Land Justice League

Land Justice League
土地正義聯盟
FoundedJuly 2011 (2011-07)
Split fromLeague of Social Democrats
Membership~700[1]
IdeologyCommunalism
Direct democracy
Environmentalism
Left-wing localism[2]
Political positionLeft-wing
Regional affiliationPro-democracy camp
Legislative Council
0 / 90
District Councils
0 / 470
Website
landjusticehk.org
Land Justice League
Traditional Chinese土地正義聯盟
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTóu deih jing yih lyùhn màhng
JyutpingTou2 dei6 zing3 ji6 lyun4 mang4

The Land Justice League is a Hong Kong activist group that co-opts other social groups who are interested in a common cause known as “land justice”.

The membership is roughly divided into two groups—one rooted in activist movements dating to the protection of the Star Ferry Pier in 2006, which extended to the Choi Yuen Chuen rally in 2009; the other group consists of followers of the political party League of Social Democrats, run by longtime social activists. The former group of activists generally base their action on what is called a "localist movement"[clarification needed] and they are a group of well educated youngsters with theory-based ideals.[citation needed] They also tend to plan their actions strategically.[citation needed] Their only shortcoming is that they are thin on resources. They are also fastidious about not being associated with any political party.[3]

The group[which?] filled in candidates in the 2011 District Council election and 2015 District Council election but did not gain any seats. In the 2016 Legislative Council election, its core member veteran activist Eddie Chu ran as an independent and was elected by more than 80,000 votes, the highest number received by a candidate in the legislature's geographical constituencies.

  1. ^ "土盟年表". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ 袁彌昌 (10 September 2016). "筆陣:香港新左翼的崛起 /文:袁彌昌". 明報.
  3. ^ Poon, Alice (11 July 2011). "Land Justice League". Asia Sentinel. Retrieved 14 April 2013.