ABSTRACT
The movement against the Service and Trade Agreement between Taiwan and China that broke out on March 18, 2014, signified the maturity of Taiwan's nation-state formation as well as the emergence of a new wave of left-wing politics within the framework of this nation-state—or put differently, a shifting to the left of the social basis of Taiwanese nationalism. The Black Current or Black Tide (Kuroshio) is a part of the North Pacific Ocean Gyre. Clean with little reflection of sunshine, the water of the current appears dark, from which came the name Black Tide. What the black tide embodies is a will to liberation on the part of Taiwanese society that aspires to freedom, equality, identity, and connection with the world. If the new Taiwanese nation-state cannot realize society's will to liberation, a new wave of black tide will rise, seeking to break off the confines of preexistent political forms, searching for newer political forms that promise liberation.
