📢 As times grow darker, Europe's largest pro-liberty event is coming to back to enlighten the world with the ideas of liberty! LibertyCon Europe 2026 will be taking place in Madrid on April 24-26! Early bird tickets are available for a limited time, register now: libertycon.net #LibertyConMadrid

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Same people, same culture, different lives. The Berlin Wall wasn’t just a physical barrier – it was a symbol of how dramatically different lives can be under freedom versus control. Watch Milton Friedman describing the difference economic freedom makes.

On this day in 1989, the Berlin Wall finally fell. For over 28 years, it divided Berlin, Germany, Europe, and the world. For over 28 years, it was impoverishing, ruining and ending lives.

The developments of the past several years have brought new obstacles both for the freedom in Georgia. Last weekend, our local team met to plan for upcoming events, as well as to share ideas and brainstorm initiatives to face the current challenges. And also, to have some pizza. 😎

The semester is slowly nearing its end, but our autumn conference season isn't! Check out the event still coming in late November!

A reminder: this is Budapest just 69 years ago. 2500 Hungarians were killed in the Soviet invasion, the goal of which was to surpress dissent and dissatisfaction with the country's subordination to the USSR. #AlwaysAgainstTheTanks

One month ago, Slovakia amended its constitution, among other things limiting the rights of LGBT+ individuals. Our Slovak team met in Bratislava last week to discuss the impact the changes will have, and more.

In his talk at LibertyCon International 2024, David Boaz addressed the rise of illiberalism, and underscored our movement's core message: "We believe that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Not just some people."

"Scary? I’m not scared this Halloween. The UK banned ninja swords this year, so my village no longer needs to worry about attacks from samurai assassins." John Devlin and the SpeakFreely magazine team share their fears this Halloween. What are yours? 👀🎃

Another week, another #ThrowbackThursday! 😊 This time to last weekend's Freedom Games in Łódź, Poland. Hosted by the Liberté! Foundation as one of the largest liberal gatherings in the region, our Polish team couldn't be missing. 😎

Liberty has been enlightening the world for 139 years now. 🗽🥳

Our new National Coordinator for Georgia is Kesaria Berdzenishvili! 🤩 Having joined only last year, Kesaria already managed to get a lot done, and not only in Georgia. She became involved in the team's activism in the lead up to and following the country's 2024 election, and hasn't stopped there.

Every time you subscribe to a foreign streaming service, download a video game from overseas, or listen to non-domestic music, you’re importing. Congratulations! You’re officially unpatriotic! Read this Learn Liberty text by our own Mariam on trade: www.learnliberty.org/blog/trade-d...

They also stopped by Ronald Reagan, to ask him about the tariffs. 😊

Last Thursday, Budapest was the place to be. 👀 On the anniversary of the 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, tens of thousands headed to the street to protest Orbán's authoritarianism.

#ThrowbackThursday to the Tech Liberty conference by Georgian Students For Liberty, which took place earlier this month. 😎

Smith supposedly first formulated his recipe for prosperity in a paper from 1755, 20 years before it appears again in the Wealth of Nations. But his advice remains valid: rule of law, easy taxes, and simple regulation are not only the formula for growth, but also for a stable liberal society.

Meet David, the new National Coordinator for team Malta! 🥳 David started our chapter in Malta earlier this year, and the team has been growing both in the numbers of students and in the scope of their plans since.

As liberal democracy comes under attack in many places where we had taken it for granted, Alex Tabarrok's insight couldn't be more timely: freedom and democracy come hand in hand!

You can now learn more about classical liberalism in the library of École Polytechnique, thanks to our French volunteers. 😊

We are back and growing in Ireland! 🤩

There is no vote on Chat Control in the EU Council today. 🥳 But the fight against mass surveillance is not yet over, as the proposal is not gone, but postponed. Hear our students from around Europe explain what Chat Control is about, and see the link in our bio on how you can get involved.

Chat Control has been delayed - but not defeated. Thanks to immense civic pressure across Europe, the EU vote on Chat Control has been postponed until at least December.

#ThrowbackThursday: Last weekend, our team in Iceland together with RSE hosted the Reykjavik Liberty Summit. 😎

ThrowbackThursday: This September, our coordinators from around Europe participated in NICON, hosted by The Atlas Society in Tbilisi. 🥂

Happy birthday to Ludwig von Mises, one of our favourite Ukraine-born economists! 🥳 144 years ago, Mises, one of the lead scholars of the Austrian school of economics, was born in what today is Lviv, Ukraine.

UK Government to Force Digital IDs on Every Adult! 🪪 You read that right. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is about to announce that anyone starting a new job in the UK will need a government-issued digital ID. The reason? “To fight illegal immigration.”

#ThrowbackThursday to last year's Free Cities Conference in Prague!

Despite growing opposition to Chat Control from the Danish MEPs, the country's government continues to push the regulation forward in the EU Council. 😶 Check the link in our bio, and join the opposition against mass surveillance in Europe.

IMPORTANT UPDATE 🇧🇪 Belgium now SUPPORTS the compromise proposal IN PRINCIPLE, despite contradicting promises to citizens: reverts to UNDECIDED. 🇮🇹 Italy is UNDECIDED, expressing doubts on including new CSAM in scope. 🇱🇻 Latvia is UNDECIDED but assesses the text positively, pending national support.

During its EU presidency, Denmark has pushed against the idea of the right to privacy in internet communications.

Opposition to Chat Control within Denmark is growing. Fast. If you are a Danish citizen, please consider signing the Chat Control petition: www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-... At 50 000 signatures, it is automatically submitted to the parliament.

Meet Aurelio and Frederico, our National Coordinators for Portugal! 🥳 Team Portugal is one of our most productive chapters. Last year, they hosted 63 events reaching almost 6000 people – the most public events of any of our groups in Europe.

The Impact of the Year is our only peer-nominated trophy in the #ESFLAwards. 🏆 In 2025, Georgian Students For Liberty receive the Impact of the Year Award for their support for the victims of repression following Georgia’s disputed 2024 parliamentary elections.

Our volunteer Jaroslav 🇨🇿 is on stage at ChainCamp today, debating the merits of #bitcoin as money. 😎

Chess champ Garry Kasparov: I Saw How Russia Killed Media Freedom

⚠️ Time to take action to #StopChatControl is now! Learn how you can get involved and stop mass surveillance imposed on 450 million Europeans.

Are you at NICON in Tbilisi this week? 👀 Make sure to stop by our table to talk liberty!

We are back in Ireland! 🇮🇪 If you are about to start the academic year at Trinity or other Irish universitites, make sure to check out our programs and get in touch! 😊

Happy Yeltsin Supermarket Day! 🥳 36 years ago, the USSR's leader realised his regime didn't lose the Cold War because of superior central planning on the side of the West, but because of the economic affluence only free markets and global trade can provide. 😎

With the #ESFLAwards, we celebrate collective accomplishments, but also the individual leaders who stood out and inspired others through their work for liberty in their countries and beyond. 🏆 An example of such inspiring leadership is Blazej Szkudlarek, our Leader of the Year for 2025.

Across Europe, 35 Students For Liberty chapters are spreading the ideas of liberty. 🏆 This year in the #ESFLAwards, the title of the Group of the Year goes to Spanish Students For Liberty!

Our team in Serbia took part in this year's Pride to show their support for equal rights for LGBT+ individuals, and for freedom of expression. A free society exists only when everyone can live their lives the way they want, without fear and imposition of others' will. #LoveIsLove

⚠️ Help us stop mass surveillance in Europe!

The first Belgrade Pride in 2001 ended with the participants being attacked by sport fans and extreme right-wing activists, with the police on-site standing back without taking action.

Regional conference "Svoboda funguje - Freedom Works" is coming back to Bratislava! 🇸🇰 Join our Slovak team on November 22. 😎

Time Is Running Out: Why the EU’s “Chat Control” Threatens Privacy, Security, and Freedom Read more about the upcoming regulation at Learn Liberty, and what you can do to help us stop it.

Our students hosted 450 events last year to make the ideas of liberty come alive. 🏆 And the event that claimed the title of the Event of the Year in #ESFLAwards is the lecture by Javier Milei in Rome, hosted by Manuel Ferretti Martinez and Students For Liberty Italy.

✅ Free speech ✅ Rule of law ✅ LGBTQ+ rights ✅ Separate church and state ✅ Support Ukraine ✅ YIMBYism ✅ Nuclear power ✅ Open immigration ✅ Free trade ✅ Free markets ✅ Deregulation ✅ Democracy ✅ Gun right ✅ Ending the war on drugs