"Red Siam" adds revolutionary twist to Thai crisis

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A former communist and political prisoner, Surachai Danwattananusorn, has a dramatic solution to fix Thailand's political crisis: a "democratic revolution" to end what he sees as a monopoly of power by the royalist elite.

It may sound overly ambitious. But his "Red Siam" group is seeking popular support for a movement that comes dangerously close to republicanism in a country where criticism of the monarchy is punishable by up to 15 years in jail under the world's toughest lese majeste laws.