A biography of Che Guevara, who began life as an Argentinian doctor, of middle class parents, rising to become one of the leading Latin American revolutionaries of the century. The author draws on interviews with Che's family and friends and on archival material from Argentina, Mexico, Cuba and the [...]
In her brand-new travelogue, intrepid ex-headmistress and bestselling author Anne Mustoe dusts off the bicycle clips once more and embarks on a remarkable journey through South America. Following in the bike tracks of Che Guevara, Anne retraces the route this iconic revolutionary figure once tread, [...]
Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, and the Pedagogy of Revolution examines what is currently at stake_culturally, politically, and educationally_in contemporary global capitalist society. Written by one of the world's most renowned critical educators, this book evaluates the message of Che Guevara and Paulo[...]
From the slums of Haiti to a golf course in Myanmar, and from the Colombian jungle to the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, this title stories describe a world in political and social upheaval, and the lives caught in the balance.[...]
During the Cuban Revolution, Che's role was highly significant. Che is now a kind of symbol of revolutions. He is a kind of global insignia. Born and brought up in impoverished and hungry country, as a medical student, Che travelled to several South American countries. He studied the people and th[...]
Written immediately after the Cuban Revolution and first published in 1961, Guerrilla Warfare soon became a how-to manual for legions of guerrilla fighters around the world--from Latin America to Africa and Asia. In this revolutionary primer, Che focuses on the general principles of guerrilla warfar[...]
Published for the first time in the U.S. one of the two diaries on which the movie The Motorcycle Diaries is based the moving and at times hilarious account of Che Guevara and Alberto Granado's eight-month tour of South America in 1952.In 1952 Alberto Granado, a young doctor, and his friend Ernesto [...]
Deep inside that T-shirt where we have tried to trap him, notes the celebrated Chilean novelist Ariel Dorfman, the eyes of Che Guevara are still burning with impatience. Olivier Besancenot and Michael Lowy deftly capture this burning impatience, revealing Guevara as a powerful political and ethical [...]
The perfect conservative contrast to the upcoming movie about Che.
Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the mainstream media celebrate Ernesto ?Che? Guevara as a saint, a sex symbol, and a selfless martyr. But their ideas about Che ? whose face adorns countless T-shirts and posters ? are based on the [...]
This reexamination of Ernesto "Che" Guevara's thoughts on socialism, democracy, and revolution is a must-read for today's activists or anyone longing to fight for a better world.Fifty years after his death, Guevara remains a symbol to legions of young rebels and revolutionaries. This unique book pro[...]
Nearly half a century after his death, Ernesto "Che" Guevara remains a compelling and controversial figure. He was an original social theorist, and many of his writings attest to an innovative interpretation of various concepts and commitments central to Marxist thought. This is one of the first wor[...]
Published for the first time in English, this is an account of Che Guevara's 1952 motorcycle tour of South America by his close friend and travelling companion, Alberto Granado.[...]
Constitutes the insider portrait of Che from his birth to the moment he joined Castro to train for invasion of Cuba. This volume includes his diary of his bicycle journey around Northern Argentina. It covers his childhood, the people and books that shaped him and the political events that rocked his[...]
Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West. But for the rest of the world he is different: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope to those resisting colonialism everywhere. In The Story of Che Guevara Lucia Alvarez de Toledo follows Che from his[...]