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Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance
In 1880s Texas, farmers and factory workers discovered they had the same enemy: corporate capitalists.
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David Griscom
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Jacobin
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July 5, 2025
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
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Jacobin
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December 5, 2023
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
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Jacobin
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October 4, 2022