Paulo Freire’s Ideas Are Just as Powerful Today as Ever

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Article

Publication Date

9-19-2021

Abstract

Socialist educator Paulo Freire was born one hundred years ago today in the Brazilian city of Recife. A longtime comrade of Freire, leading Marxist pedagogue Peter McLaren writes about how his life and work remain deeply relevant today.

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This article was originally published in Jacobin Magazine in September 2021. It was simultaneously published in Spanish in Jacobin América Latina. The English-language version of the article was also republished in Tribune.

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