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Che Guevara: the killing machine

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Che Guevara, who did so much (or was it so little?) to destroy capitalism, is now a quintessential capitalist brand. His likeness adorns mugs, hoodies, lighters, key chains, wallets, baseball caps, toques, bandanas, tank tops, club shirts, couture bags, denim jeans, herbal tea and of course those omnipresent T-shirts with the photograph, taken by Alberto Korda, of the socialist heartthrob in his beret during the early years of the revolution, as Che happened to walk into the photographer’s viewfinder — and into the image that, 38 years after his death, is still the logo of revolutionary (or is it capitalist?) chic.

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from hispanictips.com :: hispanic news & commentary

Posted on: September 20th, 2005
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News
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