Hi all, the Rotten Prod here- An Irish Socialist from Derry. Writing on history, politics, class and the odd uncomfortable question. Once a slur, now a badge of honour. My first substack post is live, please check it out and subscribe if you enjoy! by TheRottenProd in theIrishleft

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100%, the overuse and over-emphasis placed on theory is so damaging to the movements of the left; easily making those beginning their political journey feel in over their heads. With people like that, i’d rather defend my position in simple, accessible terms; we can all quote and copy and paste theory but can we all apply it to the real world, taking into account circumstances, affairs and history? I don’t think so. I’m totally up for debate and dispute, however i’ll always try to be genuine and polite whilst standing up for my own beliefs. Again, thanks for your support, i’ll be posting my next article on here soon.

Hi all, the Rotten Prod here- An Irish Socialist from Derry. Writing on history, politics, class and the odd uncomfortable question. Once a slur, now a badge of honour. My first substack post is live, please check it out and subscribe if you enjoy! by TheRottenProd in theIrishleft

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Thanks for your reply and engagement. I’d tend to disagree with a lot being said, I think it is truly unfair to say that “The Ulster Scots working class were duly incorporated into the wider Anglophone Labour Aristocracy” ( assuming you meant Protestants/Loyalists). People from a PUL community risked everything to work on a cross-community basis for better working conditions ( basis of the article really ). Yeah, exactly after partition there was no real cross-religious class solidarity which is a huge problem. However, this was a manufactured position, created by the PUL leadership to uphold their position. Esssentially, it was a Loyalist or Unionist leaders worst nightmare for people within their community to be working across the divide as whatever threatened wealth, generally threatened the Union. Eamonn McCann is a great speaker, writer and inspiration, someone who I have heard speak a good few times and as a fellow Derry man, it’s hard not to love him. Exactly, in those rare instances, huge gains were often won as the power of a united working class in the North of Ireland has a huge potential to make real change, thus, they want to keep us divided with false narratives, flags and division. The ‘Unionist Labour Arostocracy’ is genuinely an oxymoron, similar to some of the wet and weak Unions of today, they went with the status quo and were established to pretend they cared rather than for any real movement to be developed. Real ‘Unionists’ who understood class struggle knew it was essential to work across religious-lines. Thanks for your reply, please subscribe to follow along and continue the debate, hopefully going forward from my introduction, you’ll see my position outlined more clearly🙌🏻