"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWPJ3r32og
--Che Guevara 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uNSi0vJZS
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Shake the tree as hard as need be, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVc9CAppxH
To make the apple fall, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TVq2dDoK9
Be it green, or red or yellow, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbWGohn6dR
Be it ripe or still too green, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYdz8e6AP8
Succulent or rotten to the core, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD3Ic9wFZL
Shake the tree and make it fall. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOw1aLnjIBB
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If shaking the tree does not suffice, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56DeB7gJ2M
Plant a worm most carefully, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DykUMOJIu
Let it eat the apple's heart, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweBNZN44XW
Break its spirit as it feeds, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAemQmdaFI
Sap its strength most thoroughly, then just wait until it falls. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklVioZysYt
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But if that tactic also fails, don't lose heart, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡne7ndRuYBz
Rip out the tree's protective bark, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYAO3YyVvX
Salt its roots, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlC70OPUCK
Strike it with chains, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vFgXbFqzU
Until no beauty remains, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFRvAU8jN8
And await the apple's fall. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7dfWZqfsU
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And should the damned tree still stand, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SUEniF7BY
And the apple cling to life, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXgmwm2VI4
Take an axe, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowv6JEBS2S
Sharpen it well, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmMAE4u4Ow
Chop at the tree, bring it down, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUV66zmW2CU
Force the apple to the ground. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28ga2lb9fx
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And should the apple still cling, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg57YOa05A8
To a branch devoid of life, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0Wy328RzO
Douse the shattered, useless tree 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6o8ZUtGdj
With gasoline, light a match, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7X8tbuOyk
And burn apple, branch and tree, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4znXYD8Ftm
All to gloriously fine ash. 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6h3CBxrlo
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Do this always in my name, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Djbw5se0n
For "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oiXAR9GgH
Then you are a comrade of mine." 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9ETurt6rN
Wear my face with pride over your heart, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfwW5vXjMP
Shake raised fists in indignation, scatter the ashes to the wind, 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAdxPtLhLm
What does it matter that ashes can't be eaten, so long as we win!107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGZgv5oGFz
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You can hear my reading of this poem at https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MlOmVvH3n8QehG1dzH4Za?si=MWl_rE0YQLy3bQvS8dbtOA 107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd975apPnVY
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Author's Note: I am no fan of Marxists or Marxism as no philosophy has wreaked as much misery as Marxism in every country it has touched in the 20th and 21st centuries, in my view. Fascism and Marxism are two sides of the same totalitarian coin, and while we rightfully condemn fascists, somehow too many folks in the media and entertainment worlds continue to have a soft spot for Marxism and Marxists old and new. Here, I've taken two quotes attributed to Che Guevara who has become something of a cult hero with his iconic good looks and short life spent fighting to spread Marxist/Communist causes in Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America before being killed. His life has been romanticized in books and movies, including the popular Motorcycle Diaries, that focus on the young revolutionary in a positive light as a freedom fighter. The real revolutionary was quite different--a hardened, cold-blooded killer who executed countless "counterrevolutionaries" (read: non-Communist/Marxists) without mercy or regret. The end justified the means for him and for all Marxists--and their equally deranged polar opposites, fascists.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqIhEGMXZc
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