Marx’s Capital in Thailand

Abstract

Marx’s Capital is a powerful book that influence leftist movements all over the world. However, in Thailand the left rarely pays attention to Capital at all. This is because communism is not introduced into the country from Europe. The Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) was founded by Chinese communists. The Chinese origins of the CPT had negative influence on the reception of Capital. The party, followed the Chinese, believes that Thailand is a semi-colonial semi-feudal society. Therefore, there is no need to analyze the internal conflict of capitalism as Marx did in Capital. Instead, a revolutionary movement should devotes time to master Mao’s political and military strategies. While independent Marxists devote their time to study other Marxist writings; they also did not interested in Capital.