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Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago’s 99%

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How did a city long dominated by a notorious Democratic Machine transform a national battleground in the precise-wing war against the public sector? In Mayor 1%, veteran journalist Kari Lydersen takes a close have a look at Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and his true agenda.

With deep Wall Street ties from his investment banking years and a combative political style honed in Congress and the Clinton and Obama administrations, Emanuel is among a rising class of rock-star mayors promising to remake American cities.

But his private-sector approach has sidelined and alienated many who feel they aren’t a part of Emanuel’s vision for a new Chicago—and it has inspired a powerful group of activists and community members to unite in defense of their beloved city.

Kari Lydersen is a Chicago-based journalist, writer and journalism instructor who has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Progressive, In These Times, and other publications. She is the writer of four books, including The Insurrection on Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover and What it Says About the Economic Crisis. She makes a speciality of coverage of labor, energy and the environment. She has taught at Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University and also works with youth from low-source of revenue communities through this system We the People Media. karilydersen dot com.

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