On today’s program Nomiki Konst speaks with Frank Vogl about his latest book, “The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption — Endangering Our Democracy.” Frank Vogl, former senior World Bank official and foreign business and economics correspondent for The Times of London, teaches a graduate course at Georgetown University titled, Corruption, Conflict Resolution and Security. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Transparency Fund, and the co-founder and former Vice Chair of Transparency International, a global non-governmental anti-corruption organization.
Link to Frank’s books: http://www.frankvogl.com/book-overview
Next Nomiki is joined by Braxton Brewington to discuss the Debt Collective, a national debtors union fighting to cancel debts and defend millions of households. Braxton Brewington is a communications professional and electoral organizer focused on racial, economic and democratic justice. Braxton currently works with the Debt Collective as their Press Secretary.
Link to Debt Collective website: https://debtcollective.org
Our fantastic panel is comprised of reporter Rose Adams along with reporter and editor Jordan Zakarin. Rose and Jordan join Nomiki to talk about various recent news events, focusing particularly on the growing movement of labor organizing. Rose Adams is a former Politics Fellow at the Intercept as well as previously covering New York City politics and news with Brooklyn Paper and amNewYork. Jordan Zakarin is a reporter and editor with The Observer. He is the former Features Editor at SYFY WIRE and has worked for Yahoo!, The Hollywood Reporter, Buzzfeed, and HuffPost. He runs ProgressivesEverywhere.org, “a political newsletter that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for progressive candidates and causes.” The Progressives Everywhere newsletter spotlights progressive candidates, campaigns, and causes.
You can find Rose on Twitter at: @rose_n_adams
Link to Jordan's substack: progressiveseverywhere.substack.com
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