Che Guevara

[commiecrusader]

i wanna read more about che and his revolutions, and i was just wondering what you guys thought were the best books? i havent read much at all really so all suggestions welcome. i need english books tho not other languages lol

also any other good books about revolutionary people etc such as malcolm x and stuff

[socialistfuture]

start with his motorcycle dairies if u havent read any and end on the bolivian daries (cause he dies after that so it is the end) - there are books written by friends he faught with too.

revolutionary suicice - by Huey Newton (he was a black panther).
there are books by Abbie Hoffman (one of the yippies in the 60s that are intresting) Steal this Book and Woodstock Nation.

Do it - by Jerry Rubin (another yippie who was mates with EDridge Cleaver - the leader of the black panther who was in exile in Alegeria - at one stage).

John Pilger, Noam Chomsky, Naomi klein, etc for current politics (and past).
Malcom X too go to the politcs section in ure Library.

the old rage against the machine sit had a good reading list - i printed it out but i dont have it on me and i dont think its going anymore.

get a book with the history of communism and start looking for books witht he people mentioned in it eg. rosa luxemburg, gramsci etc

Happy reading

p.s. if u have a bit of dough www.bookmarks.uk.com the socialist co-op bookshop.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson
It's an excellent biography on Che. Read it.

[socialistfuture]

ah yes the site does still exist www.ratm.com - rage agains the machine we miss u!

http://www.ratm.com/new2/action/readinglist.html a lovely big reading list that will keep u busy for many a year. - also has some online verisons of books.

small sample:

"Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II"
William Blum
"Race for Justice: Mumia Abu-Jamal's Fight Against The Death Penalty"
Leonard Weinglass
"Guerilla Warfare" - Free Version!
Che Guevera
"Zapata of Mexico"
Peter E. Newell
"Malcolm X Speaks - Selected Speeches and statements"
George Breitman
"Marxism and the Press: Oppression of Women, Toward a Unitary Theory"
Lise Vogel
"Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America"
Walter LaFeber
"The Chomsky Reader"
James Peck, Editor