Youth Movements

Gender Equity and Taiwan’s Independence: A Decolonial Perspective on Community Interests and Conflicts

Can gender equity issues like women's and LGBTQ rights be discussed along with Taiwan independence? Is there one more important and urgent topic among all the issues concerning different marginalized people? When issues such as feminism and LGBTQ rights are discussed together with social news, there is often criticism that talking about marginalized people is a way to distract people and divert public resources from the issue of Taiwan independence. However, from a decolonial perspective, gender equity and Taiwan independence move in the same direction and support each other...

KMT Calls for Recall of Lai Ching-te At Rally

The KMT claimed 250,000 in attendance at a rally against DPP recalls held yesterday on Ketagalan Boulevard. Aerial photographs do not seem to correspond to this claim, but either way, the pan-Blue camp was out in force against the DPP in what was a de facto campaign rally for the pan-Blue camp. Both the KMT and its smaller ally party, the TPP, were present...

In Unusual Turn, Calls for Dissolution of Cabinet and New Elections Break Out in KMT

The ongoing wave of recalls against all KMT legislators has taken a strange turn, with proposals from some elements of the pan-Blue camp to dissolve the cabinet. If so, this would trigger a legal mechanism that would allow for the legislature to be dismissed and a new set of general elections to be held, if the Premier and the President of the Legislative Yuan agree on this...

以反戰為名的姑息主義瀰漫,我們如何建立以反抗為基礎的團結?

作家龍應台近日稱,「台灣不確保和平,就不會有民主」。多年來,龍應台以「反戰」自居,要求台灣避戰求和。如2023年四位學者發出「烏俄停戰談判、反對美中戰爭、主張台灣與大國維持友好等距外交」的呼籲,亦是以「反戰立場」為名。...

性別平等與台灣獨立:以解殖視角看待族群利益與衝突

女性與性少數權利等性別議題和台灣獨立可以被一同討論嗎?涉及弱勢族群的議題有先後之分嗎?每當女性主義和性少數權利等議題與對社會新聞的討論一同被搬上檯面時,網路上不乏聲音指摘,在台灣獨立面前,談及弱勢族群的議題是分散注意力和佔用資源。然而,從解殖視角看待弱勢族群,性別平等與台灣獨立是相輔相成、同道而行的。...

Government Contemplates Raising Barriers for Hongkongers to Reside in Taiwan Yet Again

Reports indicate that the government is once again considering raising the barriers for individuals from Hong Kong and Macau to permanently reside in Taiwan. This would take the form of lengthening the amount of time for them to qualify for permanent residency in Taiwan, as well as removing the path to citizenship...