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Cuba: Socialism and Trust

Cuba: Socialism and Trust

by Steve Chisnell | 11 July 2011 | ChizBlog, Global Issues, Politics and Ethics, Travel

This, then, is the great humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves and their oppressors as well. . . . In order for this struggle to have meaning, the oppressed must not, in seeking to regain their humanity (which is a way to create it),...
The Cuban Reality

The Cuban Reality

by Steve Chisnell | 7 July 2011 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism, Global Issues, Politics and Ethics, Travel

Cuba: July 6, 2011 I want to write of a formula for understanding Cuban politics and culture. I want to say that all of these poor and oppressed people, holding together through music and art, would be happiest if we were able to remove the evil Castro regime and let...
Independence Day, Education, and Cuba

Independence Day, Education, and Cuba

by Steve Chisnell | 5 July 2011 | ChizBlog, Education, Politics and Ethics, Travel

Cuba: July 4, 2011 My US Independence Day amounted to five meetings on the education system of Cuba, four of them official. And to assemble the eight hours of information is not my mission here; however, I am sensing a timely trend I wish to share tonight. Our meeting...
Whose History? 

Whose History? 

by Steve Chisnell | 3 July 2011 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism, Global Issues, Politics and Ethics

Cuba: July 3, 2011 As I write tonight, the hotel satellite station plays an A&E special on “The Kennedys,” translated into Spanish. It is fitting, as I had planned on writing about our visit to the former Presidential Palace of Cuba, now the Museum of the...
On James Berlin, Yahoo News, and the War on Christmas

On James Berlin, Yahoo News, and the War on Christmas

by Steve Chisnell | 19 December 2010 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism, Literary Criticism, Politics and Ethics

I still remember my direct encounter with Neo-Marxist philosopher and rhetorician James Berlin (1942-1994) during a presentation I made at the Michigan College English Association conference. I was horrified and embarrassed at the time because, an honoree at the...
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