Two recent demonstrations prove significant, for attempting to raise key issues before the elections by targeting all of the major parties in Taiwan...
The Taiwan International Labor Film Festival will be held from October 20th to October 28th. New Bloom’s Alex Chuang interviewed Catta Chou, the curator of the Taiwan International Labor Film Festival, regarding this year’s festival and the festival’s history...
Rights abuses of migrant fishermen are in the news again in Taiwan, particularly on the heels of a report last month by Greenpeace East Asia condemning treatment of migrant fishermen, and rallies by a coalition of NGOs calling themselves “Human Rights for Migrant Fishers.” However, while the issue is a known one and migrant workers’ groups have allied themselves with Taiwanese labor groups, it remains to be seen how to make the issue resonate in wider Taiwanese society...