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The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South
David Griscom
2026
Collage of three cowboys on horses holding communist flags.

When Cowboys Fought Capitalism

Texas Democrats can win by reviving the state's forgotten populist tradition of labor activism and working-class politics.
by David Griscom via UnHerd on May 28, 2026
Black and white farmers examine a crop.

How Texas Populists Almost Destroyed the Two-Party System

1890s Populists rose up against capitalism and white supremacy in Texas. Their apparent electoral defeat was rooted in a campaign of terror and white supremacy.
by David Griscom via Jacobin
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on March 25, 2026
A scene from the film "The Rare Breed" depicting James Stewart as a cowboy cutting a barbed wire fence.

The Radical Texas War Against the “Devil’s Rope”

Texan fence cutters fought enclosures as ranchers begin to privatize land and the open range.
by David Griscom via The Nation
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on March 24, 2026
An illustration of the citizens’ committee in Fort Worth, Texas arresting a striker during the Great Southwest Strike of 1886.

Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance

In 1880s Texas, farmers and factory workers discovered they had the same enemy: corporate capitalists.
by David Griscom via Jacobin
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on July 5, 2025
Black and white men, women, and children listening to a speaker at a Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting.

When Black and White Tenant Farmers Joined Together to Take on the Plantation South

The Southern Tenant Farmers Union was founded on the principle of interracial organizing.
by David Griscom via Jacobin
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on December 5, 2023
An 1886 illustration of a cowboy and cow camp.

When Texas Cowboys Fought Private Property

When cattle barons carved up Texas with barbed wire in the late 19th century, cowboys formed fence-cutting gangs to preserve the open range.
by David Griscom via Jacobin
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on October 4, 2022
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