Editing Literacy campaign

'''Literacy campaigns''' have been key in securing victories for communist and revolutionary movements throughout history, given that these revolutions are often carried out by [[Vanguard party|vanguard parties]] which seek to gain mass support among the exploited lower classes who are often illiterate and uneducated. 
[[File:Knowledge will break the chains of slavery - Soviet Poster.webp|alt=Soviet poster that says "Knowledge will break the chains of slavery" (Знание разорвет цепи рабства) with books weighing down on chains|thumb|402x402px|Soviet poster that says "Knowledge will break the chains of slavery" (Знание разорвет цепи рабства)]]
Examples of this phenomenon include the [[Russian revolution|Russian Revolution]]<ref>{{News citation|title=Education, literacy, and the Russian Revolution|url=https://isreview.org/issue/82/education-literacy-and-russian-revolution/index.html}}</ref>, the [[Cuban Revolution]]<ref>{{News citation|title=The Cuban Literacy Campaign|url=https://sites.miamioh.edu/hst-journeys/2018/05/the-cuban-literacy-campaign/}}</ref>, the Chinese Revolution.<ref>{{News citation|title=‘The Single Greatest Educational Effort in Human History’|url=https://www.languagemagazine.com/the-single-greatest-educational-effort-in-human-history/}}</ref> 

During [[Thomas Sankara]]'s 4 years of power in Burkina Faso, 350 schools were constructed and resulted in a literacy rate increase of 60%.<ref>{{News citation|title=Burkina Faso Remembers Death of Socialist President Sankara|url=https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Burkina-Faso-Remembers-Death-of-Socialist-President-Sankara-20211015-0002.html}}</ref> 

== See also ==

* [[Each One Teach One|Each one teach one]]

== References ==