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 and a member of a UFCW contract negotiating committee. 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

Politics

Biden faces down Republican fascists at State of the Union
February 8, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
He challenges heckling GOP lawmakers to “stand up for seniors and Social Security,” backs abortion and LGBTQ rights, and calls for an end to police violence.
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U.S.

For People’s World, Black History Month is every month
February 7, 2023 By John Wojcik
With your support, we put forward the perspective that African-American history is a living, breathing thing that informs all the struggles of the people.
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Politics

Leaders of a Nazi homeschooling operation unmasked in Ohio
February 2, 2023 By John Wojcik
Right-wing conspiracy theorists, Republican lawmakers, Trump, and the corporations that fund all of them legitimize what was once unthinkable—Nazi homeschooling in America.
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U.S.

Tyre Nichols murder underlines the need for tough new laws
January 30, 2023 By John Wojcik
Prayers and condolences from lawmakers are nice, but the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act must become law now.
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Opinion

In major escalation in war, Biden sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine
January 26, 2023 By John Wojcik
The deal is meant to give cover to Germany which is sending its own Leopard tanks to fight the Russians.
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En español

Las grandes empresas están detrás de la toma de la Cámara por la extrema derecha
January 23, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

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U.S.

Bridgeport, Chicago’s message to racists: Not in my neighborhood!
January 23, 2023 By John Wojcik
Community turns out to revive and support a soul food restaurant smeared with racist BLDM (Black Lives Don’t Matter) graffiti.
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Politics

Big business is behind extreme right takeover of the House
January 23, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
The presence of the so-called “crazies” McCarthy has put in charge are there because big capitalist money has put them there.
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