An Alternative Ulster? Political Loyalism: 1973 to 1987, with Tony Novosel

Northern Ireland Political Collection Lecture Series At a time of great uncertainty for loyalism and Northern Ireland, it is worth examining an alternative political path loyalism and Northern Ireland could have taken, a path that may have prevented many of the problems facing both today.  This talk will analyse the development of progressive politics and policies within elements of the UVF and RHC that culminated in the Progressive Unionist Party’s various proposals for ‘Sharing responsibility’ which proposed that all in Northern Ireland ‘share responsibility’ rather than ‘share power’ in a new and ‘An Alternative Ulster’. Tony Novosel is Senior Lecturer Emeritus of History at the University of Pittsburgh