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Furthermore, at any time the data subject may withdraw the granted consent by contacting the aforementioned address and file a claim to the Supervisory Authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos www.aepd.es) You can also unsubscribe from the Newsletter communication For any further information you can visit the Privacy Police on the website https://www.acciona.com/privacy-policy/ These aren’t your grandma’s Cold War–era pols Inside Chicago’s far-far-left political wavelet Andre Vasquez doesn’t look like anyone who’s ever set foot on the City Council floor the freshman alderman held an open house in his 40th Ward office a former dry cleaner whose windows are now adorned with a gay pride flag and a Black Lives Matter poster Vasquez’s arms were covered with tattoos He wore a “No Human Being Is Illegal” T-shirt and a City of Chicago baseball cap Vasquez doesn’t think like many other aldermen He’s one of six democratic socialists who took office this year giving the Chicago City Council the largest socialist contingent of any major city in the United States — and its first socialist bloc since the early 20th century and the story of how socialism gained a foothold in Chicago politics is a story of changing generational attitudes and of a reaction to two trends — fiscal austerity and gentrification — that have been gaining strength here over the past decade a former battle rapper and a son of Guatemalan immigrants first got involved in politics in 2016 as a volunteer for Bernie Sanders the socialist senator from Vermont who was seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination he joined the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America partly as a result of Sanders’s campaign Vasquez was one of two socialists challenging Patrick O’Connor a nine-term alderman and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s floor leader “Who ever thought you’d be able to say ‘I’m a democratic socialist,’ and people would say ‘That’s a good thing’?” who came of age during the Great Recession and struggle to pay high rents and student loans with low-wage jobs socialism has a different connotation than it does to baby boomers who grew up during the Cold War The modern American definition is closer to what’s practiced in the welfare states of Scandinavia than in the autocracies of Cuba and Venezuela The council’s democratic socialists accept the existence of a free market while seeking to reduce the inequities it creates “A democratic socialist is like a New Deal Democrat,” says Vasquez “We see the influence of corporations and large money in our political system We need to have legislation that makes sure that those who have those millions and billions are paying their fair share we’re going to be able to provide for a larger social good.” Among the proposals promoted by Vasquez and his fellow socialists: a 1.2 percent real estate transfer tax on sales of over $1 million and a requirement that developers build up to 30 percent of their units as affordable housing depending on how likely a neighborhood is to gentrify Democratic socialists also favor lifting the state’s ban on rent control That agenda helps explain why socialists were so successful on the Near Northwest Side Housing availability and affordability was one of the big issues in the 40th Ward particularly among young apartment dwellers who are the democratic socialists’ base who ran against Vasquez for alderman (and is now running for ward committeeman) and the council’s original socialist where residents are concerned that the Obama Center will make area housing unaffordable.) Chicago’s socialist movement is a response to trends both national and local income distribution is at its most unequal since before the Great Depression The socialists’ solutions to inequality are not so different from Franklin D points out former 47th Ward alderman Ameya Pawar “The stuff that they’re talking about reflects the fact that more and more people are living check to check Public investment in childcare and housing universal health care — that is the rational response to people living on the brink.” the socialist wavelet is a backlash to the privatization and neighborhood disinvestment practiced by mayors Richard M cochair of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America called this year’s elections “a referendum on Rahm,” which can be traced back to the Chicago Teachers Union strike and the 50 school closings during Emanuel’s first term The radicalized teachers’ union helped found United Working Families a left-wing political action committee that endorsed three of the socialist aldermen — including Taylor who in 2015 went on a hunger strike to keep Dyett High School open The socialists are already nudging Chicago politics to the left socialist aldermen led a call for a feasibility study on a city takeover of the power grid now operated by Commonwealth Edison It would be “the reverse of the parking meter deal,” says Vasquez: The city would take control of a municipal asset and use it to create a public revenue stream The proposal attracted the support of 22 aldermen demonstrating that even a small contingent of socialists can influence the city’s agenda representative] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has totally transformed the political discussion in a very short time,” says Micah Uetricht the Chicago-based managing editor of the socialist magazine Jacobin “That ability to reshape the political conversation is one they possess.” Will a tattooed ex-rapper have that kind of sway This isn’t the first time socialists have sat on the Chicago City Council created in response to the labor violence of the Gilded Age The movement was suppressed after the 1886 Haymarket Square bombing three Socialist aldermen sat on the council Kennedy spoke out against a resolution granting city employees time off to register for the draft “Why don’t you bring a red flag to the Council?” The party’s popularity declined as a result of the postwar Red Scare was defeated in what the Tribune called a “Hard Blow to Bolsheviki.” It would be nearly a century before socialism returned to City Hall with the 2015 election of Chicago DSA member Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Tags: , Chicago magazine newsletters have you covered the Brăila Bridge claims the title of Romania’s largest and ranks as the third-largest suspended bridge in Europe has been executed at a total cost of EUR 500 million financed through a combination of European funds and state budget allocations A monumental achievement in Romanian infrastructure the Brăila Bridge stands as the country’s most ambitious project of the last three decades The eagerly awaited bridge is scheduled to open its lanes to traffic tomorrow the Brăila Bridge faced various challenges during its development The contractual deadline extension was attributed to the belated initiation of utility relocation tenders This led to legal disputes with the Romanian National Company of Motorways and National Roads (CNAIR) culminating in more than 20 ongoing legal battles some of which were won by the construction consortium extend a total distance of 81,000 kilometers – an astounding length These robust cables collectively weigh over 6,700 tons a testament to the project’s engineering excellence As the bridge’s grand opening approaches, anticipation has mounted regarding the transportation options available. At the time of inauguration, only the E87/DN 22 Smârdan-Măcin route will be accessible. However, the Ministry of Transport has assured the completion of the Brăila-Jijila road by year-end. road traffic will be opened only partially with unloading in Tulcea county on the road to Măcin (stage I) and then the route to Jijila and the first kilometer in the Braila area (stage II) will be completed as soon as possible.” Says Irinel Ionel Scrioșteanu Secretary of State in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure pedestrians and cyclists will not have immediate access to the suspended bridge Access will be restricted to maintenance vehicles leaving pedestrians and cyclists to rely on the traditional ferry services for river crossings Brăila City Hall plans to organize pleasure boat rides allowing those without vehicles to marvel at the engineering wonder from the waters of the Danube the bridge will not be accessible to vehicles 24/7 during the initial phase Ongoing works to finalize the main road will necessitate the temporary removal and relocation of scaffolding and cranes An official schedule is yet to be released; however the Ministry of Transport has indicated the bridge will be open non-stop on weekends and from 6 am to 8 pm or 9 pm on weekdays Initial plans considered tolling the Brăila Bridge on the Tulcea county side but specific pricing details have not been disclosed The Brăila Bridge concept dates back to Ceaușescu’s era The concept of the Brăila Bridge traces its roots to the era of Nicolae Ceaușescu the communist regime initiated an ambitious infrastructure development program marking a significant period after several decades without a new Danube bridge as the Brăila Bridge becomes a symbol of Romanian progress and engineering prowess Photo courtesy of Pod Suspendat Braila Facebook page We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page the suspended bridge over the Danube in Brăila and officials announce „discomfort” in traffic "There will be asphalt repairs on the deteriorated areas. Basically, some repairs. There will be a certain discomfort in the work area, but traffic will not be interrupted," explains the spokesperson of the National Road Infrastructure Administration Company (CNAIR), Alin Șerbănescu, quoted by Adevărul. The bridge over the Danube is once again showing settlements on the Brăila side so the constructor must make repairs on the deteriorated areas the consortium of companies Webuild SPA and IHI Infrastructure Systems LTD is obligated to remedy all the irregularities that have arisen says that the bridge in Brăila will not be accepted until the existing non-conformities are rectified "There are non-conformities that those who carried out this work must correct and these non-conformities must be eliminated after which we will proceed with the acceptance of this work Until these non-conformities are eliminated and the work in these days is focused on eliminating these non-conformities He specifies that he has communicated this not only to the local management of the constructor but also to the central management in Rome "I don't want to get into a sort of blackmail there is a kind of semi-blackmail situation where - gentlemen we won't open it to traffic until you accept and receive the bridge My colleagues cannot accept a work as long as there are non-conforming parts I understand that they have started to remove these non-conformities," adds Grindeanu the bridge in Brăila has not yet been accepted by CNAIR The suspended bridge over the Danube in Brăila is the largest suspended bridge ever built in Romania and the final bridge over the Danube before it flows into the Black Sea