Democratic Progressive Party

In Wake of Bluebird Movement, KMT Attacks DPP Over Tracking Concerns

The KMT has sought to attack the DPP on ostensible concerns about the tracking of protestors after comments by DPP legislator Wang Yi-chuan. Wang’s comments, which were rather vague about their specifics, were interpreted as suggesting that data could be gathered from protesters outside of the Legislative Yuan during the Bluebird Movement protests based on their age and gender...

The Aesthetics of the Bluebird Movement

The “Bluebird Movement” evidenced many characteristics of an occupation-style movement, even if it was not truly one. After all, though the name “Bluebird” took its name from how the main street on which the protests took place, “Qingdao East Road”, is visually similar to “bluebird” in Chinese, the protest took the form of day-long demonstrations starting when the contested legislative powers were discussed in the legislature...

Reflecting on the Bluebird Movement in Photos

The "Bluebird Movement" protests have made their mark on Taiwan, even if this was not successful in preventing the third reading of the legislative changes pushed for by the KMT and TPP. At present, we are putting a call out to readers to contribute their photo and video documentation of the demonstration through this Google form, in the interests of archiving the protest. Here are some of the contributions to date. Thank you again to all who have contributed so far...

‘Bluebird Movement’ Draws 30,000 Outside Legislature, Though Third Reading of Controversial Bill Takes Place

Controversial legal changes pushed for by the KMT and TPP passed their third reading today. As such, it is a question what happens next, with protests against the new bills having exploded from 300 demonstrating outside of the legislature on May 17th, to 30,000 on May 21st, and the current peak of over 100,000 on May 24th. Today's demonstration has drawn 30,000 to date, with it unclear what happens next...

A Look at the ‘Bluebird Movement’ in Photos

Demonstrations to date against the pan-Blue camp's power grab have now been termed the "Bluebird Movement." At present, we are putting a call out to readers to contribute their photo and video documentation of the demonstration through this Google form, in the interests of archiving the protest. Here are some of the contributions to date. Thank you again to all who have contributed so far. See you on the streets tomorrow!...