Nikos Mottas Ernesto Che Guevara is undoubtedly a historical figure of the 20th century’s communist movement who attracts the interest of people from a vast range of political ideologies. The years followed his cowardly assassination in Bolivia, Che became a revolutionary symbol for a variety of marxist-oriented, leftist and progressive parties and organisations- from Trotskyists…
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When Guerrilla Warfare Defeated Terrorism in Cuba
“We have found, then, that we wish for the end, and deliberate and decide about what promotes it; hence the actions concerned with what promotes the end will express a decision and will be voluntary.” – Aristotle
Declassified Documents | The Death of Che Guevara
By Peter Kornbluh National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 5 For more information contact: Peter Kornbluh 202/994-7000 or nsarchiv@gwu.edu Washington, D.C. – On October 9th, 1967, Ernesto “Che” Guevara was put to death by Bolivian soldiers, trained, equipped and guided by U.S. Green Beret and CIA operatives. His execution remains a historic and controversial…
Assata Shakur | The Eyes of the Rainbow Documentary
“Like most poor people in the United States, I have no voice. The Black press and the progressive media, as well as Black civil rights organizations, have historically played an essential role in the struggle for social justice. We should continue and expand that tradition. We should create media outlets that help to educate our…
Che Guevara’s Address to the 19th General Assembly of the United Nations December 11, 1964
Spoken: December 11, 1964, 19th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. First Published: Source: The Che Reader, Ocean Press, © 2005. Translated: unknown. See Also: Alternate Translation. Transcription/Markup: Ocean Press/Brian Baggins Copyright: © 2005 Aleida March, Che Guevara Studies Center and Ocean Press. Reprinted with their permission. Not to be reproduced in…
Che Guevara | Notes on the Study of the Ideology of the Cuban Revolution
Written: October 8, 1960 Published: Verde Olivo Transcription/Markup: A .N./Brian Baggins Online Version: Ernesto Che Guevara Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2002 This is a unique revolution which some people maintain contradicts one of the most orthodox premises of the revolutionary movement, expressed by Lenin: “Without a revolutionary theory there is no revolutionary movement.” It would be…
Che Guevara | The Bestiality of Imperialism
The bestiality of imperialism, a bestiality that knows no limits, that has no national boundaries. The bestiality of Hitler’s armies is like the North American bestiality, like that of the Belgian paratroopers and that of the French imperialists in Algeria. For, it is the very essence of imperialism to turn men into wild, bloodthirsty animals…
Che Guevara | Economics, Imperialism and Revolution
[Formerly titled: On Growth and Imperialism] ECONOMICS CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM POLITICS Spoken: August 8, 1961 (at Punta del Este) First Published: Source: Our America — Kennedy and the Alliance for Progress, Ocean Press, © 2005. Translated: See also: Historical Translation by the OAS Transcription/Markup: Ocean Press/Brian Baggins Copyright: © 2005 Aleida March, Che Guevara…
Interview with Che Guevara – An Abstract
A New Old Interview Recorded: April 18, 1959 Publisher: Shih-chieh Chih-shih (World Knowledge), June 5, 1959 Translated: William E. Ratliff in the Hispanic American Historical Review of August, 1966. Transcription/Markup: Brian Baggins Online Version: Ernesto Che Guevara Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2002 Two Chinese journalists, K’ung Mai and Ping An, interviewed Che Guevara at his home…
Che Guevara | Cuban Revolution – Historical Exception or Vanguard in the Anti-Colonial Struggle
Spoken: April 9, 1961 First Published: unknown Source: The Che Reader, Ocean Press, © 2005. Translated: unknown. Transcription/Markup: Ocean Press/Brian Baggins Copyright: © 2005 Aleida March, Che Guevara Studies Center and Ocean Press. The working class is the creative class; the working class produces what material wealth exists in a country. And while power is…
Farewell Letter from Che Guevara to Fidel Castro
Year of Agriculture Havana, April 1, 1965. Fidel: At this moment I remember many things: when I met you in Maria Antonia’s house, when you proposed I come along, all the tensions involved in the preparations. One day they came by and asked who should be notified in case of death, and the real possibility…
Che Guevara | Mobilizing The Masses for the Invasion of Cuba
Speech made to sugar workers in Santa Clara on March 28, 1961; twenty days before the Bay of Pigs invasion. We have to remind ourselves of this at every moment: that we are in a war, a cold war as they call it; a war where there is no front line, no continuous bombardment, but…
