Jason: Be like Che — ride a bicycle!

This is Che Guevara on a bicycle. OK, it has a small engine, but it’s still a bike that you have to pedal. Che rode this through Argentina in the late 40s. I was thinking about Che because I’m reading Companero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara. Several years ago, I read Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life and The Motorcycle Diaries. I recommend them both.

As you know, I’m a union organizer. In my office, I have a big Che poster mounted on the wall. It’s the one thing you can see as you pass my office. A few people have commented that it’s a shocking thing to see. That may be true. It’s there because it has one of my favorite quotations from Che (or anyone else, for that matter) printed on it:

“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love.” — Che Guevara