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"What's Your Take on Che Guavara?" & "Revolutionary Comic Books" Seminar

  God Forbid We should ever be Twenty years without a rebellion.” Thomas Jefferson 1787 The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated. - Ernesto “Che” Guevara Revolution definition a  forcible   overthrow  of a government or social order, in favor of a new system. Good day class, and welcome to Mr. Turnbull’s seminars.   If you are in this class on an “odd” day, you are taking “ What’s your take on Che Guevara? ” A class about the colossally significant, polarizing, controversial and notorious 20th century revolutionary figure Ernesto “Che” Guevara.   To quote his celebrated biographer, Jon Lee Anderson,   “Guevara’s dream was to end poverty and injustice in Latin America and the developing world through armed (guerrilla) revolution.”   He became an enemy of the United States and was eventually executed by Bolivian government forces backed by the CIA. By studying Che, you are learning world history.   This is because Che was a world traveler, adventurer and diplomat who was