Tim Romano wrote: > or > revolutions which kill off anyone who can read. Come. Come. Without exception, *all* the successful literacy cammpaigns of the 20th century have been the activity of revolutionary regimes. Vietnam, Cuba, USSR, China, Nicaragua. Back in the '50s and '60s "North" Vietnam devoted considerable sources to providing alphabets for languages in Vietnam which had none so that literacy campaigns could be launched among those people. Cuba has the highest literacy rate in Latin America. Carrol