Introduction

Chicago elected a new mayor on April 4th, Brandon Johnson. He beat Paul Valles, the former CEO of the city's school system by four percentage points. The election was in two stages, a first round with nine candidates held in February and then a runoff between the top two at the beginning of the month. Jack-A-Bent editor Mysha Utrich will talk about the surprise election ofBrandon Johnson as mayor of Chicago. Lily Lynch, author of several fine pieces around the Ukraine War for New Left Reviews' Sidecar Blog, will discuss how the war undid classic Scandinavian neutrality.