Students for Liberty
The Students For Liberty (SFL) are a worldwide network of student groups who describe themselves as “ classically liberal ” or “ libertarian ”. The "social change theory" of the economist and social philosopher Friedrich August von Hayek is decisive . The main focus here is on individual , economic and academic freedom . SFL describes itself as a young grassroots movement with a big tent . In addition to the relevant theory of social change, there are representatives of different liberal orientations in the organization.
Her work focuses on conferences, webinars and publication dissemination, as well as promoting the activities and networking of her constituents around the world. There are several sub-groups: in addition to the SFL in the USA and Canada, there is the European Students for Liberty; the Estudiantes por la Libertad and the Estudantes Pela Libertade, active in Central and South America; the African Students for Liberty; the South Asian Students for Liberty; the Australia / New Zealand Students for Liberty; as well as a development team for the Asian Students for Liberty. There are currently around 1770 student groups connected to the network. In 2014/15 a total of 58 SFL conferences with 10,700 participants took place around the world.
The sociologist Liana Gamber-Thompson describes the Students for Liberty as embedded in the financing and support structures of institutionalized libertarianism. The Ayn Rand Institute , the Cato Institute and the Foundation for Economic Education make books available for distribution. Together with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation , three books were published, the Foundation also sponsored international writing competitions and the establishment of an African branch of SFL. Foundations of the brothers Charles and David Koch financed trips to SFL events.
history
In 2007, at the "Koch Summer Academy", a practical phase of the Institute for Humane Studies financed by the Charles Koch Institute , the idea of better networking among students in the USA who see themselves as "libertarian" arose. In 2008, the Students for Liberty were founded by Alexander McCobin and Sloane Frost. A first conference in February 2008 brought about 100 participants to Columbia University in New York. The 2015 Washington International Conference was attended by 1,700 students from around the world. Since then, the Students for Liberty have grown into a global network with local groups in countries such as Brazil, Tanzania, Nigeria and Russia.
European Students for Liberty
The Students for Liberty have also been active in Europe since 2011 . In Leuven in November 2011 and in March 2013 two European-wide conferences with over 350 participants took place in the spring of 2014 and 2015 were conferences in Berlin held the fifth conference in Prague March 2016 were over 900 participants from around 30 countries. In addition, there were regional conferences with up to 320 participants in various cities, including in Amsterdam , Barcelona , Belgrade , Bergen , Wroclaw , Brussels , Friborg , Heidelberg , Istanbul , Cologne , Krakow , Copenhagen , London , Lviv , Munich , Maastricht , Madrid , Milan , Paris , Prague , Reykjavík , Rome , Sarajevo , Sofia , Stockholm , Thessaloniki , Tbilisi , Vilnius , Vienna and Warsaw . In January 2016, 260 student groups are part of the European Students for Liberty.
ESFL Germany
The Students for Liberty have existed in Germany since 2011. Since 2016 they have their own Executive Board and their own magazine called Peace Love Liberty , which appears once a year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The editor-in-chief is the writer Nikodem Skrobisz. In 2017 and 2018 the regional conference of Students for Liberty Germany took place on the premises of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, which was accompanied by protests from various left-wing groups who came together in a counter rally under the name Students for Solidarity . In their appeal, they accused the Students for Liberty of being a racist, anti-feminist, fascist and climate-hostile organization. These accusations were criticized by the Students for Liberty as unfounded slurs. The content of the conference, organized under the slogan Freedom Company , included lectures and panel discussions on freedom of expression, the legalization of drugs, entrepreneurship, political correctness and crypto currencies, as well as a lecture by Roland Jahn on the fight for freedom. The protests were probably triggered by the strongly pro-capitalist orientation of the conference as well as the presence of controversial personalities such as Rainer Zitelmann and the sponsorship by EIKE eV and other groups of organized denial of man-made global warming . Greenpeace USA described the network as the front group of Koch Industries .
Executive Board
The Austrian anarcho-capitalist Fabio Lacchini is responsible for the entire German-speaking region . He is supported in Germany by the German-Polish Adam Mazik.
Other positions:
- National Coordinator Austria: Stefan Wüst
- Recruiting: Felix Hosse
- Events: Michaela M. Meissner
- Editor-in-chief of Peace Love Liberty : Nikodem Skrobisz
Supervisory body
The supervisory body includes the Ghanaian economist George Ayittey , the US economist Tyler Cowen , the British MEP Daniel Hannan , the libertarian presidential candidate Gary E. Johnson , the entrepreneur John Mackey and the publicist Tom G. Palmer .
Publications
- The Morality of Capitalism (2011) with contributions by Tom G. Palmer , Mario Vargas Llosa , Vernon Smith , Deirdre McCloskey and others
- After the Welfare State (2012) with contributions by Tom G. Palmer, Johan Norberg and others
- Why Liberty (2013) with contributions by Tom G. Palmer, John Stossel et al
- Peace, Love, Liberty (2014) with contributions by Tom G. Palmer, Steven Pinker , Robert McDonald and others
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://studentsforliberty.org/about/
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://studentsforliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/7-A-Theory-of-Empowerment.pdf
- ↑ http://studentsforliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sfl-annual-report-2015-web.pdf
- ↑ http://studentsforliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sfl-annual-report-2015-web.pdf
- ^ A b Liana Gamber-Thompson: Bypassing the Ballot Box . In: Sangita Shresthova (Ed.): By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism . NYU Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4798-9998-2 .
- ↑ http://studentsforliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sfl-annual-report-2015-web.pdf
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from February 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://studentsforliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sfl-annual-report-2015-web.pdf
- ^ Peace Love Liberty. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Students for Liberty: About Us. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Jena: Student Council opposes conference of liberal university group. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. November 18, 2017, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Nikodem Skrobisz: Students for Solidarity in an interview. December 7, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Students for Solidarity. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Nikodem: Students for Liberty in an interview. In: Leveret Pale. December 7, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ program. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Akrützel. December 11, 2018, accessed December 13, 2018 .
- ^ Students for Liberty (SFL). In: Greenpeace USA. Retrieved December 13, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Fabio Lacchini
- ↑ http://studentsforliberty.org/leadership/#boa
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