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Give to the cause of Red Flag Press! Books we recommend... ![]() An Oklahoma I had never seen before --- edited by Davis Joyce ![]() Alternative Oklahoma: Contrarian Views of the Sooner State --- edited by Davis Joyce ![]() Howard Zinn: A Radical American Vision --- by Davis Joyce ![]() Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland --- by Shirley A. Wiegand and Wayne A. Wiegand ![]() Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie (Haymarket (Paperback)) - by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ![]() Outlaw Woman : A Memoir of the War Years 1960-1975 - by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ![]() Blood on the Border : A Memoir of the Contra War - by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ![]() Agrarian Socialism in America: Marx, Jefferson and Jesus in the Oklahoma Countryside --- by Jim Bissett ![]() Oil, Wheat & Wobblies: The Industrial Workers of the World in Oklahoma, 1905-1930 --- by Nigel Anthony Sellars ![]() If you don't weaken --- by Oscar Ameringer ![]() The 46th star: A history of Oklahoma's Constitutional Convention and early Statehood --- by Irvin Hurst ![]() Progressive Oklahoma --- by Danny Goble More books coming soon! |
![]() ![]() A point to prove . . . Oklahomans have been taught they have no particular reason to be proud of themselves. We have been told we lack culture and sophistication, and that our pleasures are too simple and commonplace. We have been told our labor is cheap. We have been told our land is flat. We have been told our opinions hold no value. We have been told our heritage is obsolete. We have been told to regard ourselves as "Okies" - dirty, lazy, ignorant and exploitable. We have been taught to be ashamed of ourselves, and to imitate the lifestyles and values of the coastal, cultural elite. We have been fittted with stereotypes that just don't fit. This site is created in the hope of resurrecting the true and noble spirit of the people of Oklahoma. This site aims to make clear the dignity and determination that nourished the hearts of Okies through hard times and heartbreak, through dust and darkness, through sweat and tears. This site proudly claims as its inspiration the unrelenting kindness and principled wisdom by which Okies governed themselves and their communities. We declare their independence as our own. We know that freedom comes only when we put our own hands in our own dirt, and that we' ll all prosper if we stick together. We wish to pass their example onto others. For these reasons, and for those mothers and fathers who have gone before, we raise the red flag - law be damned. We stand for those who struggle the hardest, who love the longest, and endure the roughest defeats. These are the folks who teach and prove that Okies don't quit. Politicians aren't the only outlaws who need money . . . We are in the merchandise business only for the purposes of funding what we hope will be a print publication dedicated to providing a venue for the voices of rural Oklahomans and those others who share their values. All proceeds from the sale of merchandise go toward this goal. No one's getting rich here. ![]() Donate to Red Flag Press - Click here Download our information brochure to share with a friend
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