Father John Heagle and “Priests Against Genocide”

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Father John Heagle discussing the Priests Against Genocide movement and addresses issues related to free press and the assassination of journalist Amal Khalil.

Today on Flashpoints: We speak with a Catholic priest who is the leader of a burgeoning movement called Priests Against Genocide. Then we address the Tech Broligarchy run amok with a Peter Thiel backed project called Objection.ai designed to undermine free press and whistleblowers. Finally we replay our interview with Hanady Salman about the assassination of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil by Israeli Defense Forces. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Father John Heagle and “Priests Against Genocide” appeared first on KPFA.

People in this episode

Host: Dennis J. Bernstein

Guest: Father John Heagle

Topics covered

• genocide
• free press
• whistleblowers
• journalism
• human rights
• politics

Keywords

• genocide
• free press
• whistleblowers
• journalism
• human rights
• Israeli Defense Forces
• Lebanese journalist
• Peter Thiel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Priests Against Genocide, Israeli Defense Forces, Objection.ai, Peter Thiel

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