I like Che. I like the fact that he helped topple the USA puppet Batista. The literacy rate in Cuba is fantastic and health services are also very good. I think that people generally take their advantages for granted until they are lost and need to be reinstated. Cuba stands as a shining light to the rest of the world.

The fact that Che is idolized is a sad testiment the one sided view of history that has become more and more present today. I can only guess that Osama bin Laden will be viwed in the same way in the future.

Che preached hatred - it was his religion. He hated coporations and became a rabid communist in joining with Castro in the revolution against Batista. Castro then made Che the commander of La Cabaña prison in Havana where Che, the great beliver of civil rights and justice, ordered the death of hundreds. To this, he said, "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."

What a guy and such inspiration to the young!

He fought for what - freedom of oppression, freedom from enslavement, freedom anything?  No - he was a communist and he fought only against corporations with that as the end game -destroy corporations. No great human struggle, no great statements for freedom, but because he hated Walmart.  

What a guy.

The reason young Cubans "may be more inclined embrace consumer goods" is that the alternative movement offered by the communist government is SOCIAL INJUSTICE rather than the incorrectly stated "social justice". Justice is not a concept that Cuban have recieved for over 40 years.

I'm a 54 year old American of Hispanic, Veteran of the armed Forces, parents. I lived in Mexico until the age of 18. Back in those days CHE was and still is a hero, very much like EMILIANO. In my humble view both this men fougth corrupt systems. Unfortunately since the begining of time people such as felix "the Cuban" are amongst us, by killing CHE the way the did they made him a legend.    

"CUBA'S YOUNGEST GENERATION SEEMS MORE INCLINED TO EMBRACE CONSUMER GOODS THAN MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE" MAYBE THE BRAND OF SOCIAL JUSTICE SERVED IN CUBA IS NOT SO "SOCIAL" AND MAYBE NOT "JUSTICE" ACCORDING TO THE "CUBAN"PEOPLE.
 JUST A THOUGHT....

CHE - a legend for misguided, failed marxist beliefs.

Wasn't there a movie about Che back in the late sixties or early seventies ?  He definitely has mass appeal ?  He is not Simon Bolivar.  With his death, he has risen into a cult like status? Is that the reason he is big business?  I would think it would have to do with Latin America wanting to establish its own idenity. Whether we like it or not, Hugo Chavez has his fans.  Does everyone remember Juan Peron from Argentina ?  No.  They know who Evita was.

Yes, we remember Peron, but only because of Andrew Lloyd Weber-Is he dispised? No! He wasen't a communist. He was more of a Facist/NAZI. (Observe the military uniforms Argentina wore.) And what of Cuban communism? Look at the enormous amount of trade we do with China. They are still communist in the worst of terms, and we LOVE doing business with THEM?

I respect Che for fighting against a corrupt government where corporations are more important than the people.  Where corporations rule the decisions of the politicians for mometary gain and greed.  Where shareholders are more important than health care.  Where goods are tainted, food is poisioned, pharmacuticals are rampid, people have no hope, no dreams, no healthcare, no decent wages, no jobs...
I respect him for taking action against a corrupt government and fighting.

ironically che's face is used to further big business, when all along it was really the only thing che was fighting against.

"Cuba stands as a shining light to the rest of the world."

Hah.

As what?  A shining light of poverty and anti-freedom?  Go to Cuba and live with the common people for a few weeks...then try and express your views publically in Cuba about their poverty.

Then we'll see how much of a shining example you are. hah.

What a role model...

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?id=4450
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?id=4815
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?id=4454
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?id=4455

Hate, ignorance and disrespect are the fundamental sources of our worlds disorder today.  Capitalists and communists are both guilty. Neither one has all of the answers.  One exploits the masses and the other stunts the innovation that sustains economic life.  We all just need to realize that none of has or every will have all of the answers on economics, religion or government.  This means, as a human race, there will always be discussions to be had and progress to make. Respect should carry these discussions.

Obviously the image of Che is being exploited for political control. He does have widespread appeal, though he is better known for his role in socialist revolutions than for his medical work with lepers. His image has become a symbol of revolutionary, if not extremist ideals. Do people really know who the image portrays, or do they just suck up to the media and fall in with the crowd?
Oh, and just a side note- Marxist ideals are not outmoded any more than Karl Rove's are. People seem to think they have to align themselves with one extreme or the other, when neither capitalism nor socialism can work well outside of theory. Most of the people who die for these ideals are those innocent folks who get in their way- and have nothing to do with politics.

Che Guevara is a hero only to those forced to listen to rhetoric favoring him. When you are unable to grasp the concept of a free democratic country, it is all you can do to praise someone who seeks to liberate you from a crooked dictator only to present you with a flawed socialist government.

I totally agree with Mike from VA.  But unfortunately it takes all kinds to make up this world and therefore have misguided souls like Mario from NY, but you know what?  That is why USA is so precious!!! Freedom of speech!!
Amen!

a fighter is a fighter no matter which ways he has his fight leant.
It takes courage to stand and fight with your own ideology. Che was a freedom fighter in his own ways. He viewed things differently from the common in his time and that's why he had all those followers. He is not a positive role model for the youth because of his beliefs, but, give him the credit of courage to stand against the common. I am not a fan of him because he was a great disturbance for most part of the region and elsewhere. who the cap fit, let him wear it. He was courageous and brave!

I think that putting Che's image on a t-shirt (or Louis Vutton bag) and selling it for a profit in a free market economy is the ultimate revenge on that fetid communist.  Choke on that, Castro.

CHe was a criminal who killed children at the orders of Castro. he was NO HERO, he took over cuba's currency and head of banks, and the men didnot know how to add or subtract.. He was a true killer, and glad he is dead.

    People seem to forget that Che Gueveera, a traind licenced Doctor of medicinewas nothing but a bloody killer that killed hundreds of anti-communist Cubans right after Fidel took power.  He is in the same class as De. Mingalee from the Consentration Camps in Germany.  He should be remembered for the dispicable example of a human being he was.  He is to the ideal of freedon as was Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot.

It is ironic to Che that his image has become 'big business' after he spent his life fighting against 'big business'.

He is no different than Stalin, Pol Pot, or Kim Jong Il, in that he perpetrated the death of many in the spirit of forcing his political beliefs onto others. Nevermind that he had no fidelity to the doctrines that he was preaching. His failure to generate support in Bolvia and his lopsided defeat there is testament that his views were not well received by most. It is unfortunate that his image as a so-called cultural icon overshadows all of history's dirty little details.

"Ché’s youngest son and namesake, Ernesto, mirrored his father’s tour of Latin America and arrived on an apple red motorcycle along with a few dozen members of the island’s Harley Davidson Club."The Harley Davidson Club" in Cuba???I will bet my head that the members of that club are the sons of the Generals and high Ministers of the Cuban goverment because they are the only ones who can afford and maintain a Harley Davidson in Cuba with the actual "embargo" from USA,the normal and regular cubans can not even buy a modest motorcycle without the Goverment approval.  

Che Guevara executed people without trial and tortured people in ways that would make Gitmo or even Abu Ghraib look like a picnic.  Never trust a hippie who says he/she wants peace, but worships Che Guevara.

Che Guervara was so consumed with hatred, he made a special plea to the Russian Premere Nikita Kruschef during the Cuban Missile Crises to not only stay the course but to fire the nuclear warheads on the United States. When in discourse with the fanatic, you cannot change their mind; and they will not change the subject.

nothing heroic about this guy!he was a very evil,hateful person.i feel for the kids that idolize this tyrant.

"Yanked prematurely" before he could become the Joseph Stalin of the West? Sic Temper Communists!

Those young cubans wearing 'che's image on thier chest must stand proud that they too know the suffering of an empirical 'demon' the USA, which tries to ram down the throats of the rest of the world its form of 'morality' and 'capitalism'. "Che" stood for the liberation of all those peoples and countries that were subjected to the imperialist powers exploiting their economies and cultural identities. The collaborators of the Battista regime that pillaged the country's wealth and subjected black cubans to the same form of racism and degradation existing in the USA speaks volumes of why they are only too happy to sit in their comfortable mansions in Miami and support the continued suppression of their own people back home by an unjust and illogical embargo.  'Che' was a fighter for freedom and the dignity of man.  Those cubans who remain in Cuba and must suffer the hardship of a cruel embargo must stand proud, knowing they still have their dignity, unlike the cowardice cuban americans that fled to this country to maintain their lavish lifestyles, rather than remain in their own country and fighting for those freedoms they are only too willing to yell from a pulpit here in the safe haven of another country.  Pathetic cowards!!!Que viva Che Guevara!!!

I travel to Cuba a couple times a year. Che is still iconic to the Cuban society, partly due to the ongoing propoganda machine but also because, to them, he represents a sort of Cuban pride and independence. There are not a lot of positive images abounding throughout current times down there and Che tends to be a common ground for a society to grasp as a symbol of conquest.
    As for the commercial use around the world as an image of which most will never know the origins, both good and bad, is irrelevent to me. Micky Mouse used to be on everything too.
    As a Canadian I appreciate the ability to freely travel in such a facinating country, drink in 500 year-old taverns, rent '55 Chevy's and tour among some of the nicest people on the planet. Last year, one in every fifty Canadians went to Cuba (over 600,000 of us)  and we enjoy the Cuban history and culture. If Che is part of it, so be it. Who are we to judge?

It is very romantic to think of Che as this heroic revolutionary.  However, the reality is that he murdered many people just because of a different belief.  His victims received no trial or justice.  Hollywood uses his image because it is a cool picture without understanding what he really stood for.  Yes he fought against a corrupt system, but how he did it was inhumane and unethical.  He is not a hero, he is a terrorist.  The next thing you know, we will be wearing t-shirts of Osama bin Laden.  Unfortunately, ignorance for who and what he was has allowed his image to represent the complete opposite of what he did and stood for.

Mary Murray lives and works in Cuba, so she's in a better position than most of us to have a sense of what young Cubans today want. I think her point is well-taken about the desire for consumer goods today, because they're so scarce and expensive in Cuba.

My guess is that Cubans are somewhat torn between hopes for a better life and what they've learned about social justice through the revolution, and the challenges of daily life which never let them forget some practical matters.

On the other hand, we also shouldn't forget that Cuba's largest potential element of support is artificially denied to the country and its people. Washington's travel restrictions and efforts to isolate and destabilize the country play a role in its many problems. In the old days, under Batista, store owners could call Miami and have anything which they could pay for delivered in a couple of days.

In those days there was a military dictatorship and no one outside complained about human rights violations.

Cuban society is crazy-making in more than a few ways because some things work and some don't. It's hard for people in the U.S. to have a sense of this because most of us are forbidden to go and form our own impressions. We can go to Iran and North Korea. We can go to China and Vietnam. It's only Cuba that we can't go to see for ourselves.

Something's very much not right about that.

LIKE ANY GOVERNMENT (THE U.S. INCLUDED), ALL MEN AND WOMEN POSSESS BOTH GOOD AND BAD CHARACTERISTICS AND HAVE COMMITTED BOTH GOOD AND BAD ACTS.

CUBA HAS DONE WELL FOR ITS PEOPLE IN MANY REGARDS, HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT CUBA HAS NOT COMMETTED MANY UNJUST ACTS AGAINST CUBANS.

THE UNITED STATES SHARES THIS TREND

CHE AS WELL.

ULTIMATELY THE QUESTION IS REGARDING AN IMAGE AND WHAT THAT IMAGE HAS COME TO REPRESENT... NOT SO MUCH WHO THE PERSON (CHE)WAS, BUT WHAT THE IMAGE MEANS.  THE IMAGE ITSELF HAS BEEN COMMERCIALIZED.  TO MANY IT HAS SIMPLE BECOME A STATEMENT THAT "I AM DIFFERENT."  TO OTHERS IT IS INSPIRATIONAL, TO OTHERS IT REPRESENTS UTOPIANIC IDEALS.  AND STILL TO OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY, IT REPRESENTS WHAT THEIR FAMILIES ENDURED.  

I thought Castro asked Che to leave Cuba?  Was he that good?  I also understand he traveled to South America and Africa, creating hatred and violance; leading to the deaths of so many people, men, women, children.   He was to reform the Cuban banking system, failed.  He was to rebuild the industrial might of Cuba, failed that too.  He couldn't launch civil wars, couldn't manage any programs.  So, besides killing Cubans deemed a threat to Cuba, and some good ole volunteer work, what did Che do?

Che Guevara was a mass murderer who met his doom like a coward. He squealed like a pig begging for his life. A befitting homage to a killer. The following list are the "known" victims of this killer. The list is obviously bigger since we'll never know how bad this evil man was.
Ejecutados por el Ché en la Sierra Maestra durante la lucha contra Batista (1957-1958 )
1. Aristio - 10-57
2. Manuel Capitán - 1957
3. Juan Chang - 9-57
4. “Bisco” Echevarría Martínez - 8-57
5. Eutimio Guerra - 2-18-57
6. Dionisio Lebrigio - 9-57
7. Juan Lebrigio - 9-57
8. El ” Negro ” Napoles- 2-18-57
9. “Chicho ” Osorio - 1-17-57
10. Un maestro no identificado (“El Maestro”) - 9-57
11-12. Dos hermanos, espías del grupo de Masferrer -9-57
13-14 Dos campesinos no identificados-4-57

Ejecutados u enviados a ejecutar por el Ché durante su breve comando en Santa Clara ( 1-3 de enero de 1959).
1. Ramón Alba - 1-3-59**
2. José Barroso- 1-59
3. Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy - 1-2-59**
4. Félix Cruz - 1-1-59
5. Alejandro García Olayón - 1-31-59**
6. Héctor Mirabal - 1-59
7. J. Mirabal- 1-59
8. Felix Montano - 1-59
9. Cornelio Rojas - 1-7-59**
10. Vilalla - 1-59
11. Domingo Alvarez Martínez 1-4-59**
12. Cano del Prieto -1-7-59**
13. José Fernández Martínez-1-2-59
14. José Grizel Segura-1-7-59** ( Manacas)
15. Arturo Pérez Pérez-1-24-59**
16. Ricardo Rodríguez Pérez-1-11-59**
17. Francisco Rosell -1-11-59
18. Ignacio Rosell Leyva -1-11-59
19. Antonio Ruíz Beltrán -1-11-59
20. Ramón Santos García-1-12-59
21. Pedro SocarrásS-1-12-59**
22. Manuel Valdés – 1-59
23. Tace José Veláquez -12-59**
** Che firmó la pena de muerte antes de partir de Santa Clara.

Ejecuciones documentadas en la prisión Fortaleza de la Cabaña bajo el comando del Ché (3 de enero al 26 de noviembre del 1959).

1. Vilau Abreu - 7-3-59
2. Humberto Aguiar - 1959
3. Garmán Aguirre - 1959
4. Pelayo Alayón - 2-59
5. José Luis Alfaro Sierra - 7-1-59
6. Pedro Alfaro - 7-25-59
7. Mriano Alonso - 7-1-59
8. José Alvaro - 3-1-59
9. Alvaro Anguieira Suárez – 1-4-59
10. Aniella - 1959
11. Mario Ares Polo- 1-2-59
12. José Ramón Bacallao - 12-23-59**
13. Severino Barrios - 12-9-59**
14. Eugenio Bécquer - 9-29-59
15. Francisco Bécquer - 7-2-59
16. Ramón Biscet– 7-5-59
17. Roberto Calzadilla - 1959
18. Eufemio Cano - 4-59
19. Juan Capote Fiallo - 5-1-59
20. Antonio Carralero - 2-4-59
21. Gertrudis Castellanos - 5-7-59
22. José Castaño Quevedo - 3-6-59.
23. Raúl Castaño - 5-30-59
24. Eufemio Chala - 12-16-59**
25. José Chamace - 10-15-59
26. José Chamizo - 3-59
27. Raúl Clausell - 1-28-59
28. Angel Clausell - 1-18-59
29. Demetrio Clausell - 1-2-59
30. José Clausell-1-29-59
31. Eloy Contreras- 1-18-59
32. Alberto Corbo - 12-7-59**
33. Emilio Cruz Pérez - 12-7-59**
34. Orestes Cruz – 1959
35. Adalberto Cuevas – 7-2-59**
36. Cuni - 1959
37. Antonio de Beche - 1-5-59
38. Mateo Delgado-12-4-59
39. Armando Delgado - 1-29-59
40. Ramón Despaigne - 1959
41. José Díaz Cabezas 7-30-59
42. Fidel Díaz Marquina – 4-9-59
43. Antonio Duarte - 7-2-59
44. Ramón Fernández Ojeda - 5-29-59
45. Rudy Fernández - 7-30-59
46. Ferrán Alfonso - 1-12-59
47. Salvador Ferrero - 6-29-59
48. Victor Figueredo - 1-59
49. Eduardo Forte - 3-20-59
50. Ugarde Galán - 1959
51. Rafael García Muñiz - 1-20-59
52. Adalberto García 6-6-59
53. Alberto García - 6-6-59
54. Jacinto García - 9-8-59
55. Evelio Gaspar - 12-4-59**
56. Armada Gil y Diez y Diez Cabezas- 12-4-59**
57. José González Malagón - 7-2-59
58. Evaristo Benerio González - 11-14-59
59. Ezequiel González-59
60. Secundino González - 1959
61. Ricardo Luis Grao – 2-3-59
62. Ricardo José Grau - 7-59
63. Oscar Guerra – 3-9-59
64. Julián Hernádez -2-9-59
65. Francisco Hernández Leyva – 4-15-59
66. Antonio Hernández - 2-14-59
67. Gerardo Hernández - 7-26-59
68. Olegario Hernández - 4-23-59
69. Secundino Hernández - 1-59
70. Rodolfo Hernández Falcón – 1-9-59
71. Raúl Herrera -2-18-59
72. Jesús Insua-7-30-59
73. Enrique Izquierdo- 7-3-- 59
74. Silvino Junco – 11-15-59
75. Enrique La Rosa- 1959
76. Bonifacio Lasaparla- 1959
77. Jesús Lazo Otaño -1959
78. Ariel Lima Lago – 8-1-59- (Menor)
79. René López Vidal -7-3-59
80. Armando Mas – 2-17-59
81. Ornelio Mata- 1-30-59
82. Evelio Mata Rodriguez- 2-8-59
83. Elpidio Mederos -1-9-59
84. José Medina -5-17-59
85. José Mesa 7-23-59
86. Fidel Mesquía Díaz 7-11-59
87. Juan Manuel Milián - 1959
88. Jose Milián Pérez – 4-3-59
89. Francisco Mirabal – 5-29-59
90. Luis Mirabal - 1959
91. Ernesto Morales - 1959
92. Pedro Morejón – 3-59
93. Carlos Muñoz M.D.- 1959
94. César Nicolardes Rojas- 1-7-59
95. Víctor Nicolardes Rojas- 1-7-59
96. José Nuñez – 3-59
97. Viterbo O’Reilly – 2-27-59
98. Félix Oviedo – 7-21-59
99. Manuel Paneque – 8-16-59
100. Pedro Pedroso – 12-1-59**
101. Diego Pérez Cuesta - 1959
102. Juan Pérez Hernández – 5-29-59
103. Diego Pérez Crela - 4-3-59
104. José Pozo – 1-59
105. Emilio Puebla – 4-30-59
106. Alfredo Pupo – 5-29-59
107. Secundino Ramírez – 4-2-59
108. Ramón Ramos - 4-23-59
109. Pablo Ravelo Jr. – 9-15-59
110. Rubén Rey Alberola – 2-27-59
111. Mario Risquelme – 1-29-59
112. Fernando Rivera – 10-8-59
113. Pablo Rivero- 5-59
114. Manuel Rodríguez – 3-1-59
115. Marcos Rodríguez -7-31-59
116. Nemesio Rodríguez – 7-30-59
117. Pablo Rodriguez – 10-1-59
118. Ricardo Rodriguez – 5-29-59
119. Olegario Rodriguez Fernández-4-23-59
120. José Saldara – 11-9-59
121. Pedro Santana – 2-59
122. Sergio Sierra – 1-9-59
123. Juan Silva – 8-59
124. Fausto Silva – 1-29-59
125. Elpidio Soler- 11-8-59
126. Jseús Sosa Blanco – 2-8-59
127. Renato Sosa- 6-28-59
128. Sergio Sosa – 8-20-59
129. Pedro Soto – 3-20-59
130. Oscar Suárez – 4-30-59
131. Rafael Tarrago – 2-18-59
132. Teodoro Tellez Cisneros- 1-3-59
133. Francisco Tellez-1-3-59
134. José Tin- 1-12-59
135. Francisco Travieso -1959
136. Leonrardo Trujillo – 2-27-59
137. Trujillo - 1959
138. Lupe Valdéz Barbosa – 3-22-59
139. Marcelino Valdéz – 7-21-59
140. Antonio Valentín – 3-22-59
141. Manuel Vázquez-3-22-59
142. Sergio Vázquez-5-29-59
143. Verdecia - 1959
144. Dámaso Zayas -7-23-59
145. José Alvarado -4-22-59
146. Leonoardo Baró- 1-12-59
147. Raúl Concepción Lima - 1959
148. Eladio Caro – 1-4-59
149. Carpintor - 1959
150. Carlos Corvo Martíenz - 1959
151. Juan Guillermo Cossío - 1959
152. Corporal Ortega – 7-11-59
153. Juan Manuel Prieto - 1959
154. Antonio Valdéz Mena – 5-11-59
155. Esteban Lastra – 1-59
156. Juan Felipe Cruz Serafín-6-59**
157. Bonifacio Grasso – 7-59
158. Feliciano Almenares – 12-8-59
159. Antonio Blanco Navarro – 12-10-59**
160. Albeto Carola – 6-5-59
161. Evaristo Guerra- 2-8-59
162. Cristobal Martínez – 1-16-59
163. Pedro Rodríguez – 1-10-59
164. Francisco Trujillo- 2-18-59
** El Ché firmó la sentencia de muerte, pero la ejecución se efectuó luego de que dejara su comando

I am offended when people like Mike from Alexendra Va bash someone based purely on their ideological beliefs. As an a American and a Veteran I hold the American values I was tought to believe such as the capitalist American Dream very closr to my heart and am honored to have to defended it. On that note I find it extremely ignorant to say that non-American ideals are wrong and evil. Yes, Che was a Communist. Get over it. You act like Communism means Satanism.

Just because the USSR created an oppressive government under a Communist banner does not mean that communism itself is an evil idea. In fact it is the most utopian idea in existence. Its that Hobbesian world we live in that makes communism a bad idea.
People like Stalin make it oppressive. Guess what?

People that run corporations like the United Fruit Corporation in South America in the 1940's 50's and 60s, that ENSLAVED thousands of people and people today that run sweat shops for Nike and GAP that make capitalism oppressive.

Every system know matter how beautiful is corrupted by evil humans. Even Christianity where the core message if you take out God, is to love everybody can and historically has been corrupted by humans.

Che Guevarra was a hero. He tried to see if Marxism and Communism could work. He tried to free people who were too poor and powerless to free themselves. He died in the process. We are left with history to decide if the process was worth dying for.

Being born and raised here in the USA and being born in 1975, Che was before my time.  I usually saw his face painted on walls across Latin America in movies like Salvador.  Once crossing the border from Juarez on a trip to El Paso so it made me curious about this man.  I rented a documentary, saw Motorcycle Diaries and read the book.  I have to say I was very intrigued by all he stood for.

When I was In Gitmo around '57 we were not allowed off
base, we used to play softball starting at 10 PM because of the heat. So, I ask around the guys stationed there why we were not allowed In town. Our ship would go there every year for underway training.
I was told CHE was a switch hitter and put the "make"
on a very large US sailor and got punched out in a
cantina there In town. So, the "hero" of the revolt
did his best work on his knees It seems. Is this a true story? Dunno but, we were not allowed off base
and the reason seemed to be common knowledge on the base at that time. From then on he always hated Americans. There were a few went AWOL from the base and joined Castro In the mountains, Never heard a word about their fate. Interesting.

The name of the movie "Che". The actor Omar Shriff

To all of those who love Che I hope you're not black or a little dark, because he sure coundn't stand you to be around him. So maybe next you wear his T-shirt think if you were there next to him he would have though of you as a lower class person.

Yes, Che is the Hero of Ignorance Peoples who believe stupidily in the communism. Look at North Korea and  Cuba. The communism is only successful in the dream of the sicko like Fidel Castro of Cuba and the Great Leader Kim of North Korea

I don't think that half of the people that idolize che even know what he stood for. He would probably have hated becoming a fashion statement. Well I guess fashion statements are safer than communist revolutionaries.

Yes, Che is the Hero of Ignorance Peoples who believe stupidily in the communism. Look at North Korea and  Cuba, their peoples are suffered from poverty and starvation. The communism is only successful in the dream of the sicko like Fidel Castro of Cuba and the Great Leader Kim of North Korea

Well, ignorance seems to predominate around the globe, as does communist marketing. For an assasin, torturer, and no friend of Castro (Fidel kicked him out of Cuba), it seems that the "Capilistic" selling by a "Communist and anti imperialist state", is a betrayal to whatever Che is "sais" to have stood for. In reality, he has been mythified to the point that he is just a label or tattoo. In reality, the man was a psycopath, and pure sadist, and only belived in seeing blood and corpes. If any justice exists, is seeing the withering political and physical demise of his "companero" Fidel, tht's justice exemplified. If Karl Marx were to return from the dead, he would only say, "Proletariots of the world, FORGIVE ME!".

Che was the southern end of a northbound horse.  Viva Cuba libre!

If the Cuban population were really liberated they would choose the free market economy like every other liberated nation. It's only because the are oppressed and have bee brain washed with propoganda that the embrace the revolutionary concepts of Che! Look at waht happened to the oppressed of the eastern bloc countries when they were liberated! People only embrace socialism, and communism, when forced to. President Bush, Free Cuba now!

How Che treated prisoners of the revolution makes Guantanomo look like a picnic in the park.

I have visited Cuba many times and I like the country, the people and their wonderful music.  However, I notice that Castro's name is hardly ever mentioned whereas Che's name is spoken constantly. Let's face it his image is handsome and charismatic  and Castro's is anything but.There are murals and icons of Che everywhere you go in Cuba and none of Castro.  What is made general knowledge is that Che and Castro had a major falling out before he left the country.   Castro is an expert at propanda and has used Che's image to his benefit.

I bet half the people in America who wear this image on their T-shirts, handbags, watches dont even know who he is. Do you think Mike Tyson who has the picture tatooed on his stomach knows the history behind the man. How would people react if instead of Che it was Osama Bin Laden....I dont think you would sell as many t-shirts but they're both terrorist.

"At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality... We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity will be transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as examples, as a moving force."
I know you have all heard this before.  I've defended Che over and over again, from people just as ignorant as Mike from VA.  (And I'm sure he thinks Bush, Reagan,Washington, Kennedy, ect. are all saints too).  I don't want to go on, but all you have to realize is that Che could of lived a very nice middle class life as a doctor in Argentina.  His hate was not blind, but that of love.  The love of poor suffering people throughout the world, at the hands of imperialist nations (the U.S., along with the U.S.S.R.) that deny these "3rd World" people their true independence. No one's perfect (in war people on both side die and are killed), but please know your history before you speak, please.  Power to the People! Hast la victoria, siempre, comandante!

Some fans of Che Guevara respect him for his tenacity as a strong fighter more than his political views.  The site http://www.gueverasguerrillas.com/ is one example.  To quote from that web site "this is about the common man’s ability to draw upon inner strengths and triumph over adversity. It is about cultural spirituality and the power of free will."

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