The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope”: An Excerpt from THE MYTH OF RED TEXAS

The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope”: An Excerpt from THE MYTH OF RED TEXAS

Posted by The Nation on March 24, 2026

"Before the rise of the modern GOP, Texas was a hotbed of cowboy strikes, socialist organizers, and radical populists. The following is an excerpt from The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South by David Griscom, a new title from Nation Books x OR Books."

Read the excerpt here