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--- CHE GUEVARA 101 ---


Lets say you are someone interested in learning more about Che Guevara and haven't really heard much about him.

Well here are some resources and suggestions that may help you ...


You could first read his main Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara

and some of his related Wiki sub-pages:

The Motorcycle Diaries Book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motorcycle_Diaries

Che Guevara in popular culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara_in_popular_culture

His Famous Photo - Guerrillero Heroico
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara_(photo)

Legacy of Che Guevara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Che_Guevara


Next, if still interested, the History Channel produced a recent documentary entitled "The True Story of Che Guevara", it can be watched free from here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5762714709014580290#


There is also an older documentary done by the Discovery Channel which can be viewed for free from here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2623926387575468019#


As for web resources, you could check out the speeches and images from the Che Guevara Internet Archive:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/works.htm
http://cheguevara.bravehost.com/gallery.htm


And for those interested in the early life of Che Guevara, History International produced a documentary entitled Tracing Che: A Motorcycle Journey which can be viewed for free here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2146818297408673747#

Excerpts from Che's journals during his youthful Motorcycle adventure can be read by The Guardian here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/jun/16/socialsciences.highere ducation


And, if you really want to go in depth, you could check out any of these 3 Main Biographies on Che Guevara:

(1) Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life -by- Jon Lee Anderson

(2) The Life and Death of Che Guevara -by- Jorge G. Castaneda

(3) Guevara, Also Known as Che -by- Paco Ignacio Taibo II

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Some CHE PICTURE ESSAYS from:

Slate Magazine

http://todayspictures.slate.com/20080610/

The New York Post

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/item_iUrJIK0UklgfNvQnpOCBfO

Life Magazine

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/23017/che-guevara-revolutio nary-life


And 2 MORE DOCUMENTARIES:

Che Guevara, The Body & The Legend

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3460639443903684555#

El Che Investigating a Legend

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8008270432750882980#

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Che’s “CRIMES” were:

~ Overthrowing a brutal U$ backed dictator allied with the Mafia (Batista)

~ Stopping American companies from owning 70 % of the arable land in Cuba

~ Teaching peasants to read, by bringing the Cuban literacy rate from 60 to 97 %

~ Having the 200 or so War Criminals who killed 20,000 Cubans for Batista shot against a wall

~ Speaking out against South African Apartheid to the UN in 1964

~ Fighting white mercenaries in the African Congo with an all black army

~ Speaking out against U$ and eventually USSR Imperialism while demanding that the poor of the world be allowed to live a life of dignity

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Some other websites ...


Quotes by Che - from Wikiquote
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Che_Guevara


Che Guevara texts, speeches and letters
http://chehasta.narod.ru/cheguevaraeng.htm


Main Timeline on the life of Che
http://chehasta.narod.ru/datacheeng.htm


Bolivian Timeline of Che
http://chehasta.narod.ru/cronoboliv.htm


The Hey Che Guevara Blog
http://heyche.blogspot.com/


Che Guevara Hero Profile
http://www.moreorless.au.com/heroes/guevara.html


The Death of Che Guevara: Declassified Documents - by Peter Kornbluh
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB5/


Che Guevara: Symbol of Struggle (full book) by Tony Saunois
http://www.socialistworld.net/pubs/c...roduction.html


Che Related Images - from the Ernesto Flickr Pool
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ernesto/pool/

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