The exercise of philosophy will never free us from responsibility; to the contrary, it pushes us toward the bitter and distressing taste of recognizing the profound implication of all our acts. It is a form of happiness, but at the same time a kick in the balls: a pain like no other.
Read MoreChildren were pulling up plants: “death to the weeds,” they were saying, even though it was chamomile, aloe and oregano. I explained to them that what they were doing was wrong because those plants have curative properties. They didn’t listen.
Read MoreI began to give classes at the Community College in the town of Santa Cruz five years ago. Like many of my colleagues, I had to take some special classes to become an educator and be able to receive the supplementary income for that extra work.
Read MoreAt the time, I decided to wait until the teachers were called to reanalyze the study program. I was hopeful that the struggle could be carried out from the inside. How naïve I was, such a moment never came and as I see it, never will.
Read MoreOne afternoon, while we were playing in the schoolyard, the leader of the group decided to play a new game. We weren’t more than seven years old, and all of us wanted to be on the same team as Ricardo, the liveliest.
Most of us were happy when we could be with him and his group, because they were white.
Here, products like soap, toothbrushes, glasses, buckets, belts, cloth, clothes and shoes are a little cheaper than in the hard currency stores. It was remarkable to see these stores full of people with cheerful faces able to buy products at prices that did not completely break their budget.
Read MoreI’ve been going out with a woman of late. We met a few months ago, and yesterday she came over to my house for first time. My place is nice, comfortable, and it was great to be able to have my own house to spend time with her.
Read MoreDuring the day we dedicated ourselves to hiking, making camp, swimming in the sea, inventing a way to cook with firewood (at times we had to gather the firewood from far away) and relaxing a little. At night came the work with the turtles.
Read MoreAfter a war, one is be able to exercise judgment, but the Cuban individual remains on a war footing under the physical threat of being invaded by the United States, and under the ideological threat of the ideas of capitalism-so peacetime never comes.
Read MoreOne of the most interesting aspects about philosophy is that it must be rediscovered by each person who is interested in it. The educator cannot teach the answers, because then we would not be in the presence of an emancipatory knowledge, of a philosophy.
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