Current members of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) claim that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the short lived Volunteer Political Party (VPP), an early incarnation of the PUP, were socialist organisations. This dissertation... more
Current members of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) claim that the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the short lived Volunteer Political Party (VPP), an early incarnation of the PUP, were socialist organisations. This dissertation testS this claim and analyses the extent to which ‘the Troubles’ led to the emergence of a working-class consciousness among Protestants.
