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Literacy campaign

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Literacy campaigns are campaigns to abolish illiteracy in a region by an organization or government in order to give the entire proletariat the ability to read and access education. These campaigns have often been carried out by revolutionary movements and governments which has historically helped vanguard parties in gaining mass support among the exploited classes previously denied education by the bourgeoisie.

Soviet poster that says "Knowledge will break the chains of slavery" (Знание разорвет цепи рабства) with books weighing down on chains
Soviet poster that says "Knowledge will break the chains of slavery" (Знание разорвет цепи рабства)

Examples of this phenomenon include the Russian Revolution[1], the Cuban Revolution[2] and the Chinese Revolution.[3]

During Thomas Sankara's 4 years of power in Burkina Faso, 350 schools were constructed and resulted in a literacy rate increase of 60%.[4]

The center of global imperialism and capitalism, the United States is currently facing a crisis of illiteracy,[5] scoring much lower in international studies among its economic peers, and even lower than poorer counterparts such as Cuba.[6][7]

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