...recite Das Kapitaltobe labelled Marxist, just ask awkward questions. In Dom Helder Camara's words, 'When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint....the poor have no food, they call me a communist.' It is the same with pacifism. Anyone who questions whether massive unilateral nuclear rearmament by...

...be raken as a legitimation for derecting 'communism'. One of Dom Helder Camara's famous remarks was 'When I give food to the poor they call me a saint;...why the poor have no food they call me a communist'. The Communist party as such does exist in many thirdworld countries, but this is vety small compared...

...schools. 14 Joyce (1987, p.69). 15 The classic statement of Dom Helder Camara is very apposite here: When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint....why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. 16 It is a particular irony of the dominant discourse that patriarchy which has been the source of...

...dedicated to Gill, Dan, Scarlet and Clyde, and to Olive, who died in the week that the book was completed. 'When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint....the poor have no food, they call me a communist.' Dora He/der Camara 1 Community Participation and Empowerment: The Human Face of Structural Adjustment...

...This must now cease.' (Gustavo Gutierrez - Liberation theologian) 'When I give food to the poor, thei/ call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.' (Helder Camara - Brazilian bishop) 'The cry of the poor is for justice not charity. Dignity is as important...

...another way, Helder Camara's oft quoted dictum ('If I give food to the poor they call me a saint; if I ask why the poor have no food they call me a communist') might seem to apply to the New Testament teaching — but only its first part. There is charity in...

...dwelling rather than his bishop's palace. One of his most telling statements is: When I feed the poor you call me a saint; •when I ask why the poor have no food you call me a communist. Yet no significant action of these people is taken without the consultation...

...leave with reinforced stereotypes or fears, or miss the meaning of the experience. Action for Justice When I give food to the poor they call me a saint....why the poor have no food they call me a Communist. (Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, Brazil, quoted in Peacemaking: Day by Day, vol. 2 [Erie,...

...of the process through which the world is transformed. (Gustavo Guttierez Liberation theologian) • When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint....why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. (Helder Camara - Brazilian Bishop) • The cry of the poor is for justice not charity. Dignity is as...

...CHAPTER 11 The Political Economy of Poverty, Inequality, Development, and the United Nations System "When I give food to the poor, they call me a Saint....the poor have no food, they call me a communist." — Dom Holder Camara, Archbishop or Olinda and Recife INTRODUCTION In the Alto de Cruzeiro (the Summit...