a nutshell, lining voters up at gunpoint. Nothing good will come from this democratic charade. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #SaveBurma
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The #Myanmar military junta's so-called "election" in a nutshell, lining voters up at gunpoint. Nothing good will come from this democratic charade. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #SaveBurma
Today (31 Oct) at 2 pm at FCCT in #Bangkok @fccthai.bsky.social: see amazing film Invisible Nation about former Pres. Tsai Ing-wen & #Taiwan struggle and hear from democratic political leaders across SE Asia about the fight for rights & democracy. Free, open to public www.fccthai.com/event/invisi...
Invisible Nation: What does it take to defend democracy under constant threat? | FCCT
Join us for Invisible Nation: What does it take to defend democracy under constant threat? at FCCT. Oct 31, 2025. Free and open to the public. Slots are limited and will be given on a first come, firs...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Today (31 Oct) at 2 pm at FCCT in #Bangkok @fccthai.bsky.social: see amazing film Invisible Nation about former Pres. Tsai Ing-wen & #Taiwan struggle and hear from democratic political leaders across SE Asia about the fight for rights & democracy. Free, open to public www.fccthai.com/event/invisi...
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Well that’s pure evil, as is traditional for MAGA
A new Trump admin rule could make employees of non-profits that work on immigration, DEI, or trans issues ineligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Once again, Trump is specifically punishing employees at organizations that he ideologically opposes.
Once again, Trump is specifically punishing employees at organizations that he ideologically opposes.
October 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Well that’s pure evil, as is traditional for MAGA
Trump bullying both Thailand & Cambodia, per Stephff...
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Trump bullying both Thailand & Cambodia, per Stephff...
Great cartoon commentary about #Trump's tariff bashing of China. What is left out is both he and China are shitting on everyone else in the process of their fight.
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Great cartoon commentary about #Trump's tariff bashing of China. What is left out is both he and China are shitting on everyone else in the process of their fight.
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The Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM) announced that its founder Myo Myo Aye, and labor rights activists Thet Hnin Aung and Thet Htar Swe, were released from Yangon’s Insein Prison on Monday.
Read more english.dvb.no/solidarity-t...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Labour
#union
Read more english.dvb.no/solidarity-t...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Labour
#union
Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar's Myo Myo Aye and two other labour activists released from prison - DVB
The Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM) announced that its founder Myo Myo Aye, and labor rights activists Thet Hnin Aung and Thet Htar Swe, were released from Yangon’s Insein Prison on Monday. ...
english.dvb.no
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM) announced that its founder Myo Myo Aye, and labor rights activists Thet Hnin Aung and Thet Htar Swe, were released from Yangon’s Insein Prison on Monday.
Read more english.dvb.no/solidarity-t...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Labour
#union
Read more english.dvb.no/solidarity-t...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Labour
#union
Very pleased to see there was a big #NoKings rally in my hometown of Falmouth, MA over this past weekend. A couple of photos here, courtesy of the local newspaper, the Falmouth Enterprise. Activism starts at local level, and builds to the national!
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Very pleased to see there was a big #NoKings rally in my hometown of Falmouth, MA over this past weekend. A couple of photos here, courtesy of the local newspaper, the Falmouth Enterprise. Activism starts at local level, and builds to the national!
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New Event
🗓️22nd Oct
🕖7pm BKK Time
@fccthai.bsky.social host book talk "Escape from Manus prison: One man’s daring quest for freedom" true story of authors escape from offshore prison. W/ Jaivet Ealom (Author) &
@reaproy.bsky.social
www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
🗓️22nd Oct
🕖7pm BKK Time
@fccthai.bsky.social host book talk "Escape from Manus prison: One man’s daring quest for freedom" true story of authors escape from offshore prison. W/ Jaivet Ealom (Author) &
@reaproy.bsky.social
www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
October 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New Event
🗓️22nd Oct
🕖7pm BKK Time
@fccthai.bsky.social host book talk "Escape from Manus prison: One man’s daring quest for freedom" true story of authors escape from offshore prison. W/ Jaivet Ealom (Author) &
@reaproy.bsky.social
www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
🗓️22nd Oct
🕖7pm BKK Time
@fccthai.bsky.social host book talk "Escape from Manus prison: One man’s daring quest for freedom" true story of authors escape from offshore prison. W/ Jaivet Ealom (Author) &
@reaproy.bsky.social
www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
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Vietnamese police have re-arrested former political prisoner Huynh Ngoc Tuan for his comments on social media & charged him with “conducting propaganda against the state.” The authorities have persecuted him for decades because he exposes social injustice in Vietnam. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Vietnam: Former Political Prisoner Rearrested
The Vietnamese authorities arrested a former political prisoner, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, on October 7, 2025, for his comments on social media.
www.hrw.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Vietnamese police have re-arrested former political prisoner Huynh Ngoc Tuan for his comments on social media & charged him with “conducting propaganda against the state.” The authorities have persecuted him for decades because he exposes social injustice in Vietnam. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Vietnam: Former Political Prisoner Rearrested
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Vietnam: Former Political Prisoner Rearrested
The Vietnamese authorities arrested a former political prisoner, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, on October 7, 2025, for his comments on social media.
www.hrw.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Vietnam: Former Political Prisoner Rearrested
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Escape from Manus Prison is a page-turning, real life thriller of anguish, abuse, resilience, resistance, and successful escape from some of the worst conditions of indefinite detention. On 22 Oct at 7 pm Jaivet Ealom, will describe his successful flight to freedom. www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
October 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Escape from Manus Prison is a page-turning, real life thriller of anguish, abuse, resilience, resistance, and successful escape from some of the worst conditions of indefinite detention. On 22 Oct at 7 pm Jaivet Ealom, will describe his successful flight to freedom. www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
Jaivet Ealom, a #Rohingya from #Myanmar, is the only person to ever escape from the Australian supported Manus Island prison for boat people. He will tell his story at Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand @fccthai.bsky.social on 22 Oct, at 7 pm. Don't miss it! www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Jaivet Ealom, a #Rohingya from #Myanmar, is the only person to ever escape from the Australian supported Manus Island prison for boat people. He will tell his story at Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand @fccthai.bsky.social on 22 Oct, at 7 pm. Don't miss it! www.fccthai.com/event/escape...
This just about sums it up about Trump.
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This just about sums it up about Trump.
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Yesterday food delivery drivers in Khon Kaen started a strike demanding better pay & conditions!
They issued a statement outlining their 7 demands to management, which included improved pay, improved renumeration for long trips & trips outside delivery radius.
www.khaosod.co.th/around-thail...
They issued a statement outlining their 7 demands to management, which included improved pay, improved renumeration for long trips & trips outside delivery radius.
www.khaosod.co.th/around-thail...
ไรเดอร์สไตรค์งาน ออกแถลงการณ์ เรียกร้องขึ้นค่ารอบวิ่งรับส่งอาหาร เตรียมยกระดับหยุดเดลิเวอรี่ทั้งเมือง - ข่าวสด
ขอนแก่น ไรเดอร์ สไตรค์งาน ออกแถลงการณ์ เรียกร้องขึ้นค่า...
www.khaosod.co.th
October 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday food delivery drivers in Khon Kaen started a strike demanding better pay & conditions!
They issued a statement outlining their 7 demands to management, which included improved pay, improved renumeration for long trips & trips outside delivery radius.
www.khaosod.co.th/around-thail...
They issued a statement outlining their 7 demands to management, which included improved pay, improved renumeration for long trips & trips outside delivery radius.
www.khaosod.co.th/around-thail...
Maple 🍁 in lounge mode, Khon Kaen rainy season.
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Maple 🍁 in lounge mode, Khon Kaen rainy season.