Beard Liberation Front
12th October
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that Che Guevara, who was executed by CIA backed Bolivian forces on 9th October 1967 was one of the most iconic of post-1945 beard wearers.
The campaigners say that Che more than most led the revolt into style of the beard in the modern era.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, of course Che Guevara left an important political legacy still much debated, but his hirsute image was important too. He set a style for the left that is still much admired and copied
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