Youth Movements

Removal of “Chainsmoker Cat” Shows When Government Violates Free Speech in the Name of Anti-Drug Policies

Brian Hioe
An investigation launched by the Health Promotion Administration has resulted in the removal of the anime Chainsmoker Cat from streaming platform Bahamut Animation Crazy. This occurred after complaints by the John Tung Foundation, the Taiwan Anti-Smoking Alliance, and other groups that the anime promoted smoking...
August 2026EnglishFeaturedPoliticsSocial MovementsYouth Movements3 min read

「寫作是最後一道防線」：巴勒斯坦詩人亞赫亞·哈馬納專訪

Angelina Guo
哈馬納（Yahya Al Hamarna）是來自加薩走廊的巴勒斯坦作家、學者和難民。他曾在加薩的愛資哈爾（Al-Azhar）大學研修政治學、國際關係與外交。他的寫作聚焦於人權、正義、國際法與全球政治，而他的詩歌則探索戰爭下的記憶、流放、愛與生存。他的作品透過保留意圖被暴力所抹殺的那些聲音、場景和日常點滴而深深錕刻在巴勒斯坦的當代記憶中。他的首部充滿辛酸的詩集《我的聲音無法被炸毀》（My Voice Cannot Be Bombed）於2025年由伊斯克拉書局（Iskra Books）發表。他的許多摘錄透過社群媒體流向世界。由卡亞爾（Elissa Kayal），薩圖夫（Nada Sattouf）與杜福爾（Alycia Dufour）共同翻譯的《我的聲音無法被炸毀》法語版本最近由魁北克的多林出版社（Éditions de la Rue Dorion）與法國的八月伯恩出版社（Burn∼Août）出版。...
Arts and CultureFeaturedLiterature and PoetrySelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements中文3 min read

“Writing is the Last Line of Defense”: An Interview with Palestinian Poet Yahya Al Hamarna

Angelina Guo
Yahya Al Hamarna is a Palestinian writer, researcher, and refugee from the Gaza Strip. He studied Political Science, International Relations, and Diplomacy at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. His writing focuses on human rights, justice, international law, and global politics, while his poetry explores memory, exile, love, and survival in times of war. His work carves deeply into the living memory of Palestine, preserving the voices, places, and everyday moments that violence seeks to erase. His poignant debut poetry collection, My Voice Cannot Be Bombed, was published by Iskra Books in 2025. Through social media, excerpts have travelled around the world, and a full French translation by Elissa Kayal and Nada Sattouf has most recently been published by Éditions de la Rue Dorion in Quebec and Burn∼Août in France....
Arts and CultureEnglishFeaturedLiterature and PoetrySelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements17 min read

China and Hong Kong’s Human Rights Performance are Among the Worst in East Asia, Drop in Major Democracies are Alarming

newbloomeditor
According to human rights experts across the region who participated in the annual human rights survey conducted by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), a New Zealand-based NGO,  China and Hong Kong continue to rank among the worst human rights violators in East Asia, particularly in civil and political liberties and empowerment rights....
EnglishJune 2026PoliticsSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

What New Zealand and Taiwan Can Learn From Each Other About Disaster Resilience

Tom Wilson
On September 23rd, 2025, Typhoon Ragasa struck Taiwan from the east. The rainfall filled a barrier lake deep in the Matai’an headwaters, causing it to breach and release 60 million tonnes of water downstream. Within hours, a metre of mud swept through the main street of Guangfu Township. Nineteen residents, mostly elderly, tragically passed away...
EnglishEnvironmentalJune 2026PoliticsSocial MovementsYouth Movements7 min read

Thousands Demonstrate Against KMT Cuts to Defense Spending

Brian Hioe
Thousands demonstrated on Sunday against the KMT’s cuts to defense spending, which reduced spending from 1.25 trillion NT to 780 billion NT. The main organizer of the demonstration was the Economic Democracy Union, the politically progressive social movement organization that played a key role in the 2014 Sunflower Movement and 2024 Bluebird Movement...
EnglishMay 2026PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements4 min read