On February 13, 1982, the Guatemalan army stormed into the remote northern Guatemala village of Santa Maria Tzeja. This book describes the experiences of the survivors - both those who stayed behind in conditions of savage repression and those who fled to Mexico where they learned to organize and defend their rights.

Seeds of Freedom is a remarkable case study of liberating education in the remote Guatemalan Maya indigenous village of Santa Maria Tzeja in the four decades since it was first settled in 1970. Readers will find the theory and practice of liberating education spelled out in Chapter 2, illustrated from the experience of Santa Maria. The next four chapters describe the founding, early history, destruction, and dispersion of the village, and lay the foundation for the remaining chapters that narrate the virtual explosion of education following the reuniting of the village in 1994. What makes...