With the recent military coup in Myanmar, there are a lot of similarities of structures and issues between Myanmar and Thailand.

We talk to 'Rick', a community activist who lives in Thailand, and has also been involved in the Myanmar solidarity movement to tell us about the history of the pro democracy movements in these two countries, the differences, the similarities and the growing links

Asia Pacific Currents provides updates of labour struggles and campaigns from the Asia Pacific region. It is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links, in the studio of 3CR Radio in Melbourne, Australia