Drive-by Planet: Che’s Irish connection: Galway project sparks controversy
The legendary Cuban revolutionary leader, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, had Irish roots. Che’s grandmother, Ana Isabel Lynch, was the daughter of one Patrick Lynch who lived near Claregalway. Lynch is a well...
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It is clear that the travails of prison life–the shitty food, the difficulty of taking a shower without getting gang-raped, the need to trade your Order Of Canada for some “leave me alone time”, and an...
View Articledrive-by planet: Che Wants to See You: remarkable untold story of Che Guevara...
The English translation of Che Wants to See You was recently published. It is a remarkable insider account by Ciro Bustos, a comrade-in-arms who was intimately familiar with Che Guevara and the...
View Articledrive-by planet: Arab Spring: uprisings, protests… not much to do with...
A recent Tariq Ali article in Guernica – What is a Revolution – challenges misconceptions about the popular uprisings in the Middle East that some pundits characterise as the Arab Spring or more...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Remember the reason for the season: It’s time to put Krampus...
Jiggers, look busy, it’s Krampus! And why is this mom giving him the thumbs up, I wonder? Below: Santa Claus, the God of Coca-Cola; Che Guevara; and Jesus Christ. Never mind Jesus Christ! It’s time to...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Advice to Canadian politicians and media: Proceed with caution...
Anti-Government Ukrainians prepare to fight police in Kiev. Below: Rioters throw gasoline bombs at police in Ukraine; Alberta Labour Minister Thomas Lukaszuk. (Wikimedia photos.) You can bet money that...
View Articledrive-by planet: Che’s daughter Aleida Guevara talks about her father… the...
Upper right: A much younger Aleida with Fidel and Che Aleida Guevara, daughter of Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara, was in Moscow recently where she gave an interview to RT. She is a medical...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Was the UCP practicing ‘cultural Marxism’ when it fled the...
We’re all “cultural Marxists” now, I guess. Consider Jason Kenney and the Legislative caucus of the ephemerally named political entity known as the United Conservative Party. (By which I mean, like a...
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