• taladar@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    unionism

    Not sure this is quite the right term here. At least in the UK this is about being for the Union of the countries making up the UK, not about worker’s unions and in Northern Ireland it is usually synonymous with one side of the conflict.

    • agrammatic@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Given that the article is not about the UK, I don’t see a good reason to reach for a UK-specific definition.

    • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
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      1 year ago

      Bollocks. Even in the UK unionism has dual meanings, one about organised labour and one about the country. And the country meaning of unionist only gets mindshare in NI & Scotland. If you mention anything about unions/unionism in England people will assume organised labour.