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I got my propaganda, I got revisionism: Book Review: Che’s afterlife : the legacy of an image

Is art (always) resistance?

The paradox is to wield Che in an attack on [capitalism], its critics must participate in it. They engage in the act of consuming Che.
As Michael Casey describes in his excellent social history, Che’s afterlife : the legacy of an image, the meme of one captured moment in the life of Argentine/Cuban [...]