John Wojcik

John Wojcik is Editor-in-Chief of People's World. He joined the staff as Labor Editor in May 2007 after working as a union meat cutter in northern New Jersey. There, he served as a shop steward, as a member of a UFCW contract negotiating committee, and as an activist in the union's campaign to win public support for Wal-Mart workers. In the 1970s and '80s he was a political action reporter for the Daily World, this newspaper's predecessor, and was active in electoral politics in Brooklyn, New York.

LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik

U.S.

Giuliani’s mobster pals arrested on campaign finance violations
October 11, 2019 By John Wojcik
The two gangsters had been wined and dined by Trump at the White House and at private clubs by the president’s son.
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Politics

Montgomery, Alabama has first Black mayor in its two-century history
October 11, 2019 By John Wojcik
A historic election victory in Alabama this week shows that the “worst of times” in American politics can, if the people rise up, also become the “best of times.”
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Politics

White House makes it official: Trump is above the law
October 9, 2019 By John Wojcik
As support for impeachment grows, the president declares he will not cooperate with the congressional probe.
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Opinion

As Trump spins out of control, support for impeachment swells
October 8, 2019 By John Wojcik
Desperate to hold his base, the president embarks on Orwellian push to render useless even the words used by his opponents and other defenders of democracy.
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World

Portugal’s right wing suffers defeat in Oct. 6 elections
October 7, 2019 By John Wojcik
To form a government, Socialist victors must talk to Communists and the Left.
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Politics

Trump calls impeachment inquiry a “coup” that will trigger civil war
October 2, 2019 By John Wojcik
House investigators zero in on Pompeo globe-trotting on behalf of Trump re-election effort.
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Politics

Deepening impeachment scandal underlines need for radical democratic reforms
October 1, 2019 By John Wojcik
Involvement of “all the president’s men” in an ongoing assault on democracy shows the need for new laws.
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Politics

Majority support impeachment probe as White House cover-up is exposed
September 27, 2019 By C.J. Atkins And John Wojcik
Revelations point to the existence of a Trump-guided inter-agency attack on U.S. democracy.
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