Cars and Comrades

Fusion of car culture and leftist politics. Doing our part to make car culture more inclusive and approachable. Racing on the road to revolution.

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episode 5: Rahm Emanuel vs the Chicago Car Scene (Part 2)


Part two of our discussion on how Rahm Emanuel ruined the Chicago car scene with over-policing at the request of bougie gentrifiers and NIMBYs.

Speed bumps on Lower Wacker: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150519/downtown/street-racing-on-lower-wacker-drive-could-lead-new-speed-bumps-downtown

The No Fun Police tries to get $10k fines for “Fast & Furious”-style drag racing: https://www.radio.com/wbbm780/articles/aldermen-ok-crackdown-drag-racing-drifting

Reddit user gets mad about traffic noise in a major city and gasp peple breaking traffic laws: https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/3y9cb6/whydothecopsnotstoptheillegalstreet/

Uppers Get You Down: https://open.spotify.com/track/3rQF3DQPGH2kOTO10mhRMB?si=2h49O9ZYTLu0nQsuVva1Q

Prairie dog language: https://www.npr.org/2011/01/20/132650631/new-language-discovered-prairiedogese

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