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Che Guevara, Raúl Castro and Vilma Espín on the 5th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Havana, January 1, 1964.

October 8: Day of the Heroic Guerrilla

On October 8, 1967, Comrade Ernesto “Che” Guevara was captured during an internationalist revolutionary campaign in Bolivia. The following day, he was executed by Bolivian soldiers, trained, equipped and guided by U.S. Green Beret and CIA operatives.

Latin America Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Che Guevara's Death

IN PICTURES: teleSUR looks at the ceremonies across the continent marking the killing of the revolutionary leader.

Cuba: The people of Villa Clara pay tribute to Che

The Cuban people once again expressed their love for Ernesto Che Guevara on October 8, when over 60,000 people gathered in the square bearing his name to honor the Heroic Guerrilla and his comrades in arms, on the 50th anniversary of his death. 

A conversation with Che Guevara

An article written by founding Workers World editor Vince Copeland shortly after Che Guevara's death 50 years ago, recalling an historic meeting of U.S. activists with the great revolutionary:

The night before Che Guevara left the United States for the last time, he met with a little band of progressive writers and supporters of Cuba. And he talked until past midnight about guerrilla fighters and the world revolution. Now, according to his enemies, he is dead. If so, the revolution has lost a great leader, as even the counter-revolution, for its own reasons, is quick to admit. We who met with him on the night of December 16, 1964, did not have the opportunity to serve with him in guerrilla battles or in political struggles. But we saw him in a rare moment of relaxation – a socialist man in a capitalist world, conversing with comrades and sympathizers about the struggle and about its demands on the individual.

Sitting on the floor in the parlor of the Cuban Mission to the United Nations on 63rd Street in New York, he spoke to the eight or nine of us about Black Freedom in the U.S., problems of production in Cuba, liberation of Puerto Rico and the U.S. blockade of his country.

What did Che Guevara Fight For? — By his Daughter Aleida Guevara

Baltimore: Report from Che Brigade & Special Presentation by Cuban Embassy Representative

Saturday, December 2 - 4:00 to 7:00 pm

231 Holliday St, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

WHAT LESSONS DOES CUBA & CHE GUEVARA HOLD FOR BALTIMORE?

Reportback from participants of the 50th Anniversary “In the footsteps of Che” brigade

Hear First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy Miguel Fraga on “Ending the U.S. Blockade” – followed by questions and comments

First-hand accounts by the youth delegates who traveled to Cuba for 50th Anniversary “In the footsteps of Che” brigade   

Art – Music – Poetry – Films - Refreshments

Please don’t miss this very special opportunity! We will not only talk and learn; we will also come out of this forum with future actions and ways that we can continue to deepen our relationship with the Cuban people and fight for justice in Baltimore, Maryland & D.C.

*Note the significance of December 2 – It is the anniversary of the landing of the Granma in 1956 that began the armed struggle culminating in the liberation of Cuba from U.S. domination and the 1959 Cuban Revolution that established socialism just 90 miles from the U.S.

Free and open to the public -- but donations gladly accepted to help defray expenses. 

Called by the Baltimore Che Brigade - Endorsed by: Workers World Party; Ujima Peoples Progress Party; Friends of Latin America; Peoples Power Assembly (list in formation)