Hope this worked. Picture of a new shirt produced by Brazilian third tier club, Madureira, to commemorate a tour of Cuba in 1963. They've sold 3000 in a month compared to their usual 10 per month! I'll definitely be getting one.
Looks good, but you'll upset our resident right-wingers on here. Picture of Che - it'll upset 'em badly......
Yes, we can all be plastic commies in the West. At least you have the choice to affirm yourselves with that ideology- unlike those in N. Korea, Cambodia (in the 70s), the USSR and Cuba etc. I bet Stalin didn't think twice about giving up his plush residence in Moscow, to go live in one of his State run farms in the middle of nowhere. My arse we're all equal.
Trying to compare all "so-called" Socialist countries as being the same is about as accurate as declaring all capitalist countries as being the same. It's legitimate to say "I'd rather live in Cuba than China" just as it is to say "I'd rather live in Britain than Russia". I think it's also a mistake to think that capitalism is the only system that can deliver democracy. Civilisation existed for a long time before modern capitalism (about 200 years) and even in modern capitalist countries, the civilising effect of activism for social change cannot be under-estimated. (If you ever get the chance Golaccio, you should visit Cuba - I think you'd be surprised).
I wonder if any club in this country could sell more shirts with Thatcher's scowling face emblazoned.
Fair enough. Didn't really mean it to become a political debate. Just thought it was a nice shirt - but you were right Stan. This forum's not really the place so we'll have to discuss it over a pint next time I'm in Hull Golaccio, if you're up for it. I can't let it go without saying this though - I think most Cubans reckon they're better off now than when the joint was run by the American mafia. Buenos noches!
Before the thread gets closed... People who a staunchly behind an ideology, be it left or right, socialist or capitalist etc are mentally defunct. The only real solution is....Anarchy!
The butcher of La Cabaña. There is a saying in Argentina: “Tengo una remera del Che, y no sé por qué,” which roughly translates to “I have a Che T-shirt, and I don’t know why.” The saying reflects a justified cynicism among Argentineans that one of their favorite sons, Marxist revolutionary-for-hire Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, has been misappropriated by capitalist-minded opportunists and trend-seeking college kids the world over. Che’s iconic image, with his disheveled rock star hair falling out from a starred black beret, has been used illicitly to sell hundreds of products to the rebellious-minded, with T-shirts and posters probably topping the list. A guerilla fighter who became part of the high command during the Cuban Revolution, Che Guevara was educated in medicine but his communist ideals were molded after a famous motorcycle trip through South America’s poorest regions. However, so much of what is known or believed about Che Guevara has been extracted from history and filtered for public consumption in a mythmaking process. To help remedy that, we present five things you didn’t know about one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century, Che Guevara. A company that sponsors tours to Cuba touts La Cabaña Fortress prison as the place where “Che helped consolidate the victory of the revolution.” Historians estimate Che "consolidated" the lives of as many as 2,000 people. Che Guevara was a rebel in search of a cause when he met Fidel and Raul Castro in 1955, in Mexico. As an anxious soldier fighting Castro’s cause, he distinguished himself quickly and was promoted to comandante; in the Sierra Maestra mountains he enforced a zero tolerance policy toward deserters by sending execution squads to hunt them down. Once in power, Che Guevara was appointed head of La Cabaña, where he ran one of the century’s more modest — if no less shameful — kangaroo courts. He did his part to purge Cuba of Batista loyalists by playing judge, jury and executioner in a manner reminiscent of Stalin’s Great Terror of the 1930s. It was here he earned the name The Butcher of La Cabaña. His population "consolidation" continued the following year, when he oversaw the establishment of the Guanahacabibes concentration camp. As noted by Alvaro Vargas Llosa in The New Republic, Guanahacabibes set the groundwork for the Nazi-inspired confinement of undesirables in the province of Camagüey from 1965 onward. http://uk.askmen.com/entertainment/special_feature_200/209_special_feature.html One man's freedom fighter..... Not picking sides here as I have no clue to be fair, but I agree about people putting his face on their shirts, walls, etc, worldwide while having no clue about what he did.
