Che Guevara
Che Guevara
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture...
NationalityArgentinian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth14 June 1928
CitySanta Fe, Argentina
men definitions socialism
There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man.
real revolutionary surface
Real revolutionaries adorn themselves on the inside, not on the surface.
nature beast imperialism
...because it is the very nature of Imperialism to turn humans into beasts.
leader anarchy dictator
Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.
hate men squad
To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate.
years four sometimes
Americans are given the sole option of electing their jailer for four years and sometimes do him the honour of re-electing him.
powerful justice suits
Justice remains the tool of a few powerful interests; legal interpretations will continue to be made to suit the convenience of the oppressor powers.
hands umpires political
Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
revolution newspapers accomplished
We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.
ideas world youth
Our youth must always be free, discussing and exchanging ideas concerned with what is happening throughout the entire world.
deeds worthless
Words without deeds are worthless.
doors color people
The university should color itself black and color itself mulatto—not just as regards students but also professors Today the people stand at the door of the university, and it is the university that must be flexible. It must color itself black, mulatto, worker, peasant, or else be left without doors. And then the people will tear it apart and paint it with the colors they see fit.
mean journey thinking
The first commandment for every good explorer is that an expedition has two points: the point of departure and the point of arrival. If your intention is to make the second theoretical point coincide with the actual point of arrival, don't think about the means -- because the journey is a virtual space that finishes when it finishes, and there are as many means as there are different ways of 'finishing.' That is to say, the means are endless.
important revolutionary aspiration
The ultimate and most important revolutionary aspiration: to see human beings liberated from their alienation