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The Chilean experience of transforming student debt from a private burden to a public debate illustrates how social movements can be understood as messages of both rage and hope, as Manuel Castells (2015) proposes. Combining rage and hope through a society-wide popular education effort, the movement aspired to liberate higher education students from the domination of debt.
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Vielmas, S. (2017). Building a Movement for the Right to Education in Chile. In: Kotze, A.v., Walters, S. (eds) Forging Solidarity. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-923-2_18
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