Social Movements

Criticisms of Obasan Alliance After Gaza March Show Partisan Divisions in Taiwanese Politics

After a march marking the one-year anniversary of the start of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza earlier this month, the Obasan Alliance has come under criticism from pro-independence groups over the third party being perceived as standing with pro-unification groups. This has included allegations that the China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP), which is associated with the Bamboo Union organized crime group, was in attendance at the march. This is not true, in that the CUPP was not present...

Miramar Eviction Continues Colonialism Against Indigenous

Beinan Township, Taitung resident Lin Jin-di–a participant in the movement against the Miramar Resort–as well as her mother Lin Shu-ling, suddenly received a notice from the Taitung county government that construction cranes would demolish her home on October 21st at 8 AM. Why was the illegal Miramar Resort not demolished and a home with protected residential rights on Indigenous land demolished?...

Taipei Holds March to Commemorate One Year of Genocide in Gaza

A march took place today in Taipei to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel’s genocide of Palestine in Gaza. The march today took place after a vigil last week on October 6th, focusing on the lives and stories of martyred Palestinians, as well as a flash mob outside of the Israeli Economic and Cultural Office on October 7th...

Taipei Holds Vigil, Rally Commemorating One Year of Genocide in Gaza

Local and international community members across Taipei gathered on Sunday at Liberty Square in Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall to commemorate the 42,000 Palestinian lives that have been murdered by Israeli offensives in the past year, as well as the hundreds recently killed in recent Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon. On the morning of October 7th, organizers from the Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine also held a flash mob outside of the Israeli Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei in the World Trade Center...

KMT Calls for Allowing Investment by Political Parties, Government in Media

A proposal by the KMT to allow the government, political parties, and the military to indirectly invest in up to 10% of broadcast media proves an unusual proposal. This proves particularly ironic at a time when the KMT has frequently attacked successive DPP presidential administrations over the claim that the DPP clamps down on media through the regulatory body of the National Communications Commission...

Migrant Fishermen Forced to Stay Aboard Vessels During Typhoon

Fisheries associations and shipowners in Pingtung and Kaohsiung have been criticized after Typhoon Krathom hit Taiwan. Namely, a number of Indonesian migrant fishermen were ordered by shipowners to stay onboard ships during the typhoon in order to prevent the mooring lines that connect ships to the harbor from breaking, and the ships from drifting out to sea as a result. This occurred despite heavy wind and rain advisories, which resulted in the Kaohsiung county government ordering that ships under 100 tonnes be evacuated. This mostly took place in Donggang Township in Pingtung and Cijin District in Kaohsiung....