Here's something I'd like to start doing. Everyday I will post a discussion in which we discuss and share opinions on important figures of past and present. Today's person is Che Guevara, what do you think of him? Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, military theorist, and major figure of the Cuban Revolution. He traveled the world to preach communism to whom he believed to be oppressed peoples. He was captured and later executed in Bolivia by a joint CIA-Bolivian task force. After his death, he became an international symbol of communism. What are your thoughts on Che Guevera, his life, his works, and his beliefs? Read more on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara
Che Guevara - what i liked about him, was the passion and love he felt for his people... his assassination disgusted me... an icon for revolution no doubt...
^^^ know what you mean... i've often wondered how far i would be prepared to go if push came to shove... i think i would defend myself and loved ones violently if necessary, but we have the internet now and a new kind of revolutionary weapon is born... long live the www...
My opinion of Che Guevera is that he was a man who saw what he believed to be wrong with the system, and he took a stand against it, and I believe he had good intentions. However, I can't say I agree with some of the means he used to spread his message.
I think if him and fidel had never met, he would have been better off and maybe no where near as violent, he imprisoned much of cuba. He was in charge of the firing squad that killed many people execution style. While i am all for revolution, it is almost a given that it will probably involve some sort of violence, especially if your going to try to overthrow a government, I think he got blood lust at a certain point and took it farther than it should have.
One thing that I know for sure is that I don't think he would be too happy with the fact that, to a lot of people, he is now nothing more than a brand and t-shirt model.
the internet is more reform than revolution, there's only so much damage you can cause to the system on your computer I apologize for polluting another thread with assange crap but here goes - the internet vs. real revolution is basically like saying take down some websites and bitch a lot vs. round up a shitload of people and break someone out of jail
che was a man who thought, spoke and acted. all these things are what are required of a true revolutionary. he immersed himself in revolutionary thought, shared those thoughts with the masses, and won them over . he then led a number of armed insurections. some were won, some lost, but he never lost sight of the goal--freedom for the people. so i look at his intentions more than at the results of his actions. long live the the revolution! diggy.
I would say we can't change the world, we can change only our look on the world so Che was a great man who fought the system, but we have a wonderful world which it doesn't need to be changed it's beautiful anyway we are wrong when we think we should change something there, we can't, change yourself and you'll find the love in the world
Che Guevara had a wish for the future of humans everywhere. It would seem that He was already ahead of himself all the time. Promised of the future the future came out different all of the time. Uncertain for the future, hope could only mean the past for reference of the sign for a new wish. One thus comes to the problem of scarce hope of improving anything in the values of their deceived Imperialism of Matter : the Past material World is always different for the future's. Then there is not enough bread they cried. Are you sure?
I think che stood up against what he percieved as injustice, and i respect him for his passion and noble intentions. His means are always debatable, but still have to say that how many people in the world have the courage to stand up for the oppressed? "I knew that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I will be with the people." - Che
No, he didn't stand up for injustice. The cause of the oncoming future dictatorship of the proletariat was always there as well as the imperialism of the foreign interventionists. What he perceived was stubborn and free of "that God". So; nice try for Hugo Chavez today.
