You are looking at posts that were written in the month of September in the year 2006.
Recently, there has been a tremendous increase in the using of Che Guevara images on many things for instance, T-shirts, Mugs and used the name on coffee shops. However, who is Che-Guevara? And why he grabbed the attention of most people, especially youth.
“I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist, the people liberate themselves” by his words, and actions Ernesto iRafael Guevara de la serna became an icon of Revolution and Liberation. Ernesto Guevara, who was later given “Che” as a nickname while he was studying ,and it means “friend” in south America, not only became a myth in his own life time ,and an international martyr-figure upon his death, but also he was a revolutionary fighter, a military strategist, a social philosopher ,an economist and a doctor.
Raised into a Middle-class family of Spanish and Irish descent, Che was born on My 14, 1928 in a city called Rosario in Argentina; he was the eldest of five children. His early diagnosed with chronic asthma was behind his decision to study medicine to find a cure for his own asthma condition. Guevara’s life has changed after the journey he made with his friend Alberto Cranado on his 1939 Norton 500 CC motorcycle, around South America. He witnessed the poverty, oppression and powerlessness of the people, and a revolution from his perspective was the only solution for Latin America’s economic and social inequities
After his graduation from the university of Buenos Aires medical school in 1953, Che moved to Guatemala where its president Jacobo Arbenz headed a populist government that through various reforms to bring about a social revolution. However, in 1954 the CIA overthrows the Arbenz government. At this point Che viewed the United States as an imperialist power, and he became more convinced that socialism was the only solution. He wrote in a letter to home:” Along the way, I had the opportunity to pass through the dominions of the united fruit, convincing me once again of just how terrible these capitalist octopuses are. I have sworn before a picture of the old and mourned comrade Stalin that I won’t rest until I see these capitalist octopuses annihilated”
Guevara met Fidel Castro in Mexico City who was exiled from Cuba; Castro was preparing an expeditionary force to overthrow Cuba’s president Fulgencio Batista. In 1956 they loaded 38-feet long motor yacht cranma full of guerrillas and weapons, and sailed to Cuba, landing near Cabo Cruz on December 2. However, it failed and the remaining rebels fled to into the mountains of the sierra Maestra, where they slowly grew in strength, seizing weapons and wining support from peasants in rural areas and intellectuals and workers in urban areas.
After their success in entering the capital of Havana, Che was declared a Cuban citizen by birth, and divorced his Peruvian wife, Hilda Cadea, with whom he had one daughter and married Aleida March which was a member of Castro’s Army. From 1961 to 1965 Guevara was minister or industries and director of the national bank, however he was interested more in testing his revolutionary theories, and as a result he resigned from his post as a politician and wrote a book about Guerrilla Warfare.
In 1966 Che led a Guerrilla war in Bolivia, and he had stressed that the Guerrilla fighter needs full help and support from the people of the area. However, luck was not by his side and he was surrounded near Vallegrande by American-trained Bolivian troops. Che was a brave man he once said” The decisive moment in a man’s life is when he decides to confront death. If he confronts it, he will be a hero whether he succeeds or not. He can be a good or bad politican, but if he does not confront death he will never be more than a politician”.
He was captures and was shot in a school house in La Higuera on October9, 1967.His last words were” Shoot, coward you are only going to kill a man.”
I do not know how to start writing this; it is like all the ideas and memories are stuck and mixed up in my mind. Every time I hear about someone passed away, I recall all the incidents of people I know passed away in many different ways. I just remind myself that we worth nothing in this life. Sometimes some “people” live in this world as if they are immortal, and they just forget that one day they will die. Yeah it is a fact no one on this earth can deny it.
Watching small kids and citizens slaughtered in a very cruel way in wars while we are watching and hopeless, it makes me sick. Hearing every day thousands of people die in a bomb explosion in Iraq or found headless, sometimes my mind just refuses to believe what I am watching.
I have always wondered what is going on in this world. Why people are acting like this? Why people are so mean to each other? I have heard so many stories about people who have not spoken with their relatives or family members for ages for a simple dispute or any two had a fight and they stopped talking with each other. What if it was too late and you did not have the chance to say sorry or that you care about them, I guess many people their dignity prevent them from apologizing.
Life is too short; we all have heard and read this sentence in movies or books. However, have you ever thought about it? Today you are alive, the next day you might not, and it happened to many people. People who had dreams, hopes and looking forward for a better future, however in less than a few seconds everything can end.
The reason I mentioned this, is that one of my sister’s friend had just passed away in a Car accident, a few seconds after she had paid her fees for the new semester. I was in shock …just could not say a word or even think my mind just stopped!
Flashback, remembering everyone I know had passed away or even sad stories I heard about people. One of the stories that really had its influence on me, a girl I know had a love story with a person who became her husband later; unfortunately, he also passed away in a car accident. However, the way she was talking about him made me feel that life is not fair even though its God will, however you cannot stop yourself from asking these questions.
Death has always been something mysterious to all people because no one had experience it, even though religious books had mentioned things about death, but still no one knows what happens. We all feel comfort when we know that one day by God’s will we shall meet those who we love and miss in heaven.
I am sorry if reading this piece of writing will bring some sad memories to some, but hearing such stories should remind us that life is too short and nothing in this life is worth to fight for or hate.
you gotta love Hugo Chavez… he’s like a teddy bear that speaks the truth.. with a twist of humour, and a pinch of charisma.
He took the stage at the UN, and did what he does best, what a showman.. he wiped the floor with Bush.
http://www.counterpunch.org/chavez09202006.html
Here is an interesting article commenting over the Popes latest Freudian Slip.
http://www.counterpunch.org/tariq09162006.html
Its amusing that such a response had to come from an athiest/Marxist instead of our honourable clerics or politicians (no offence to Tariq Ali). Instead we were once again, tediously confronted with mundane and predictable images of burning effigies on the telly.
Dogging… an eyebrow raising phenomenon.
The sort of thing one can come across in a decadent society, with a soft spot for perverseness and little concern of the more significant things in life..or maybe its a joke which i cant seem to grasp. Im just intrigued to the geographical extent of this practice. So if you think you’ve heard of it taking place anywhere around the globe, then please let us know. I promise do my best in doing absolutely nothing about it other than turn and walk away pompously as I huff & puff in disgust.
As per some semi-official definition, the act of Dogging involves a form of exhibitionist sex in semi-secluded areas such as car-parks or countryside fields or… anywhere public yet
slightly private where people can swing, or just watch… something only Brits can concoct and cock up on a proportional level.
Reason i thought of mentioning this topic is due to a recent article i came across (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/5345518.stm )
This craze has no bound. It has claimed so many victims. Even men of the law. I remember when Stan Collymore (ex-premiership footballer) was caught Dogging , it added yet another nail in his career (after supposedly beating his beautiful swedish celebrity wife) ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3533723.stm ). During an interview, all he can say in defense was “well, its one of those things i guess”. What things? what else is he into?
Question is, what compels people to risk so much? excitement of being caught? I guess its directly linked to mans potential compulsiveness and readiness to addictive behavior. Surely that policeman has been at it for a long time. Surely he kept telling himself that this will be the last time and he should stop while he’s ahead. Well, now he’s lost all his chips.. including the ones on his shoulder. Muppet!
Can you resist not switching on your pc for a whole day? Well, I myself can’t,unless I am not at home or doing something really important. Last week I woke up bothered from the sunrays that entered my room, opened my eyes and can barely see anything ,a few moments later the sight is getting clear, yeah I can see clearly now. It’s my lovely pc in front of me; I kept staring at it a few seconds, sometimes when you wake up, you had this stupid look on your face, as if you’re thinking of something. Then suddenly I decided to take the day off and not switch on my pc, yeah not an easy decision to resist not opening your pc or checking your e-mail as if you’re waiting an email to tell you the war on Iraq or Palestine is over!!
To be honest, I really do spend a lot of time surfing the net or sometimes I chat with my friends and relatives, I guess it became a habit for me. A lot of people talked about those who become addicted to the internet or using their pc, but I found the whole thing is much more deeper, it is this closeness with your pc its like all your mind and stuff is in it, you can reach all your friends who live abroad, spend time listening or downloading your favorite music, and doing some work for university or for your job.
What an amazing invention! I had an opportunity to get to know some people from the internet, some were good and others were not, but it was quite a good experience to get to know so many people with different personalities and mentalities different than you, especially for me since that I didn’t live in my homeland “Syria” so I really didn’t have the chance to get to know so many people other than relatives.
Anyway back to the track, after deciding not to switch on my pc, I picked up a book I bought recently and started to read, even though I don’t like reading a lot unless something really grabbed my attention, but I do really like reading on the internet. For the first few moments, things were good I was enjoying what I was reading. After a while, I was bored and decided to do something else.
Through out a whole day, I had the chance to do so many things, went out to buy some stuff, watched TV and spend sometime with my parents. However, at the end of the day I couldn’t resist it anymore, so I switched on my pc, put on the music I love and started checking the usual things I do. It was a challenge for me, and I failed or didn’t bother myself not to do things I enjoy.
I wonder what if there was no internet, what our life would be
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For all you men out there.. this is just another reminder that women WILL use the ‘cross your legs’ tactic.. for any means necessary.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5341574.stm
The more I read it.. the more I am convinced the BBC Editor intended to use the word Gun as a under-the-table-pun. Gives another perspective on walking in with a loaded weapon eh?
The light was too strong that I couldn’t see the people in front of me , my eyes kept searching for my family to smile to them and to take some pictures for me” their daughter”. Sitting decently wearing my cap and gown, it feels like you are receiving a certificate of PhD, listening to the doctors giving some speeches about the university and students. In my mind I was just thinking it is just the end of the beginning, yeah!
I finished university, yet it is nothing compared to the real world where you get to meet the real people and learn how to deal with them, it is no longer your nice friends, teachers. Moving from one stage to another in life is a necessary process towards more development, and indeed every one likes to move towards the better in life.
Nowadays looking for a good job is not only the problem of males in the society, but also females, too much people with high quality standard of education create an outstanding competition among those who want to work.
University degree is not enough; to compete with others you must have masters or PhD and work experience which is the most important thing any company asks for.
Moreover, the more you have a high degree of education and work experience the more your salary increase, thus completing your education is considered a must for a better opportunity of a good job.
On the other hand, new graduates who work, and due to the lack of experience take very low salaries, that can barely be enough to buy food, hang out with friends or spend it on transportation; as a result most new graduates rely on their parents in the issue of money. Although, a lot of people especially guys do not find it a problem to find a job, because most are working in their parents companies or their own business
So studying was not an achievement, it is only for the sake, not be called ignorant or uneducated in the society.
Finally, I heard calling my name, I stood up greeted my family and walked on the red carpet, it was pretty cool I felt like walking on the red carpet in Oscar ceremony!
I received my certificate ,and hand shake with the doctors then back to my seat full of happiness that I graduated ,and was ready for the after graduation party.
Just came across this.. and thought it would spark some reminiscing and nostalgia among a few of you…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/austria/article/0,,1865500,00.html
Next time I do something illegal.. I’ll be storing all my files on one of those Spectrum ZX tapes… !
