I am happy that the liberty movement among the Philippine youth is taking shape formally. And when we say liberty, it is individual liberty, not national or class or clan liberty.
From Joseph Bautista, President of SFL PH, October 20:
We're pro-peace, pro-individual, pro-market, and
pro-liberty.. We're part of the bigger Students For Liberty network
around the world. We have students from the USA, Indonesia, Canada, Europe, New
Zealand, Australia, Africa, and many others.
Here in the Philippines, we also have a growing local
network, initially consisting of students from Ateneo de Manila University, the
University of the Philippines, and San Beda College.
Interested in joining? Feel free to message me if you
belong in any one of the universities, and I'll happily redirect you to the
respective Campus Coordinator to get you started right away. If your university
is not yet on our network, please do not hesitate to contact me. We'll help you
start one there.
Posted by some SFL PH members:
From Jonathan Michael Vegamora, Public Relations Officer
of UP Libertad:
I'm a libertarian because I believe individuals
have the right to live their own lives as they see fit as long as it does not
encroach on the freedoms of others to do so. This political philosophy has
guided me for a long time and I want to keep it that way, especially in a time
when many people in the Philippines and all over world believe more in the
capacity of government to act for the greater good than their own selves.
In the face of what's happening at home and overseas -
state-sponsored violence (and if you ask me for examples, I'll give you a dump
truck load of 'em from US interventionism to Saudi airstrikes on Yemenis to AFP
forces shooting up Lumad communities) - we need those basic classical liberal
rights that have made our lives peaceful and prosperous more than ever.
From Emil Apostol, another member of UP Libertad and supporter of
SFL-PH:
Because I believe freedom is the virtue by which
all other virtues can be exemplified, I fight for it. Smaller government, fewer
taxes, and the freedom to live my life the way I see fit without anyone forcing
me to do otherwise; sounds great, if I do say so myself. :)
Last May, UP Libertad held its first, inaugural and open
house forum, I was one of two speakers, I talked about Friedrich Hayek. See the 22-slides presentation here.
UP Libertad will
partner with Pan Xenia fraternity in organizing a forum on Foreign Trade
Issues. Initially scheduled this coming November 09, it will be rescheduled for early next year. I will be one of several speakers and I will talk about the challenge of unilateral trade liberalization in the ASEAN, both tariff and non-tariff in goods, also in services.
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