We wanted to understand how rugged English-Scots-Irish culture has shaped America. So we talked to three white South African billionaires at a sex party in the Bahamas.
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
We wanted to understand how rugged English-Scots-Irish culture has shaped America. So we talked to three white South African billionaires at a sex party in the Bahamas.
One from the archives
In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
September 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
One from the archives
In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
Motherfucker get scots irish out of your racist south african ass mouth
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Motherfucker get scots irish out of your racist south african ass mouth
There's a guy in Ireland writing African stories and publishing in Irish because "he knows colonialism and how important preserving language is" and we love to fuckin see it folks
May 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
There's a guy in Ireland writing African stories and publishing in Irish because "he knows colonialism and how important preserving language is" and we love to fuckin see it folks
I have Egyptian, Australian, Polish, South African, Canadian, Norwegian, Iranian, Irish and British born neighbours, and we can barely get down the road without having a good old natter.
If that's a Land of Strangers then bring it on.
If that's a Land of Strangers then bring it on.
May 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I have Egyptian, Australian, Polish, South African, Canadian, Norwegian, Iranian, Irish and British born neighbours, and we can barely get down the road without having a good old natter.
If that's a Land of Strangers then bring it on.
If that's a Land of Strangers then bring it on.
BBC World Service - Witness History, The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid share.google/zYrksHYUfUMm...
BBC World Service - Witness History, The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid
In 1984, 11 Dunnes store workers walked out after refusing to handle South African goods
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September 27, 2026 at 8:28 AM
BBC World Service - Witness History, The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid share.google/zYrksHYUfUMm...
The Slovenian immigrants? The Irish immigrants? The South African immigrants? Just curious.
September 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The Slovenian immigrants? The Irish immigrants? The South African immigrants? Just curious.
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
Putting out early feelers for casting I'll be doing in Sept/Oct for 4 characters:
- Vietnamese, female
- East African (other African regions ok but East would be precise), any gender
- Irish, male
- and the last one's weird but I'd love to hear from streamers who got acting chops
- Vietnamese, female
- East African (other African regions ok but East would be precise), any gender
- Irish, male
- and the last one's weird but I'd love to hear from streamers who got acting chops
August 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Putting out early feelers for casting I'll be doing in Sept/Oct for 4 characters:
- Vietnamese, female
- East African (other African regions ok but East would be precise), any gender
- Irish, male
- and the last one's weird but I'd love to hear from streamers who got acting chops
- Vietnamese, female
- East African (other African regions ok but East would be precise), any gender
- Irish, male
- and the last one's weird but I'd love to hear from streamers who got acting chops
Irish citizen and South African citizen unite against foreigners being allowed into the UK.
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Irish citizen and South African citizen unite against foreigners being allowed into the UK.
Bluegrass: a mash-up of Scotch-Irish and African traditions created by working class people.
July 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Bluegrass: a mash-up of Scotch-Irish and African traditions created by working class people.
White people don't experience racism in any shape, form or fashion. Ever. Period. Not Irish, not South African, none of them. I won't even entertain that
June 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
White people don't experience racism in any shape, form or fashion. Ever. Period. Not Irish, not South African, none of them. I won't even entertain that
British jobs for British (Irish, Indian and African) workers!
May 19, 2026 at 12:21 PM
British jobs for British (Irish, Indian and African) workers!
It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation were enslaved, and only 150 were free. #twitterarchive
March 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's not well known that the congregation of the First African Baptist Church in Richmond donated approximately $40 towards Irish Famine Relief in 1847. Around 2,000 members of the congregation were enslaved, and only 150 were free. #twitterarchive
So much to love about Pico waving the Irish flag, not least that he, a proud Irishman of African heritage and as Dublin as can be, embodies the kind of Irishness that the far right can't abide but is a thriving feature in communities across the island.
June 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
So much to love about Pico waving the Irish flag, not least that he, a proud Irishman of African heritage and as Dublin as can be, embodies the kind of Irishness that the far right can't abide but is a thriving feature in communities across the island.
ICYMI: I wrote about Lewis Sheridan Leary, a militant abolitionist of Irish, African American and Native American descent, who died fighting in the 1859 Harper's Ferry raid:
archiverats.substack.com/p/an-african...
archiverats.substack.com/p/an-african...
An African American Irish Abolitionist?
Lewis Sheridan Leary and the militant fight against slavery
archiverats.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM
ICYMI: I wrote about Lewis Sheridan Leary, a militant abolitionist of Irish, African American and Native American descent, who died fighting in the 1859 Harper's Ferry raid:
archiverats.substack.com/p/an-african...
archiverats.substack.com/p/an-african...
Wait, “Liv” told me she was African American on her dad’s side and “polish, Irish” on her mom’s.
LOL.
LOL.
January 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wait, “Liv” told me she was African American on her dad’s side and “polish, Irish” on her mom’s.
LOL.
LOL.
“English-Scots-Irish” was the Confederacy and they lost a war 160 years ago to an army full of Irish Catholics, Germans, and African-Americans. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
“English-Scots-Irish” was the Confederacy and they lost a war 160 years ago to an army full of Irish Catholics, Germans, and African-Americans. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
Historically, the history of the Democratic Party since arguably the beginning of the 20th century was being the party of marginalized groups, from Irish, Italian, Catholic and Jewish immigrants. Later African Americans, women and eventually gay people.
September 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Historically, the history of the Democratic Party since arguably the beginning of the 20th century was being the party of marginalized groups, from Irish, Italian, Catholic and Jewish immigrants. Later African Americans, women and eventually gay people.
This is like Irish, African, Caribbean, and South Asian Twitter when the Queen died.
December 5, 2024 at 3:16 AM
This is like Irish, African, Caribbean, and South Asian Twitter when the Queen died.
African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islander, Italian Americans, &more served in WW2 alone in millions &many died so fuck off all the way back to South Africa w your "Nobody dies to defend a multicultural economic zone" &your "English/Scotts/Irish only" BS!
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islander, Italian Americans, &more served in WW2 alone in millions &many died so fuck off all the way back to South Africa w your "Nobody dies to defend a multicultural economic zone" &your "English/Scotts/Irish only" BS!
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When Irish Workers began a Boycott of South African Goods ... it wasn't Popular Worldwide ... but more and More US and EU Citizens saw how Apartheid could be Defeated
Boycott is an Irish invention and it always always Works !
When Irish Workers began a Boycott of South African Goods ... it wasn't Popular Worldwide ... but more and More US and EU Citizens saw how Apartheid could be Defeated
Boycott is an Irish invention and it always always Works !
TikTok - Make Your Day
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August 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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When Irish Workers began a Boycott of South African Goods ... it wasn't Popular Worldwide ... but more and More US and EU Citizens saw how Apartheid could be Defeated
Boycott is an Irish invention and it always always Works !
When Irish Workers began a Boycott of South African Goods ... it wasn't Popular Worldwide ... but more and More US and EU Citizens saw how Apartheid could be Defeated
Boycott is an Irish invention and it always always Works !