A Socialist Wave in ChicagoThis new socialist power bloc is unlikely to have much of an ally in Chicago s new mayor. Lori Lightfoot, a relative unknown prior to the election, swept into office on a campaign denouncing corruption and promising to ˜bring in the light. But her background and her campaign donors tell another story.While there was an enormous amount to criticize in her opponent Toni Preckwinkle, Lori s background is as an agent of capital and defender of police repression.