A Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, refusing with the words "I would prefer not to."
I can no longer accept a narrative of education, which teaches me that my village grandmother was illiterate, primitive, backward, stupid, uneducated, underdeveloped, uncivilized and not capable of managing her own affairs.
This film is part of the Hind Swaraj Today series, which seeks to explore the essence and relevance of swaraj. This film features Claude Alvares, Co-founder of Other India Bookstore and Multiversity Network, who lives in Goa.
A brief note on the need to overthrow the present day "educational system" and call for the multiversities movement.
Our friends have released a fantastic new book, Radical Educators in Grassroots Contexts featuring interviews with Manish Jain, Gustavo Esteva, Coumba Toure, Munir Fasheh and many other dear friends.
Given the well-established image of Paulo Freire as a progressive, radical even revolutionary, it may seem preposterous, outrageous, even ridiculous to present him as a conservative thinker and practitioner.
“The West taught us that they are 'materialists' and we are 'spiritualists'. But this is a fragmented lie. We are spiritual materialists. This is perhaps the most important aspect to understand for any cultural regeneration efforts.