the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 4, 2025
This nonfiction book tells the story of Sherman’s 1864 march from Atlanta to Savannah through the heartland of the South. This book tells the story of the march from the freed slaves’ point of view.
As Sherman marched through cotton country, enslaved people did all they could to help. They led the advance bands through the back roads, helped them forage and even led them to hidden storage caches. When the main ranks of the army reached them, they joined the army by the tens of thousands, bringing with them all the wealth they could carry. Everywhere the army went, they were met by cheering crowds who then joined the march.
Even though the army only really welcomed the healthy men, thousands of older men, women and children brought up the rear. Letters that soldiers wrote home show the courage and hope the freed slaves held.
The march did not just destroy and burn the economic wealth of the plantation system in a 60-mile-wide swath, it also caused a much wider social revolution. Slavery was gone, there was freedom to move, to find loved ones, to choose where to live for the first time!
This Scottish documentary by an independent Scottish journalist reveals how billionaires like Trump use politicians and the police to push through their latest get-rich scheme. The film shows the politicians giving Trump permission to tear up protected sea dunes for a golf course. He even got them to force the residents of the neighboring farms, including a woman in her 90s, to be forced off their land.
Trump tried first to buy out the farmers. Then threatened them with public insults and evictions. Next his contractors “accidentally” cut off their water source and their electricity. Journalists were arrested and thrown in jail. But none of this worked, and in fact the community rallied around them, and their plight made international fame.
Around this time Trump ran for president, so he had to back off for “public relations.” But this film clearly shows how the billionaires get the politicians and the police to brutally do their bidding.
A timely film, given how often Trump visits his golf courses in Scotland….