Che Guevara and Those Who Idolize Him

Ten years ago, I did a piece on Che Guevara in response to seeing all those revolutionary t-shirts with his image on them. I made the point that once the Cuban revolution succeeded, Guevara became executioner in chief organizing show trials that lasted a few minutes, after which, the prisoners were marched out the back door and executed. Yet to this day, young college-age knuckleheads continue to wear his image proudly for some reason I cannot fathom.

Now comes some 16-year-old Palestinian girl, who, no doubt egged on by her family, makes a living by pushing, kicking and hitting Israeli soldiers. Finally, someone said enough is enough, and they locked her up. Her name is Ahed Tamimi, and she is the new Palestinian cause celebe.

No doubt inspired by Tamimi’s “story”, the knucklehead Irish artist who first drew Guevara’s iconic image, a guy named Jim Fitzpatrick, has drawn a portrait of Tamimi as Wonder Woman, mocking the Israeli actress who played Wonder Woman in a recent film I have not bothered to go see. Not that I am boycotting the film, I am just not into Wonder movies.

The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at UC Irvine is running a piece on Fitzpatrick’s latest work of art on their Facebook page. Obviously, they as well as Fitzpatrick, are either blissfully ignorant-or don’t care- about Guevara’s judicial legacy.

https://www.facebook.com/sjpuci/?hc_ref=ARS4WoWQvj2X0DhbGXwIQZ2j3ppKi28iMeyWdsBRYeJP0TGOlwEy9bOrevv-QxuMQT4

(Artwork by Fousesquawk. All rights reserved.)