CategoryParticipant Groups

Civil society groups drawn from a number of social issues participated in the Sunflower Movement

The Black Island Youth Front

The Black Island Youth Front

During the course of the Sunflower Movement, the “Black Island Youth Front” became a blanket term to refer to all participants in the Legislative Yuan occupation, as though they all belonged to the same organization. This was not true

Citizen 1985

Citizen 1985

Citizen 1985 was originally one of the main coordinating groups for demonstrations against government accountability in the death of military cadet Hung Chung-Hsiu and also played a role during the Sunflower Movement

The Alliance Of Referendum For Taiwan

The Alliance Of Referendum For Taiwan

The Alliance of Referendum for Taiwan held an occupation encampment outside the Legislative Yuan for several years before the Sunflower Movement and called for referendum reform in Taiwan as a way to settle the issue of independence

Le Flanc Radical

Le Flanc Radical

Le Flanc Radical refers to itself as a “left independence” group and was founded in 2011, but also came to constitute another one of the splinter groups within the Sunflower Movement

The Appendectomy Project

The Appendectomy Project

The Appendectomy Project was founded in late April 2014 in order to carry on the work started by Democracy Kuroshio in calling for recalls of KMT legislators

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