Socialist cowboys in the Texas 'Fence Cutting Wars'

Symbols of the Old West are almost unquestionably associated with the right wing in this day-in-age. Yet the real history of the Wild West is more complicated. Take the 19th century <a href="https://jacobin.com/2022/10/texas-fence-cutting-wars-enclosures-cowboys" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Fence Cutting Wars</a> in Texas, a state-wide, interracial armed movement against the encroachments of big ranchers backed up by the Texas Rangers in instating a new regime of private property on the territory. <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidGriscom" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Griscom</a>, host of the <a href="https://www.leftreckoning.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Left Reckoning podcast</a>, joins The Marc Steiner Show for a discussion on this little-known but deeply influential episode in Texan and US socialist history.<br /><br />Studio / Post-Production: David Hebden<br /><br /><b>Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:</b><br /><br />Donate: <a href="https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mss" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mss</a><br />Sign up for our newsletter: <a href="https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-st" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-st</a><br />Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/therealnews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://facebook.com/therealnews</a><br />Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/therealnews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://twitter.com/therealnews</a>