Transformative civic forum continues the spirit of Five Six Movement

Following the end of demonstrations over public issues, as the original passion fades people gradually forget about the issue. However, come rain or shine, for over a year on Fridays at six o’clock, a group of people have been gathering at Liberty Square (自由廣場) to express their aspirations towards public issues and listen to the voices of others.  

The Five Six Movement (五六運動) started following the anti-nuclear demonstrations in March 2013 and to date is already in its seventy-fourth week. This movement was initially launched by a number of Taiwanese directors who decided that as anti-nuclear demonstrations over the years had failed to change the government’s nuclear policy, a weekly “No Fourth Nuclear Plant, Five Six Movement” should be held each Friday evening in Liberty Square, where with a ‘gentle but firm’ show of strength, anti-nuclear sentiments could be expressed. 

During Five Six Movement gatherings, various other civic organizations have come to Liberty Square to express their own demands. Due to the fact that the Five Six Movement didn’t dissipate following the government’s announcement that it was halting construction work on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, Five Six Movement has been transformed into the Five Six Movement Civic Forum, providing civic groups and citizens a platform to voice out. 

Transformative civic forum continues the spirit of Five Six Movement
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(以下是中文對照)
轉型公民論壇 延續五六運動精神

台灣許多社會議題隨著遊行結束、激情退去後，便逐漸被民眾遺忘。但有一群人在每周五下午六點都會在自由廣場聚集，表達自己的對社會議題的訴求，同時也傾聽其他人的聲音，一年多來風雨無阻。

五六運動至2013年3月反核遊行後開始舉辦，至今已邁入第74週。此運動起初由幾位台灣導演發起，他們認為多年的反核遊行仍然無法改變政府的核電政策，所以決定每個星期五晚上六點在自由廣場舉辦「不要核四五六運動」 以「溫柔而堅定」的力量表達他們反核的意志以及訴求。

在五六運動舉辦的過程中 也有許多民間團體來到自由廣場表達他們的訴求，因為這樣五六運動並沒有在政府宣布核四停工後解散，而是轉型成為 「五六運動 公民論壇」  提供更多民間團體、民眾一個發聲的平台。