Revolution -- Che Guevara -- A legend - A Symbol against Fascism
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A Symbol against Fascism
Never again Fascism.
CHE GUEVARA, the eternal symbol of true revolution against dictatorship.
Che Guevara is dead indeed, his legacy however will never die.
"Not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age" and the "era's most perfect man."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"He lived his words, spoke his own actions and his story and the story of the world ran parallel."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Είναι ο μοναδικός ολοκληρωμένος άντρας που γνώρισα στη ζωή μου."
Jean-Paul Sartre
Nelson Mandela referred to him as "an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom
Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century, while an Alberto Korda photograph of him entitled Guerrillero Heroico has been declared "the most famous photograph in the world."
Che Guevara or simply Che was an Argentine revolutionary, politician, author, physician, military theorist, and guerrilla leader.
His stylized image also later became a countercultural symbol worldwide.
As a young medical student, Guevara travelled through Latin America and was transformed by the endemic poverty he witnessed. His experiences and observations during these trips led him to conclude that the region's inequalities were a result of monopoly capitalism, neo-colonialism, and imperialism, with the only remedy being world revolution.
In Mexico, he joined and was promoted to commander in Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, playing a pivotal role in the successful guerrilla campaign to overthrow the U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Che Guevara was a prolific writer and diarist: his published work includes a manual on the theory and practice of guerrilla warfare.
Both notorious for his harsh discipline and revered for his unwavering dedication to his revolutionary doctrines, Guevara remains a controversial and significant historical figure. Because of his death, romantic visage, invocation to armed class struggle, and desire to create the consciousness of a "new man"; Guevara became an icon of revolutionary movements worldwide, as well as a global merchandising sensation. He has been venerated and reviled in dozens of biographies, memoirs, books, essays, documentaries, songs, and films.
Che convinced Castro with competence, diplomacy and patience. When grenades were needed, Che set up a factory to make them. When bread was wanted, Che set up ovens to bake it. When new recruits needed to learn tactics and discipline, Che taught them. When a school was needed to teach peasants to read and write, Che organized it.
Time Magazine: "Castro's Brain", 1960
This epic before us is going to be written by the hungry Indian masses, the peasants without land, the exploited workers. It is going to be written by the progressive masses, the honest and brilliant intellectuals, who so greatly abound in our suffering Latin American lands. Struggles of masses and ideas. An epic that will be carried forward by our peoples, mistreated and scorned by imperialism; our people, unreckoned with until today, who are now beginning to shake off their slumber. Imperialism considered us a weak and submissive flock; and now it begins to be terrified of that flock; a gigantic flock of 200 million Latin Americans in whom Yankee monopoly capitalism now sees its gravediggers.
Che Guevara, to the U.N. General Assembly, December 11 1964
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