Revolution definately. Everybody uses his symbol.
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Is Che regarded more as a symbol of Revolution for every idealogy or more as a Communist symbol???
"Common to all Anarchists is the desire to free society of all political and social coercive institutions which stand in the way of the development of a free humanity." - Rudolf Rocker
Revolution definately. Everybody uses his symbol.
There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror... --- Mark Twain
Revolutionary. But nowadays...RATM demo cover? Nice Face On A T-Shirt?
What's happening to Che, comrades?
The prolonged barrage engulfed Zero-One in the glow of a thousand suns. But unlike their former masters with their delicate flesh, the machines had little to fear of the bombs' radiation and heat. Thus did Zero-One's troops advance outwards in every direction. And one after another, mankind surrendered its territories. So the leaders of men conceived of their most desperate strategy yet. A final solution: the destruction of the sky.
-- The 2nd Renaissance (Part2), Animatrix
Che is definatly the signet of revolution. And no matter how much he does become commercialized, he will always carry that strong revolutionary caliber that made him such a powerful symbol of a revolutionary age.
If ignorance is bliss,
Then knock the smile of my face.
i don´t think it´s all that bad. if Che is used for commercial maybe people look beyond the symbol and try to get information about the person. so they maybe get in touch with revolutionary thoughts.
the same with bands like RATM... you can say they are sellout but they bring their message to more people as they would staying underground.
Very true. The only reason I became interested in politics was because of RATM. They were the reason I started, but not the reason I continue. All I hope is that their message can do the same for others.
In its 1998 annual report the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) calculated that it would take less than four percent of the combined wealth of the 225 richest individuals in the world to achieve and maintain access to basic education, basic heal
He's the symbol for a revolution, bad it's sad that Che is used for commercial. Because many people in my enviroment don't even now how they are wearing on their T-shirt that's a SHAME!!!!!!
The thing that initially got me interested in Che was a mural of Cuba solidarity on the Falls Road. I'll see if I can locate a pic of it.
“There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory; just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us.” – Che Guevara
“We still believe that the struggle of Ireland for freedom is a part of the world-wide upward movement of the toilers of the earth, and we still believe that the emancipation of the working class carries within it the end of all tyranny – national, political and social.” – James Connolly
if it wasn't for that symbol i probally wouldn't have tried to figure out who he was. i saw his face a few times on mike tyson(which also got me intrested in who mao was), and then i saw a travel show about cuba, and it showed a bulldozer in which they said che took out some tracks of a railway so a train full of weopens can crash. that made me want to learn about him.
Many people i know don't really know about che, but once i show them his face, they say they always wondered who that guy in the pictures was and that makes them start getting a bit of info.
p.s. anyone from toronto, this friday on cbc newsworld there is a show on che and castro.
"I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and voilence and enjoy it to the full" - Leon Trotsky
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?" - Gandhi
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Yes, of course after his death he is leaving in our hearts!
He became a GREATEST simbol of resistance against terror and other evil things...He IS greatest MAN of our PLANET!!! And I proud of my IDOL - Ernesto Che Guevara!!!
I think many people don't even know that he was a communist!!!
pas une guerre ne pourra durer lorsque la bière et l'amitié et la musique nous ferons chanter
i think che is a revolutionary symbol in all his ways
Revolutionary. Che was a marxist!
Anyways, I support RATM, over 60% of their profits goes towards charities, and their lyrics and music support introducing kids towards politics.
I feel the Ché shirts are supportive, get people intrested, thats how I started.
The most beautiful sculpture is a concrete slab thrown at a cop\'s head
