With his picture on rock band posters, baseball caps and women's lingerie, Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara is firmly entrenched in the capitalist consumer society that he died fighting to overturn.
But as well as being one of the world's most reproduced, the image has become one of its most merchandised. And Guevara's family is launching an effort to stop it. They plan to file lawsuits abroad against companies that they believe are exploiting the image and say lawyers in a number of countries have offered assistance. CNN/Reuters
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finally!
yeah, good for them.
yes, but whose image is it anyway?
ITS BEEN PLAYED OUT BY HIPSTERS FOR YEARS!
THE NEW STENCIL IS CHAVEZ!
HASTA LA REVOLUTION!!!!!
Since starting a revolution requires a cause and too much work, wearing an enblem is the quick and easy way of releasing angst and displaying rebellion.
Wha' chu' gonna do?
that madonna thing was truly a sad sad day in sampling history.
'I made the ring from a bullet and the pin of a hand grenade' -Leila Khaled
now, she was a designer guerilla.
..and the matchmaking goes underground.
Then there's... yes: the 'Commies Aren't Cool' t-shirt line. Check 'em out. Anti-Che Merchandise, as opposed to Che Anti-merchandise. (I am *not* advocating these t-shirts, by the way...). Not enough? Then get your 'Viva La Reagan Revolucion' t-shirts... and these people are f***ing serious! How do you upload images into the comments section? I know that's a retarded question, but check these photos out, they're *insane*! Someone upload the chicks in the Reagan and anti-Che shirts, please please please... (And for a thankful counterweight to the t-shirt folks, check out the Propaganda Remix Project...).
That's f--kin' grear!
geoff> for images... eliminate spaces (if image is too wide it'll be cropped but it can be resized with another bot of code...that'll be lesson 2)
[ img ] http://www . imagesiteaddresshere . com/images/ . jpg [ /img ]
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