Karl Marx: Becoming a Socialist. In our previous lecture, we learned how Karl Marx's ideas are studied and used by philosophers, historians, economists, sociologists and political scientists.
What most people call the rebel flag or Confederate Flag is actually the Army of Tennessee Battle Flag. It was ordered by Gen. Johnston in late 1863 or 1864 to be used army-wide to replace various other battle flags that different CSA army regiments to avoid confusion on the battlefield.
While the Confederate battle flag's origin is a military symbol of a slave-holding republic determined to preserve and prolong institutionalized racism, he said it has taken on other meanings over time. For many Americans, the flag came to represent the South as a region, he said.