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),... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
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