[8][9][2][10][11] The party was founded on 2 June 2011 as the Alliance for Change (Croatian: Savez za promjene).

[12] and operated under that name until it became Human Shield in 2014 ahead of the 2014–15 presidential election, supporting the candidacy of Ivan Vilibor Sinčić.

The party has been described as having "praised the writings of David Icke" and "pushed a number of conspiracy theories about chemtrails and vaccinations".

[14] An article for the magazine Jacobin by Juraj Katalenac described the party as a populist group that "is often portrayed as part of the left, but it offers more conspiracies theories than progressive policies".

Alphabet of Democracy, HDSS, Međimurje Party SIP, NLSP, Let's Change Croatia, HSS SR, HSSČKŠ, ZSZ, Youth Action (as Savez za promjene)