October 10, 2007

Oil and vinegar dont mix

Seems the Iranians had some issues with Aleida Guevara, who spoke at a conference in Iran titled "Che like Chamran" comparing both "revolutionary" movements:

POLITICS-IRAN: Islamist, Socialist Revolutions Don't Mix

TEHRAN, Oct 3 (IPS) - An attempt to rope in the son and daughter of the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara to forge a parallel between Iran’s Islamist revolution and the socialist revolution in Latin America through a four-day conference has ended in fiasco.

After Aleida Guevara protested from the podium against perceived distortions of her father’s ideology by the first Iranian speaker, Haj Saeed Ghasemi, the four-day ‘Che Like Chamran’ conference, that started Sep. 25, was aborted and the Latin American guests whisked away.

‘Che Like Chamran’, the title of the conference, was chosen for the alliteration in the names of the two revolutionaries and because both Che and the Iranian, Mostafa Chamran, fought alongside revolutionaries in other countries. But the similarities end there, no matter what the organisers intended to promote.

Read the rest here.

Perhaps we should be working on pitting these two "revolutions" up against each other, then sort out the remains when the dust clears.

Hat tip Bettina.

Posted by Val Prieto at October 10, 2007 08:12 AM



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It must be awful indeed to be the child of a monster, and maybe living in denial is understandable in such a situation. It's also quite possible this woman believes the official Che mythology because that's all she's ever been told. Either way, neither she nor any of her family (especially her father) have any place in a future free Cuba. I hope she's made alternate arrangements for when that happens.

Posted by: asombra [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 10, 2007 11:40 AM

When you compare these two ideologies, the tactical similarities are clear: opression, repression and intolerance of any other ideas, and the absolute adherence to a set of rules that predicate behavior on the part of the adherents of the sects. However, after these tactics are enumerated, the similarities end. An atheistic, secular -- dare I say "progressive" -- movement may want to ally itself with a radical religious one because it perceives it has a common enemy. But the converse is anything but true. What these idiots fail to see is that if they win, helped along by the Islamofascists, they will probably be the first of the infidel allies to lose their heads! They are monumentally stupid in their belief that they will survive the first cut (forgive the pun) after a victory against the Capitalist West.

Posted by: George L. Moneo [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 10, 2007 12:08 PM

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