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

Opinion

Trump “has blood on his hands,” says Pulitzer-winning Boston Globe
April 2, 2020 By John Wojcik
The editorial board cites the president for a “colossal failure of leadership” and says, “Come November there must be a reckoning for the lives lost.”
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U.S.

Evidence mounts that Trump is squashing federal response to coronavirus
March 31, 2020 By John Wojcik
Secret recording made at his meeting with governors exposes the president’s intention to follow the right-wing playbook of a minimal role for the federal government.
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U.S.

As coronavirus rages worldwide, U.S. now first in infections
March 27, 2020 By John Wojcik
Trump and some GOP governors in states of denial ignore the advice of almost all reputable health officials.
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News

New York the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for U.S.
March 25, 2020 By John Wojcik
Increasing spread of the coronavirus across the city and state foreshadows massive increase in infections across the country.
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U.S.

Trump on coronavirus: Time for Americans to get back to work
March 24, 2020 By John Wojcik
Leading Texas Republican says seniors should be OK with dying if that’s what it takes to save the economy.
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News

Senators use advance coronavirus knowledge to enrich selves; hospitals becoming desperate
March 20, 2020 By John Wojcik
Sen. Richard Burr, head of intelligence committee, secretly warned top donors to dump their stock before pandemic exploded.
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Opinion

Trump response to pandemic a failing of unimaginable proportions
March 19, 2020 By John Wojcik
Every press conference Trump gives underlines why the Senate should have removed him from office when he was impeached.
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U.S.

Governors forced to fill void left by Trump coronavirus inaction
March 17, 2020 By John Wojcik
Facing hospital collapse, New York’s Gov. Cuomo demands help from U.S. Army; Trump tells states, “Do it yourself."
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