A ƙarshen 1976 ra'ayoyin matsakaicin matsakaici ya juya baya daga gwagwarmayar ɗaliban, waɗanda suka ƙaru zuwa hagu.Sojoji da jam'iyyun dama sun fara yakin farfaganda da 'yancin walwala na dalibai ta hanyar zargin 'yan gwagwarmayar dalibai da kasancewa 'yan gurguzu' kuma ta hanyar kungiyoyin sa kai na yau da kullun irin su Nawaphon, Village Scouts, da Red Gaurs, an kashe yawancin waɗannan daliban.Al'amura sun zo kan gaba a watan Oktoba lokacin da Thanom Kittikachorn ya koma Thailand don shiga gidan sufi na sarauta, Wat Bovorn.Tashin hankali tsakanin ma'aikata da masu masana'anta ya yi zafi, yayin da kungiyar kare hakkin jama'a ta kara karfi bayan 1973. Socialism da akidar hagu sun samu karbuwa a tsakanin masu hankali da masu aiki.Yanayin siyasa ya kara dagulawa.An gano ma'aikata sun rataye a Nakhon Pathom bayan sun yi zanga-zangar adawa da wani mai masana'anta.Sigar Thai ta McCarthyism anti-kwaminisanci ya bazu ko'ina.Duk wanda ya gudanar da zanga-zanga za a iya zarginsa da kasancewa wani bangare na makarkashiyar gurguzu.A cikin 1976, dalibai masu zanga-zangar sun mamaye harabar jami'ar Thammasat kuma sun gudanar da zanga-zangar nuna rashin amincewa da kisan gillar da ma'aikatan suka yi tare da yin izgili ga wadanda abin ya shafa, daya daga cikinsu da ake zargin ya yi kama da Yarima mai jiran gado Vajiralongkorn.Wasu jaridu washegari, ciki har da Bangkok Post, sun buga wani canji na hoton taron, wanda ke nuna masu zanga-zangar sun yi lese majesté.Gumakan masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya irin su Samak Sundaravej sun busa masu zanga-zangar, tare da haifar da tashin hankali don murkushe su, wanda ya ƙare a Kisan 6 Oktoba 1976.Sojojin sun yi nasarar fatattakar 'yan ta'addan sannan kuma rikicin gungun 'yan bindiga ya biyo baya, inda aka kashe da dama.