Hegemony, historical block and politics of yellow and red: Thailand's political crisis in the Gramscian perspective In recent years, Thailand has been under the spotlight of the international scene as country resulting from the political conflicts existing between two social forces, the yellow shirt movement and the red shirt movement. The starting point of the battle between the Yellows and the Reds began in September 2005, when the initiative movement of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) against the Thaksin government and Thai Rak Thai. However, another force, which initially came from Thaksin's lovers, formed the Anti-PAD movement – ​​which later, after the September 2006 coup, changed its name to United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) – for battle against the PAD movement. The struggle between these two social blocs has significantly increased the complexity of the movement and transcended the pro-anti Thaksin dilemma in 2005-2009 towards the overthrow of the monarchy and the subaltern Red Shirt issues of social and political inequality in 2010. This research attempts to study the integrated historical foundations of two social forces – the Yellow and Red Shirt Movement in Thailand – which have played a crucial role in the current political crisis in Thailand. The research set a central research question which is; How to gain a comprehensive understanding of the movement of the yellow and red shirt forces in the current Thai political crisis between 2005 and 2010? Research argues that the political crisis in Thailand is a structural crisis, therefore, to fully understand Thailand's current political turmoil it is necessary to consider three major historical foundations of bo...... middle of paper.... ..hit , P., & Baker, C. (2008). “Thaksin's Populism” Journal of Contemporary Asia, 38(1), pp. 62-83. Pye, O., & Schaffar, W. (2008). "The 2006 Anti-Thaksin Movement in Thailand: AnAnalysis" " Journal of Contemporary Asia, 38(1), pp. 38-61. Reynolds, C.J. and Lysa, H. (1983). “Marxism in Thai Historical Studies” The Journal of Asian Studies, 43 (1), pp. 77 - 104. Tejapira, K. (2002). “Post-crisis economic crisis and political recovery in Thailand The rebirth of economic nationalism” Critical Asian Studies, 34 (3) , pp. 323–356. “The political economy of class struggle in modern Thailand” Historical Materialism, 8(1), pp. 153 - 183. A Coup for Rich Thailand's Political Crisis. Publication on Workers' Democracy. Winichakul, T. (2008).. 11-37.