The document discusses the International Conference on Political Linguistics held in 2009 at the University of Lodz in Poland. It provides details about the conference including speeches, interviews, musical performances, cultural shows, and food. It also discusses the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in Thailand, including a rally, siege of government house, and leaders such as Sondhi Limthongkul. Finally, it describes research tools and linguistic analysis conducted on audio clips from PAD gatherings, looking at pitch, tempo, and new semantic phenomena in political Thai language.