History vs. Che Guevara - Alex Gendler

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Remember: the difference between "terrorist" and "freedom fighter" merely relates to which side the person using the word is on and not much else.

I always get angry at the way the Cuban missile crisis is viewed as if the Cubans were responsible, the American missiles in Turkey are never talked about as the real cause. Amazing

Latin America: does anything Cia: now that's an avengers level threat

"They would use the fear of communism to overthrow any government that threatened those profits" Yep, that's post-WW2 American history in a nutshell

Latin American: * breathes * CIA: ThAt BeTtEr Be A fReEdOm BrEaThE

Fun fact: Che Guevara is the only person in this series that judging by age only, he technically could still be alive today (he would be 94 now)

Latin America: *does anything * The United States: I N I T I A T E P R O J E C T F R E E D O M E A G L E

"And the statue of Lumumba, destroyed today but rebuilt tomorrow, reminds us of the tragic story of martyrdom of global revolution. That you cannot trust imperialism, not even for a minute. Not even a little." - Che

His young version looks like the dad of the powerpuff girls

You left out the part where he rap battled Guy Fawkes

Love how one of the points the prosecutor makes is "Cuba gaining widespread literacy was bad, actually, cause then they'd become communists" lol

90% of all US media (print,tv,internet,radio) is controlled by 6 companies. So I'd argue Che was correct in claiming that newspapers are instruments for the Oligarchy. Even if it wasn't true then it is exactly what happened. That being said there are certainly better ways of fixing the issue than abolishing the freedom of the press. These alternatives however, would certainly be labeled as communist in the US by the institutions they seek to change.

why doesn’t the judge know anything about the cases

"Should revolutions be judged by their ideals or their outcomes ?" We judge revolutions by their ideals, and judge governments by their outcomes. If not, the French Revolution was absolutely meaningless to this world.

I've never heard the Ted-Ed narrator do different accents and voices. This is truly a life changing experience

On several of my visits to Bolivia, I remember seeing pictures of Guevara in many places. He was very known around these parts especially from my dad. However I myself haven't known much about him besides labels like revolutionary or extremist so I came to this video with an open mind. Here's my conclusion, while I don't agree with several of his actions and tactics, I think I would mostly be on his side because of how greedy and tyrannical the United States was on Latin America which he had the difficult task of matching. Although as I said, his heart may have been in the right place and he did do a lot of good in those nations, its just he did make some very questionable choices as well.

“Newspapers are the instruments of the oligarchy” *cough* Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, and Mark Zuckerberg *cough*

"But this isn't the trial of Fidel Castro, is it?" Best line.

I'm sorry, but I can't imagine the same guy that defended Jefferson, Colombus, Nixon and Napoleon, also defends Che Guevara.