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Progressives Are Going to Make Rahm Emanuel’s Second Term Very Difficult for “Mayor 1%”

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Historian and In These Times columnist Rick Perlstein joins Democracy Now! to discuss Rahm Emanuel’s victory in Chicago’s mayoral race, and how progressives in the city showed they are a force to be reckoned with.

Miles Kampf-Lassin is Senior Editor at In These Times. Follow him at @MilesKLassin

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