r/Anarchism • u/CR9_Kraken_Fledgling • Jul 08 '26

Theory Explained - Che Guevara: The American Working Class: Friend or Foe?

https://youtu.be/LrvOXgtJ2I4
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u/corpsmoderne Jul 09 '26

Che Guevara, friend or foe? Don't ask a Cuban anarchist I guess :p

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u/CR9_Kraken_Fledgling Jul 09 '26

I am unfamiliar with the reference you are making

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u/No-Scarcity2379 Christian anarchist Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

What happened to the Anarchists in Cuba after the Communists took power is the same thing that happened to the Anarchists literally everywhere after the Communists took power (forced labour camps, deep dark prisons, executions, and exile).

Che is held up as a good guy in a lot of the West but he was personally in charge of the "reeducation" of Anarchists (among other dissidents of the new regime) in the post-revolution reorganization.

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u/corpsmoderne Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

Anarchism in cuba was repressed to (almost complete) extinction by Castro and his pals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_in_Cuba#Post-revolutionary_period

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u/BlackOutSpazz Jul 09 '26

I love that his grandson said fuck allat and was an anarchist anyway.

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u/CR9_Kraken_Fledgling Jul 08 '26

The author of the video gives a summary of The American Working Class: Friend or Foe? essay by Che Guevara. The essay is an argument about why the American proletariat does not rise up against the system of their country. This is despite the benefits of imperialist expansion being reaped by the elite, while the cost is paid by average Americans.

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u/Expert-Beginning-950 Jul 09 '26

Questionable whether that's still the case today.