. >> in mayor 1%, kari lydersen argues that rahm emanuel represents the wealthy and awful and has demonstrated an inability to empathize with the working class and the poor. next, a panel discussion about the book. it's about an hour and a half. [applause] >> well, thanks so much to haymarket for inviting me to do this project, and they've been so wonderful to work with, and thanks to haymarket brew erie r

. >> in mayor 1%, kari lydersen argues that rahm emanuel represents the wealthy and awful and has demonstrated an inability to empathize with the working class and the poor. next, a panel discussion about the book. it's about an hour and a half. [applause] >> well, thanks so much to haymarket for inviting me to do this project, and they've been so wonderful to work with, and thanks to haymarket brew erie for having us here. it's exciting to see just this much interest and this kind of resistance bubbling up. so i'll read a little bit from the book from the introduction, and then i'll introduce the panel, and we'll all talk, and be then we'll have some time for questions and comments. so this is the introduction starting march 4, 2012, about a little over a year after rahm emanuel was elected mayor. so march 4, 2012, with chicago's 175th birthday, and the city celebrated with a public party at the chicago history museum. the event promised actors portraying famous chicagoans, including jane adams. little did the organizers know that the show would be stolen by a woman more eccentric and eras bl