In the 90s Andre Vasquez rapped as Prime and joined underground collective the Molemen. Now he’s a socialist candidate for 40th Ward alderman, hoping to unseat entrenched incumbent Patrick O’Connor.
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Rent control referendum hits three more wards on November ballot
Lift the Ban Coalition steps up pressure for state senate vote on rent control bill
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Shh, don’t tell the NRA! American Socialist is coming to Chicago
American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs is screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center Friday through Thursday
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Daniel Biss on Abu Ghraib, how to resist the urge to check out at the words ‘pension crisis,’ and what he’s learned from Michael Madigan
The Illinois gubernatorial candidate talks about the arc of progressive politics and what’s required to bring change to the state capitol.
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Beyond the ‘Bernie bro’: Socialism’s diverse new youth brigade
Inspired by Sanders, outraged by Trump, and betrayed by the neoliberal establishment, the reinvigorated Democratic Socialists of America set out to paint the town red.