AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO adheres and advocates the following principles: democracy, equity, humanism, internationalism, socialist feminism, ecological socialism, and progressive multi-perspective activism. AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO believes in democracy. DEMOCRACY which builds upon the right of every young Filipino to meaningful participation in political processes; asserts pluralism, equality, democra
tic culture; and empowers the marginalized, oppressed and powerless against elite democracy. anti-dynasty and SK reform campaign; young women’s participation and leadership within the organization; internal democracy in the organization; and youth rights and welfare campaign, among others. AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO believes in equity. EQUITY which upholds the right of every Filipino to have accessible, quality and relevant education, decent employment and adequate health services; asserts the autonomy of the free association of young people; and relies on the strength of the people to end all forms of capitalist exploitation and achieve full social protection. AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO believes in humanism. HUMANISM which genuinely underscores the fullest dignity due to all human beings across and within generations, families, clans, ethnicity, gender, nations, attendant cultures, spirituality, as well as our relationship to Mother Earth; asserts the autonomy of the free association of social movements in Civil Society; and works for the full self-expression and self-realization towards resolving social alienation. campaign against destructive mining, solidarity work among different sub-sectors of the youth, peace advocacy in Mindanao, and anti-discrimination. AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO believes in internationalism. INTERNATIONALISM which painstakingly works to end violent conflicts among nation-states all over the globe; promotes various forms of international cooperation towards peace and development and justice; underscores solidarity among the world’s peoples especially the young people, social movements and toilers’ parties; and actively partakes in broad actions to end all forms of imperial adventures and unilateralism of the most powerful nation-states. Youth’s membership in the International Union of Socialist Youth and Young Progressives in Southeast Asia, indignation against US unilateralism/war, and the Free Burma Movement). AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO believes in socialist feminism. SOCIALIST FEMINISM which acknowledges the systematic disadvantages of women and sexual minorities in contexts of institutionalized patriarchy; asserts the centrality of gender issues in analyses of capitalist exploitation and political praxis; works towards the elimination of the sexual division of labor; and moves for the transformation of perspectives on gender relations, sexuality, reproduction, and the family. AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO believes in ecological socialism. ECOLOGICAL SOCIALISM which sees capitalism, patriarchy, and extractive industrialization as sources of environmental degradation; works towards a national framework for the integration of development and conservation by redefining needs, undertaking asset reforms, and promoting alternatives to the industrial mode of production; rediscovers the feminist principle in nature and view of the earth as sustainer and provider that promotes the nurturing value for Mother Earth; celebrates indigenous knowledge and local participation in development; and enables communities to care for their environment. AKBAYAN YOUTH - BAGUIO believes in progressive multi-perspective activism. PROGRESSIVE, we aim to be the locus of insight, foresight and relevance as we follow a contextual and progressive “political lane” in our advocacy for the rights and welfare of the marginalized, oppressed and powerless. MULTI-PERSPECTIVE, we recognize and respect different progressive perspectives or points of views through which social issues can be understood. ACTIVISM, we offer a different form of activism-- one that is reflective of the diversity of the university and society; one that is responsive to our interests and needs; one that is concrete, innovative and realistic. We call for change and move to action, but we do not promise; we encourage student participation but we do not oblige; we offer principles, but we do not impose prehistoric dogmas and ideologies.
