Paul Vallis was the CEO of Chicago's public schools. He went on to do a rampage and cause so much pain and destruction, not just in CPS, but in New Orleans, in Haiti, in Chile, all across the planet. It was here in Chicago that teachers said, no, you are not going to deprofessionalize our profession. And it was that fight back that led to the election of Brandon Johnson as our mayor.
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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