Brazilian educator Paulo Freire inspired and he resisted. He was imprisoned and exiled during the Brazilian dictatorship and he carried his teachings around the world. He believed literacy and learning could be tools to empower. He helped people learn to read and write, but also understand their place of oppression and rise above it.

He wrote, “Education doesn’t transform the world. Education changes people. People transform the world.”

This is episode 67 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast produced by The Real News. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times. You can check out Michael's exclusive pictures of this student march here, on his Patreon.

Michael's Panamerican Dispatch podcast episode and pictures on the voices of resistance in Washington, DC, are here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/voices-of-in-dc-138421404

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Written and produced by Michael Fox.

Resources:
Reading the World documentary trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg5jSYp253w
Reading the World documentary website: https://www.lendoomundo.com/english
Paulo Freire conversation with the International Literacy Institute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFWjnkFypFA
Short black and white documentary about the Angicos literacy project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64qUSQbc1fk

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