The University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies Program on Alternative Development (UP CIDS AltDev) is in solidarity with the protest movement of different sectors in Thailand; we support their calls for just and democratic reforms in the political system, and condemn the Prayuth Regime's blatant violation of human rights and use of violence to silence and block protestors and critics. Read the full statement of solidarity here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=LawanUPAltDev&set=a.1540710064283... *Jose Monfred C. Sy* Master of Arts (Philippine Studies) [ongoing] Bachelor of Arts (Comparative Literature) *University of the Philippines* [email protected] "Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone." Mao Tse-tung, *Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?*