Pora! , meaning
It's time! in
Ukrainian, is a (Black Pora!) and political party in
Ukraine (Yellow Pora!) espousing
nonviolent resistance and advocating increased national
democracy. The group was established in 2004 (as only a civic youth organization) to coordinate young people's opposition to the Kuchma government in opposition to what they claimed was the
authoritarian governing style of Ukraine's president
Leonid Kuchma. After the
Orange Revolution Pora! split up in two different entities, Black Pora! (since 2006 OPORA) and Yellow Pora!