This is Jacobin Radio and I'm Susie Weisman.

Today we look at Chicago Politics,

a possible life after Ram

Emanuel with Jacobin editor Micah Utrecht, and at Puerto Rico with

Chloe Watlington. Mikey Utrecht cut his political teeth in Chicago

with Ram Emanuel at the helm literally the whole time. The

whole time Micah has been active, writing, interviewing and reporting.

This week, Ram Emanuel announced he won't seek a third term, even though he says he's certain he would win one.

Micah's latest piece in Jacobin magazine is called Today and Forever

Ramamanual is garbage. We'll get his take on why Ramamanual is withdrawing

and more importantly what kind of post-ROM Chicago is now possible and what will be Mayor 1% legacy.

Then we talked to freelance writer Chloe in

Watlington who's been writing about Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria

for the Baffler in Teen Vogue. Chloe looks at the bizarre attempts to

reboot the economy that professed to solve problems that aren't the problem and the

response from labor as well as students strikes against cuts to education at all

levels. There's a pattern here and Chloe helps unravel it for us. All this on Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman. I'm Susie Wisman. I am so pleased to have

Micah Utrecht with us. He is actually in transit and pulled over to talk to us today.

Micah is the managing editor of Jacobin.

He's also the author of Strike for America,

the Chicago Teachers Against Austerity,

that was put out as a Jacobin book

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