"read the word and the world"

Pablo Freire (1972) invited literacy learners to "read the word and the world". With that invitation, he introduced them to critical literacy as a means to fundamentally approach text from a uniquely positioned stance.

According to Freire (as cited in Cervetti, Pardales, & Damico, 2001),

Critical literacy understands that literacy practices must always have social justice, freedom, and equity as central concerns. Further, textual meaning is understood in the context of social history and power relations, and not solely as the product or intention of the author.

Sus principales obras y aportes han sido tres:

• La educación como práctica de la libertad. En esta obra, como nos deja ver su nombre, resume lo que veníamos exponiendo; el empleo de la educación para desarrollar la libertad de las personas.
• Pedagogía del oprimido. Aquí realiza un estudio y análisis de las causas que oprimen a un hombre y cómo hacer para dar vuelta dicha situación.
• Extensión o comunicación. Profunda critica a las tradicionales formas y campañas de alfabetización, las cuales Freire considera que adolecen de graves y grandes faltas.

We want Freedom! not Civil War!

We have to save Libya! we have to save Libyans! We do not want Qaddafi and his sons to regain power!But we do not want civil war!

The freedom fighters are seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. They need help and guidance in order to follow forever the path of democracy! They want a Libya which will diversify its economy and encourage the private sector.

The freedom fighters are a little bit disorganised but they are determined to fight for democracy in Libya. The rebels did not even know how to operate rocket-propelled grenades when the fighting started but they did not get discouraged! 

Who are the rebels? They consist of defectors from the army as well as thousands of civilian volunteers. Moussa Koussa's defection represents a serious blow to Gaddafi's regime. The Libyan Foreign minister had decided to defect to UK today. 

I just hope that the risk of retaliatory massacres or even genocide will not happen in Libya. Let us not forget Bosnia's conflict! 3 years of war and 100,000dead!

Gaddafi once was a sponsor of terrorism. Nobody tried to stop him! After 2003, he converted to a U.S. ally, surrendering weapons of mass destruction, paying compensation for past attacks, and providing intelligence against radicals Islamists. 

I am really worried about Libyans. What began as a peaceful uprisings is set to degenerate into a civil war. For several weeks pro-democracy fighters and forces loyal to Gaddafi have been fighting across a strip of land between Ajdabiya and Bin Jawad.

And what about the fact that France and England are arming the Libyan pro-democracy fighters? I hope that these weapons would not fall on the hands of terrorists. 

Does NATO's plans for Libya means only one of two: Afghanistan's Karzai or Iraq's Chalabi???

What do you think?