A pesar de la propaganda que los tacha de terroristas, la mayoría de ellos son, de hecho, agricultores empobrecidos del norte y los alrededores de Bangkok, y sectores de la clase trabajadora urbana y sus familias, que consideran que su protesta constituye una lucha contra la enorme pobreza y grandes dificultades que tienen que soportar.
Despite propaganda that these were terrorists, in the main, they were, in fact, impoverished farmers from the north and around Bangkok, sections of the urban working class, and their families, who saw their protest as a struggle against the enormous poverty and hardship that they suffer.