XPost: alt.fan.che-guevara, alt.politics.radical-left, soc.culture.usa
XPost: soc.culture.latin-america, alt.anarchism
From: jnstewar@midstatesd.spam.net
"isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate" wrote in message
news:_xryg.58177$VE1.51931@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
>I was in a novelty shop and aside from perhaps a dozen different posters
>and
> t-shirts of Che Guevara, they also had a variety of Che trinkets. They
> previously had carried Che Lip Balm but were out, so I bought a very nice
> enameled Che pin for my cap. Now I'm so kewl, and as soon as a buy a new
> Che t-shirt I'll be the height of revolutionary chic.
>
> I love Che! Though I don't believe in Communism, Che believed in it and
> was willing to die fighting for it because he thought it would liberate
> the
> people. Aside from being such a powerful symbol of martyrdom in the
> pursuit
> of social justice, Che also fought for the cause of Communism which
> teaches
> that profit is bad. So it is the ultimate irony that so many people
> profit
> from selling t-shirts, posters, hat pins, lip balm, etc. with Che's image
> emblazoned on them. Y'all should check out the video "Out of Control" by
> the Chemical Brothers, which is set in the midst of an unprising in some
> Latin-American country. Revolutionary mobs battle riot police and in
> front
> of a Che portrait a beautiful revolutionary lady throws a molotov cocktail
> and as it flips through the air it transforms into a bottle of Viva Cola
> and she proceeds to take a sip and smile. The revolution has become just
> another mass-market consumer product.
>
We all have to make a buck while working for something better.
Chemical Brothers? The techno guys? THE Chemical Brothers? They are
rather good, but I haven't seen any movies. If you will excuse me I have to
go run a search.....
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