Student Groups And The Sunflower Movement
A number of student activist groups were formed during or after the Sunflower Movement
CategoryGroups That Predated The Movement
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 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 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 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 Movement To Amend The Birdcage Referendum Law
Youth activists have in recent years taken to calling for reform of public referendum laws in order to settle longstanding political issues