<p>As some hardline red shirts vowed to go underground to fight a violent war against the government and the old elite, other, pro-peace red shirts met to discuss how to carry on the struggle peacefully.</p> <p>Sombat Boon-ngam-anong, a key member of the red-shirt movement who led protests from a minor stage in the Din Daeng area for a few nights after the main protest site was cordoned off by the military before the crackdown on Wednesday, said he had met with some 300-plus red shirts on Thursday to discuss the future of a peaceful struggle.</p>

<p>At 1.20pm, upon being told that red-shirt leaders at Rajprasong Intersection have decided to turn themselves to the police &quot;in orderto save lives&quot;, those red shirts who gathered at Klong Toey delta became very upset at the young messenger on stage.</p> <p>&quot;If you won't fight then get out!&quot; a protester shouts at the man.&quot;We won't give up easily and if the leaders won't fight then we shall fight by ourselves. Anger burst out.</p> <p>One doubted if the speaker was a real red shirt or not as they refuse to believe what they heard.</p>

<p>Pro- and anti-government radio stations pitched their voices against one another yesterday as a reflection of the fierce battles on the streets of Bangkok.</p> <p>The Samut Prakan-based FM101.25 radio station received calls yesterday morning from irate red shirts calling on the protesters to burn down the buildings where snipers were waiting to shoot down leaders and other civilians.</p>

<p>Jaran warns conflict will last for years, but poll backs crackdown</p> <p>&quot;Today more blood will be shed,&quot; Pongamporn Bandasak, the red-shirt community radio host at FM101.25 was heard saying at 6am yesterday. I had tuned in to the station at home after a long night of off-and-on fighting and killing at various spots around Bangkok that saw real bullets used by soldiers and M79 grenades fired by unidentified assailants.</p>

<p>As I entered Wireless Road yesterday |afternoon, the posh street was uncharacteristically quiet except for the occasional gun shots and the noise of helicopters hovering above.</p>

<p>People are not really questioning the government's decision to censor media, simply because they believe it is acceptable under the emergency decree, said Chiranuch Premchaiporn, webmaster of prachatai.com, which is being blocked because it is considered to be pro-red shirt.</p>

<p>Despite the bid for reconciliation by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the continued censorship and harassment of red-shirt media is a key factor why the protesters and their leaders have not left the Rajprasong area yet.</p>

<p>The summoning of student activists supporting the red-shirt movement&nbsp;was unbecoming for a government claiming to be democratic, said one of&nbsp;three student activists summoned to the 11th Infantry Regiment by the&nbsp;Centre for Emergency Situation Resolution.</p>

<p>The government's claim that an anti-monarchist movement aims to overthrow the monarchy may backfire and negatively affect the institution unless the Abhisit Vejjajiva government produces evidence soon to back up the allegation, noted historian and former rector of Thammasat University Charnvit Kasetsiri has warned.</p>

<p>Since 2006, Thai politics has witnessed mounting popular mobilisation and a deepening political crisis. As so-called &lsquo;yellow shirts&rsquo; and &lsquo;red shirts&rsquo; have taken their protests to the international airport, the national government, and the city streets of Bangkok, Thailand has also seen the articulation of ultra-royalist versus (alleged) anti-royalist sentiments.</p>

<p>Police visited the red-shirt FM97.25 MHz community radio station in Samut Prakan province's Samrong area yesterday afternoon to warn the 300 red shirts protecting the station they were breaking the emergency decree and could face up to two years in prison as well as Bt40,000 in fines.</p>

<p>Insisting that red-shirt protesters abide by the principles of non-violence may not be enough to prevent them from &quot;being crushed by the Army&quot;, Thammasat University historian Thanet Aphornsuvan warned yesterday.</p>