The Myth of Red Texas
“Shines a bright light on the human toll of Trump’s wrecking ball.”
—Steven Greenhouse, former labor correspondent for the New York Times“Electrifying, devastating and utterly necessary. This book is political dynamite. I couldn’t put it down.”
—Roman Krznaric, best-selling author of Empathy; The Good Ancestor; & History for Tomorrow“Abramsky is an indefatigable warrior for justice whose journalism will both tug at your heart and focus your will to fight for moral repair.”
—Rick Perlstein, Bestselling author of Nixonland and Reaganland“With a blend of empathetic reporting and scathing analysis, American Carnage lays bare an extraordinary episode in US history—offering a glimpse of a hurricane that now threatens to destroy all in its path.”
—Jonathan Freedland“A compassionate portrait of some of the many who suffered when Musk’s foot soldiers targeted dedicated professionals.”
—Kirkus Reviewsabout the bookabout
In blood-red states such as Texas, politics operates under the fallacy that these places were always conservative, and it would be foolish, even utopian, to propose a progressive alternative. The Myth of Red Texas, David Griscom’s 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 commonwealth”—Texas 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 won—and how reclaiming that tradition can help today’s Left break the political deadlock in Texas and beyond.
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The Myth of Red Texas
“Shines a bright light on the human toll of Trump’s wrecking ball.”
—Steven Greenhouse, former labor correspondent for the New York Times“Electrifying, devastating and utterly necessary. This book is political dynamite. I couldn’t put it down.”
—Roman Krznaric, best-selling author of Empathy; The Good Ancestor; & History for Tomorrow“Abramsky is an indefatigable warrior for justice whose journalism will both tug at your heart and focus your will to fight for moral repair.”
—Rick Perlstein, Bestselling author of Nixonland and Reaganland“With a blend of empathetic reporting and scathing analysis, American Carnage lays bare an extraordinary episode in US history—offering a glimpse of a hurricane that now threatens to destroy all in its path.”
—Jonathan Freedland“A compassionate portrait of some of the many who suffered when Musk’s foot soldiers targeted dedicated professionals.”
—Kirkus Reviewsabout the bookabout
In blood-red states such as Texas, politics operates under the fallacy that these places were always conservative, and it would be foolish, even utopian, to propose a progressive alternative. The Myth of Red Texas, David Griscom’s 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 commonwealth”—Texas 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 won—and how reclaiming that tradition can help today’s Left break the political deadlock in Texas and beyond.
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