October 9: Born this day -John Lennon. Died this day - Che Queverra

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara

Democracy Now! has a very instructive interview with Greg Grandin, a professor of Latin American history at NYU and author of "Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism" at http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/09/1349235 .

Worth watching, or listening or reading, if you want a historically grounded but reasonably concise overview of the rise, suppression and revival of movements for national autonomy and popular democracy, as well as some information on how Che Guevara was influenced by and influenced those struggles.