We seek to answer the question of whether Paulo Freire’s thought is able of “shedding light” on current challenges in the educational field. We return to his conceptions of education and politics to demonstrate the unity of both articulated to the ethical and political commitment with subordinates. We brought the set of efforts of the dominant groups, starting in 2013, to “rewrite” Brazilian history, in an attempt to hide the illicit acts and affirm the injustices as something natural. Among the efforts is to reduce Paulo Freire to a communist and sectarian “caricature”, which gives us the indication that his work is still alive and provocative. We conclude that his thinking was and continues to advance because he understands educational phenomena historically and cultural, based on a just and humane worldview. Freire’s original works, journalistic reports and commentary, and current literature on the author served as the basis for this research.