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Danny and Derek discuss the history of leftwing politics in Texas with David Griscom.

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. Danny and Derek speak with David Griscom, co-host of Left Reckoning and author of The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South, to talk about the all-but-ignored history of leftwing politics in Texas. Topics include: the current state of Texas politics, the Farmers’ Alliance and the People’s Party, the Texas Socialist Party and its newspaper The Rebel, the role of religion in Texas socialism, and the prospects for socialism in modern-day Texas.    Along with the book and podcast, be sure to also check out David’s Substack The Rattler. Register now for Danny’s ⁠Quincy webinar⁠ and his ⁠live Elliott Bay Book Company appearance⁠ talking about ⁠Imperialist Realism⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison

Guest: David Griscom

Topics covered

• Texas politics
• leftwing politics
• Farmers’ Alliance
• People’s Party
• Texas Socialist Party
• religion in socialism
• modern socialism

Keywords

• Texas
• socialism
• politics
• history
• David Griscom
• Farmers’ Alliance
• People’s Party
• Texas Socialist Party
• religion
• class war

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Left Reckoning, The Rebel, The Rattler, Quincy, Elliott Bay Book Company

Books & works: The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South, Imperialist Realism

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