Stacy Davis Gates is president of the Chicago teachers union. Carlos Ramirez Rosa is a socialist city council member representing Chicago's 35th ward. Alex Han is the executive director of in these times magazine and worked for two decades as a union community and political organizer in Chicago. Mike: Hello, everyone. Thank you for packing the house here at the hideout. Standing room only in here.
Featuring Stacy Davis Gates, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Alex Han on how Chicago's labor left took over City Hall. Brandon Johnson's mayoral victory, the product of a decade-plus of social movement union struggle, is a model for the left everywhere in the United States. Guest hosted by Micah Uetricht.
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