Revolution Theorists: Vilfredo Pareto, Abbie Hoffman, Herbert Marcuse, Samuel P. Huntington, Frantz Fanon, Guy Debord, Alain Badiou

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: Vilfredo Pareto, Abbie Hoffman, Herbert Marcuse, Samuel P. Huntington, Frantz Fanon, Guy Debord, Alain Badiou, Che Guevara, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, Subcomandante Marcos, Antonio Negri, Charles Tilly, R gis Debray, Barrington Moore, Jr., Pitirim Sorokin, James C. Scott, Samuel Edward Konkin III, Theda Skocpol, Carlos Marighella, Crane Brinton, Abraham Guill n, Charles A. Ellwood, Claude Lightfoot, Jeff Goodwin, Michael Herb, Jack Goldstone, Leo Huberman, John Foran. Excerpt: Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Spanish pronunciation: June 14, 1928 - October 9, 1967), commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture. As a young medical student, Guevara traveled throughout Latin America and was radically transformed by the endemic poverty and alienation he witnessed. His experiences and observations during these trips led him to conclude that the region's ingrained economic inequalities were an intrinsic result of capitalism, monopolism, neocolonialism, and imperialism, with the only remedy being world revolution. This belief prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow solidified Guevara's political ideology. Later, while living in Mexico City, he met Ra l and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht, Granma, with the intention of overthrowing U.S.-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Guevara soon rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the victorious two year guerril...