E-raamat: Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South

A timely call for Texasand the Southto reclaim its radical history, drawing lessons for todays struggle from the populists and socialists of yesteryear.In blood-red states such as Texas, politics operates under the fallacy that these places were always conservative, so that it would be foolish, even utopian, to propose a progressive alternative. The Myth of Red Texas, David Griscoms debut book, reassesses this misconception, arguing that the Lone Star Left must embrace its hidden past to reach a brighter future.Cowboys on strike, socialists on the ballot, farmers fighting tooth and claw for what they termed the cooperative commonwealthTexas was once a wellspring of radicals hell-bent on taking power from the robber barons who ruled the day. With a careful eye for history, Griscom demonstrates how Texans left-wing parties, from the populists to the socialists, organized against the Right and often wonand how reclaiming that tradition can help todays Left break the political deadlock in Texas and beyond.