What Can Texans Learn From Their Own Left Populist Roots?: THE MYTH OF RED TEXAS

What Can Texans Learn From Their Own Left Populist Roots?: THE MYTH OF RED TEXAS

Posted by CounterPunch on June 2, 2026

"They were the radical farmers and laborers who formed the backbone of the People’s Party and later the Socialist Party in the southwest. Their rise and decline as grassroots critics of both major political parties is now chronicled in a new book called The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South."

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