IRISHMAN IN BRITISH ARMY, Thoughts on COLLUSION & DISILLUSIONED BY VIOLENCE | Glenn Bradley 2/2

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Glenn Bradley was born 1967 in West Belfast and grew up in the loyalist Woodvale area. He is a former soldier, one-time politician and a made-good businessman. Today, Glenn is Chair of Veterans For Peace Ireland and a Board Member of the Belfast Charitable Society. He remains an unapologetic Irish peace processor.
In the second half of our interview I asked Glenn about how he as an Irishman was viewed/treated in the British army and Glenn recalls an incident when he was asked to leave a pub in England because he was Irish despite being a serving British soldier.
Glenn shared his thoughts on the degree to which collusion occurred between British security forces and why he is of the opinion that collusion could not have been as rife as it is often alleged to be.
The most important aspect of Glenn’s story however is his eventual turning away from violence as a form of conflict resolution and complete disillusionment with violent means. Glenn talked us through the internal process of becoming a peace advocate and his work towards a peaceful Northern Ireland.
Glenn describes his internal process of moving away from the mentality of military life and dealing with PTSD as a veteran of a bloody conflict.
**TIMSETAMPS**
00:00 Soldiers from mainland UK- how good of an understanding did they have of the conflict in N.I
8:30 Did the mainland UK soldiers consider N.I people to be British & how Irish soldiers were treated in the british
13:15 British Army collusion w/ loyalists ??
19:00 When did Glen start to become disillusioned with violence (after his uncle’s horrific murder)
34:10 Being an independent thinker in the army
38:10 Life post-Army
44:00 PTSD
57:00 People’s reaction when Glenn tells them he’s a former soldier

[@user-rg6zg7dr7x]

I admire your honesty from your life experience. From a Southener

[@user-bg8ib5zo4h]

You need to interview john nixon hunger striker unbelievable story s he has

[@jamesoneill2933]

That made a change, usually it's the UDR posing as soldiers.

[@Sean-sn9ld]

My Catholic Nationalist Great Grandfather was a WW1 veteran and a Sargeant Major in the British Army..
The family was burnt out and forced to move south during the troubles in the 20s
They didnt care he was a decorated British war hero.. to them, a teig is a teig

[@jackietreehorn5561]

I had a family member joined in ww2 and was ostricised because of the anti British sentiment but tbh the Nazis needed stopped....and they nearly won only for invading the USSR....mad to think how the world would be now if had have succeeded

[@AwakeNYC]

Rumi has been a game changer for many men

[@treblerebel2362]

ATO is an ammunition technical officer

[@georgebrowne5935]

I listened to both Parts of this interview with interest, and tried walking in this Person's shoes.
He was a Victim of Colonialism just like everyone else on the Island.
What Westminster done to our People from the Hunger Genocide 1845-1850 under the so called 1801 Act of Union, should of been enough to change the Mindset of all Unionists in Ireland .
But sadly they are slow of learning , Westminster are on the Wrong Side of History in Ireland.

[@billbo2117]

🥱

[@jackietreehorn5561]

​@@billbo2117he obviously is a deeper thinker than you when he puts himself in both shoes

[@billbo2117]

@@jackietreehorn5561 😴

[@groffus11]

Have you ever interviewed Irish soldiers in the PDF being on the border during this time and their experiences?

[@thegoodlistenerpodcast]

Great suggestion.. sound 🙏🙏

[@jamesoneill2933]

Uncl Louie too , did "worship at the high alter of violence". So much so , that he apparently traumatised himself having brutalised and extracted, often bogus , confessions from young nationalist men and women, sending many to prison for vast term's.

[@jamesoneill2933]

It always struck me as ironic , militant loyalists preoccupied with , the futility of ,republican, violence. Now that really is Taknahan.

[@user-rg6zg7dr7x]

The South is full of Prodestants pal. I suppose it was different up north but lets be clear the British Army used poxies being Prodestant, so there will be completety different prespectives

[@mo6278]

They used them as cannon fodder

[@ciaranbrown1983]

Deluded

[@northred4930]

Who is this muppet

[@FRAaaaaaaa776]

An Irish man fighting against Irish men for a different country, and that country calling him Micheál or Paddy
Muppet of the highest level springs to mind !

[@mo6278]

​@@FRAaaaaaaa776yous pair cop yourself on you probably weren't even born. If you were you'd have more sense

[@TheCrackentone]

Thon boy is dreaming😂

[@caolanmcmanus1726]

Thats lies

[@henrymagennis6518]

Not Irish. Lackey.

[@aalexjohna]

Potato sucker. Bejabbers.