REFERENCE: DOM HELDER CAMARA, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND COLLECTIVE STAND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

DOM HELDER CAMARA [1909-1999] ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF OLINDA AND RECIFE

O1.'WHEN I GIVE FOOD TO THE POOR THEY CALL ME A SAINT, WHEN I ASK WHY THE POOR HAVE NO FOOD THEY CALL ME A COMMUNIST'.

O2.'WITHOUT JUSTICE, LOVE AND HAPPINESS WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREAT ILLUSION'

THE SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE. 1971:

ON THE INJUSTICE OF POVERTY WITHIN NOT ONLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BUT THOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TOO. THE RICH DO NOT FEAR TALK OF AID YET ABANDON THE IDEA OF 'JUSTICE, RIGHTS AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES'.

'HOW CAN THE MORAL PRESSURE BE BROUGHT INTO ACTION IN ORDER TO STIR CONSCIENCES AS A PRELIMINARY CONDITION FOR A CHANGE OF STRUCTURES-IF ACCESS TO THE NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES, TO RADIO AND TELEVISION, IS FORBIDDEN WITHOUT FORMAL PROHIBITION BUT BY SECRET, BUT EFFECTIVE ORDER, IN THE NAME OF NATIONAL SECURITY?.' SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE

RISE TO THE LIBERATION OF THOUGHT VIA THE MEDIA. THE MEDIA IS THE GATEWAY TO INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND YET COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO STRUCTURAL CHANGES WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS, THROUGH AUDIBLE AND VISIBLE THOUGHT PROCESS.

'ALL HUMANS ARE BORN EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS.' [ART. O1]