"Why does the guerrilla fighter fight? We must come to the inevitable conclusion that the guerrilla fighter is a social reformer, that he takes up arms responding to the angry protest of the people against their oppressors, and that he fights in order to change the social system that keeps all his unarmed brothers in ignominy and misery."

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Source: Che Guevara (2002). “Guerrilla Warfare”, p.52, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Che Guevara

Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader

Che Guevara was an Argentine revolutionary leader and key figure in the Cuban Revolution, known for his writings on guerrilla warfare and social justice.

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