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Anything Goes with James English

US Marine Fighting for the IRA - John Crawley Tells His Story

4/18/20261 hr 53 min

Anything Goes with James English Ep John Crawley

A U.S. Marine trained for one war… but chose another.

John Crawley leaves behind his life in the military and isdrawn into the violent world of the Irish Republican Army. Set against thebackdrop of a divided Ireland, this series unravels a story of loyalty,ideology, and the dangerous consequences of crossing lines that can never beuncrossed.

You can contact James on his social media platforms.

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http://instagram.com/jamesenglish2

 

https://x.com/jamesenglish0

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/1GHEKrNZV1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

https://www.tiktok.com/@jamesenglishpodcast?_t=ZN-8z0ZI6MBb9C&_r=1

Clips

CIA Tries To Flip Him
IRA Training Disappoints Marine
Set Up From The Inside
Fight In The Dog
Plan To Black Out London
On Civilian Casualties
Thirteen Gates To Freedom
Why He Quit Sinn Féin
Clearing Whitey’s Role
Why Informers Thrive

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. John Crawley· Guest0:04

    Hello.

  3. Speaker 00:05

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  4. Speaker 20:15

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  5. James English· Host0:46

    [explosion] [static] Boom, we're on. Today's guest will be John Crawley. How are you, John?

  6. John Crawley· Guest1:02

    Great, James. Thanks a million for having me on.

  7. James English· Host1:05

    Dude- Pleasure to be here ... great to have you on. You've just released a book, The Yank.

  8. John Crawley· Guest1:08

    Yeah.

  9. James English· Host1:09

    A former Marine who then went on and worked for the IRA.

  10. John Crawley· Guest1:14

    That's right.

  11. James English· Host1:15

    Uh, Sam Mellah read your book as well, and he says you're the Jason Bourne of the IRA. [laughing] That you are a recon of the Marines as well, born in New York, and involved in some of the biggest bits of madness probably in life that people would be

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