Dialogue and action are inseparable, not sequential stages.

Evidence

Once more, I wish to emphasize that there is no dichotomy between dialogue and revolutionary action. There is not one stage for dialogue and another for revolution. On the contrary, dialogue is the essence of revolutionary action. In the theory of this action, the actors intersubjectively direct their action upon an object (reality, which mediates them) with the humanization of men (to be achieved by transforming that reality) as their objective. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 606

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that dialogue for Freire is not talk preceding action but the very structure of action itself.
• XREF: connects to: Interpretation and transformation of reality are dialectically inseparable, not conceptually opposed. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 200