Excerpt from The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South by @davidgriscom.bsky.social, available April 14 from OR Books.
A multiracial coalition of poor farmers almost remade Texas politics — until elites unleashed an all‑out campaign of terror to stop them.
fresh audio product:
• Gabriel Hetland on what’s been happening in Venezuela since the kidnapping of Maduro
• David Griscom @davidgriscom.bsky.social, author of The Myth of Red Texas, on that state’s forgotten radical history
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You will want to listen to @mattlech.bsky.social and @davidgriscom.bsky.social today @majorityreport.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6X5...
Just got back from overseas and @davidgriscom.bsky.social brilliant new book, The Myth of Red Texas, was here waiting for me.
Congrats, David, can’t wait to read it!
Really appreciate brothers @davidgriscom.bsky.social & @mattlech.bsky.social having me on Left Reckoning for an important discussion about East Palestine & the reality that corporations & the government are turning working-class communities into toxic sacrifice zones
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For further fine reading on the radical history of Texas, look no further than @davidgriscom.bsky.social book published by @orbooks.bsky.social.
Up today we've got now-repeat contributor Alex Birnel on @davidgriscom.bsky.social's new book about Texas left-populist history: www.texasobserver.org/mythbusting-...
In Texas populists came close to overcoming one party rule. How did those in power break it?
This is the story of Grimes County, Texas where a white sheriff and his black deputies faced off against a mob from the White Man’s Union. An excerpt from my book -
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Seated, as the kids say, for this book, which I have not read but plan/hope to, by @davidgriscom.bsky.social pub’d by @orbooks.bsky.social. Looks great and v necessary.
appreciate this piece @captswing.bsky.social!
In contrast with the stereotype of the ruggedly individualistic cowboy loner, Griscom offers us a statistically representative figure: the neighborly Texan determined to protect their community from rich land-grabbers, polluters & financial speculators
@davidgriscom.bsky.social and @cornelwest.bsky.social on The Myth of Red Texas... now shipping :-)
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Thank you!!
Come see me in Houston, grab a signed book, and join in conversation about Texas’s radical history
March 19th!!!
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Wow! The Myth of Red Texas has nearly sold out our first printing and are on to another printing! Thanks everyone
You can get it directly from OR books before it’s available in bookstores April 14!
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Learn about Texas's once radical history with David Griscom author of THE MYTH OF RED TEXAS @davidgriscom.bsky.social
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If you haven't already, now is the perfect time to pick up my debut book The Myth of Red Texas - with all this talk about turning Texas blue, we'd do best to understand our deep radical tradition
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the @davidgriscom.bsky.social ripper has arrived
big shoutout to @orbooks.bsky.social in the East Village for hosting a discussion on @davidgriscom.bsky.social’s new book “The Myth of Red Texas” with @emmavigeland.bsky.social from the @majorityreport.bsky.social. they had a huge turnout & a super insightful conversation l!
"Today, most people would be surprised to learn that there was a Texas Socialist Party, let alone that it was one of the largest socialist parties in the country."
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#PoliticalEducation #AntiCapitalism #Solidarity
In an exclusive @houstonchronicle.com op-ed, @davidgriscom.bsky.social takes on the infighting in the Texas Democratic Party: Sorry, but Colin Allred's campaign really was mediocre
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After a long while The Myth of Red Texas is nearly ready. Pre order link coming soon! If you’re in NYC I’ll be giving a book talk February 25th with Emma Vigeland - there’ll be a reading, signed copies and a q&a!
RSVP now as space will fill fast
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My new favorite T-shirt from Left reckoning @mattlech.bsky.social and @davidgriscom.bsky.social if you are in #Dallas you need to wear one to the fair gotta buy one if you’re in or from #Texas www.leftreckoning.com
excellent discussion on democratic influencers with @mattlech.bsky.social @davidgriscom.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHtd...
The difference between social democracy and democratic socialism. From our conversation with Pelle Dragsted premiering on LR tonight!
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Excellent @davidgriscom.bsky.social on @majorityreport.bsky.social and talking his new book on Myth of Red #Texas pre-order www.amazon.com/Cutting-Fenc...
Oh hell yeah @davidgriscom.bsky.social on tonight's Left Reckoning is cutting down these people who try to misrepresent DSA online to score points on Elon's website or whatever. This is what I was talking about earlier. www.youtube.com/live/zrkdRe8...
Will Trump be able to rig Texas elections? Top Dems have fled the state to try and stop it- we spoke in person in an exclusive conversation to Rep Wu & Rep Rodríguez Ramos
Denying Quorum in Texas to Save Democracy
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You should read the book bubba - you can say a lot about Lewis but she’s explicit that she means abolish the family not “the state taking responsibilities in childcare”
I mean Full Surrogacy Now & Abolish The Family. And I don’t think that it’s just bad rhetoric I think that they are bad ideas that have little to nothing to do with socialism.
There is plenty of room on the left for bad ideas, there should be more room for criticism.
