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 Raymundo: The Revolutionary Filmmaker's Struggle $29.95 This is a documentary about the life and work of Raymundo Gleyzer, Argentine filmmaker who was kidnapped and murdered by that country's military dictatorship in 1976. It chronicles the development of his filmography by identifying the personal and contextual circumstances during the creation of his films; it documents obstacles and difficulties in the process and tries to measure the impact his films had on the social awareness of citizens in a suppressed society. The film also takes account of the efforts and tactics employed to distribute Raymundo's work under most adverse political conditions. After almost 30 years, this documentary reunites all surviving material from Raymundo's work and offers what many dictatorships (foreign and domestic) could not destroy: his memory, his ideals and his courage to tell the truth.  Che Guevara Glow-in-the-Dark Bottle Stopper Cork $14.99 New item! Political figurine Glow-in-the-Dark Bottle Stopper Hand-made hard plastic Glow-in-the-Dark Bottle Stopper (bust). Your bar and kitchen will be haunted by political ghosts! Manufactured with high quality #7 Cork Stopper XXXX . Appropriate for any liquid. Size: approximately 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (83x53x32mm) Hand made in San Francisco, CA Copyright Rovakada LLC California 2009  Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life $35.00 I commend Jon Lee Anderson for writing an extraordinary biography about an extraordinary historical figure. Aside from being meticulously researched and beautifully written, this book masterfully reveals the fundamental reality of Che's life - his isolation. Anderson depicts Che's personal growth as an ultimate attempt to break away from limitations imposed by his asthma and his privileged socio-economic background. The author also convincingly illustrates that the sense of camaraderie he felt during the sierra years, the adventure, and the thrill of guerilla fighting was as appealing to him as the cause of justice. In his final letter to his family before leaving Cuba for Congo, he writes that he is embarking on "round three" of his travels - first being his motorcycle years and second - his Cuban experience. These travels symbolize his personal journey that ultimately ended in a crushing defeat of his highly romantic belief that imperialism can be challenged through the will of a few. The Cuban experience entrenched that belief, the Congo fiasco unfortunately did not manage to shatter it, and as a result the Bolivian operation buried it. The same mind that was so eager to see historical logic and inevitability in the Cuban revolution, stubbornly refused to make the connection between Congo & Bolivia fiascos & systemic problems plaguing those countries. And unlike Fidel he lacked to political acumen to make necessary alliances to achieve his goals as Bolivia case demonstrated. There were two points that I wish were better clarified by the author. One is Che's transformation into a Marxist. That evolution is not clear, and while his Latin American experiences and travels were crucial in shaping his worldview, the book does not pinpoint the exact moment, in which Che "became" a Marxist. That transition was not clear or obvious to me. The second point is insufficient deliberation on Che's own reaction to his fiasco in Congo and his failures in Bolivia. While he extensively recorded in his diaries the worst of crisis, neither Che nor the author deeply reflect about the predicament in which he found himself and the lessons to be learned. But this also could be Che's ultimate self-deception. The book's biggest accomplishment is its ability to convey Che's individual complexity set against the background of the extraordinary world he was living in. That world was full of hope and yet never before political self-righteousness and arrogance reached such a dangerous scale. Che was truly a product of his times and whether loathed or loved, he was extraordinary. |
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