Overview of Social Movement

2019

929 Taiwan-Hong Kong Grand March

Five Demands, Not One Less; Hong Kong and Taiwan Students, Rise and Fall Together; Asylum Mechanism, No Time to Lose

Legalization of Same Sex Marriage

I want to get married; Human Rights in Taiwan, First in Asia!

2017

Li Ming-che Incident

Release immediately upon completion of the five-year term; China, Free Li; Speech is free, Li Ming-che is innocent

First 228.0 Commemorative Action

Tear down Authoritarianism; Construct a New Nation

2015

Anti High School Curriculum Adjustments Movement

Retract Black Box Curriculum, Against Brainwashing Education

2014

420 Anti Nuclear March

End Nuclear Plant No.4, Nuclear go Zero; I am a person, I am anti-nuclear; Want Children, Not Nucleon

March 18th Sunflower Movement

Save Our Own Country Ourselves; Pass the Service Trade Agreement Today, Prepare to be Demolished Tomorrow; When Dictatorship Becomes a Reality, Revolution Becomes a Duty; We are Citizens, Not Rioters

2013

Bid Chung-chiu Farewell with Ten Thousand People

All citizens wake up the Minister of Defense; Accuse the Military of Killing by torture; Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Lying

Second Da-pu Eviction

Demolish Dapu Today, Demolish the Government Tomorrow; People will demolish the jackal government; People will self govern over the jackal government; Incompetent government, only know how to sell lands; Demolisher tyranny, hurts the people with fines

Demolish Miramar Resort Action, Don't Bid Farewell to the East Coast Rally

Don't Bid Farewell to the East Coast, Demolish the illegal Miramar Resort

Yuan-li Anti Turbine Movement

Restore Our Living Environment; Revoke the Permit, No Extensions Allowed; Ministry of Economic Affairs, Take Responsibility, Save Yuanli; Reject Backdoor Extensions

The first Gongsheng Music Festival

2012

Anti Media Monopoly March

You are huge but I ain’t afraid!

Nationwide Plant Closure Workers Second Stage

Compensation turned to debt, Justice through the Courts

Shi-lin Wang Family

Today it’s Wang’s house, tomorrow it may be yours

2011

Kuo-kuang Petrochemical Development Protests

Kuo-kuang Petrochemical Kills; Petrochemicals Kills a Nation;l No to Kuo-kuang, Yes to a Sustainable Taiwan

2010

San Ying Tribe Struggles

Land is not a product; I want to survive

2008

Losheng Preservation Movement

Against Isolation, Retract the fencing; Eviction no, dialogue yes; No to ruins, yes to cultural site

Wild Strawberries Movement

Assembly and Parade Act Unconstitutional, Human Rights Intangible

2005

Kaohsiung MRT Migrant Workers Uprising

2003

First Pride Parade in Taiwan

Let homosexuals be visible.

1997

1019 Walk for Judicial Revival March

Anti Corruption, Anti Privilege, Anti Discrimination, Anti Haste

504 Mourning Xiaoyan, March for Taiwan

Government incompetent, People insecure

1996

Feminist Rage Lights the Night March

Women want to walk safely at night, queers want to walk safely at day; I want freedom, not intimidation; Women at night, what a formidable sight; Women’s self reliance is self protection; A society where women can walk safely is a peaceful society

Lian Fu Factory Workers' Railway Occupation and Factory Closure Workers' Protest Incidents

“Sorrow, Resentment, Hatred, Damnation”; “Proud to be Imprisoned, No remorse”

1994

522 Women's Network Anti-Sexual Harassment March

We don't want sexual harassment, we want orgasms. If you keep sexually harassing us, we'll cut it off with a pair of scissors!

410 Education Reform General Parade

"Mourn the Coarse and Inexpensive Ideology," "Lament the Examination-Centric Ideology," "Cry for the Managerial Ideology"

1993

Anti-Dem Movement in Meinong

Let the rivers flow freely! | Say no to mega reservoirs, embrace diverse water sources. | Draining the pond to catch fish leads to certain doom.

1991

Anti-Article 100 Action

“Constitutional Governance to Protect Human Rights, Release Political Prisoners”, “Abolish Article 100 of the Criminal Code”, “Abolish the National Assembly”, “Direct Election of the President”

The Abolition of the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion

1990

Wild Lily Student Movement

Dissolution of the National Assembly | Abolition of the Temporary Provisions | Convene a National Affairs Conference

1989

Far Eastern Synthetic Fiber Factory Strike

Strike is legal! Absence is not misconduct! | Protect workers, defend unions!

1988

The Removal of Wu Feng's Statue in Chiayi

Say No to the KMT's Mythical Rule! | The Tsou's Homeland Will Never Be Wu Feng Township

The 520 Farmers' Protest

Implement comprehensive insurance for farmers and their dependents. | Lower the price of fertilizers. | Increase the guaranteed purchase price and acreage for rice. | Abolish the selection process for general managers of farmers' associations. | Reform the irrigation associations. | Establish a Ministry of Agriculture. | Allow free use of agricultural land.

Campaign to Exorcise Anito (Evil of Nuclear Waste) of Pongso no Tao (Orchid Island)

Remove Nuclear Waste from Pongso no Tao | Respect the Yami People’s Right to Livelihood

1987

Anti-Child Prostitution March (Snake Alley, Taipei)

Child prostitution: Criminal, Shameful, Unethical | Say no to double standards—johns are more shameful than sex workers

1986

Love for Freedom Movement

Abolish the Review System | Academic Independence, Freedom of Speech | Restore student rights, Restore autonomy

Protest Against Yilan Refinery Construction

Shielding Lanyang, Vowing to Resist the Refinery at All Costs | The Naphtha Cracker—Yilan’s Unbearable Lightness

519 Green Action

Martial Law means Military Rule | Oppose Martial Law, Resist the Chiang Regime

Protest Against DuPont Factory Construction (Lukang)

I Love Lukang, No to DuPont | Protect the livelihoods of fisherfolk | No to trading our environment for development

1984

Assassination of Henry Liu (Chiang Nan)

The Three Deadliest Mining Disasters

1981

The Death of Chen Wen-chen

I support democracy. I have always hoped for Taiwan’s progress. (Chen Wen-chen)

1980

Lin Family Murders

1979

Formosa Incident

Overthrow the rule of secret agents. | Oppose the Kuomintang dictatorship.

Ciaotou Incident

Adamantly oppose political persecution

The Taiwan Relations Act (U.S.)

1977

Chung-li Incident

Rigging votes is what the Chinese Communists do!

Human Rights Declaration of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan

The future of Taiwan must be decided by its 17 million residents | To transform Taiwan into a new, independent nation

1975

Death of Chiang Kai-shek

1974

The Case of Formosans Independence

1971

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758

1970

USIS & Commercial Bank Bombing Incidents

April 24 Chiang Ching-kuo Assassination Plot

Let me stand up like a Taiwanese!

Taiyuan Revolution

Taiwan belongs to all the people of Taiwan | Only with Taiwan's independence can Asia find peace

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