Overview of Social Movement

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

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