Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a founding member of Turn Left Thailand and a former associate professor of politics at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. He was forced into exile in Oxford, UK, after being charged with lèse-majesté in late 2008 because of his book A Coup for the Rich, which criticized the 2006 military coup. His commentary on Thai politics can be found at Red Thai Socialist (redthaisocialist.com). He is currently employed as an administrative worker at an Oxford NHS hospital where he is a union shop steward.