In those days, before the Democratic Progressive Party was legalized, and when dissidents were still struggling for freedom of speech, Formosa magazine, established in 1979, could be said to be the main headquarters for the opposition political movement.
在民進黨尚未獲准成立、異議人士企圖爭取政治言論自由的那個年代，六十八年成立的「美麗島雜誌社」可以說是當時黨外政治運動的大本營。