John Wojcik

John Wojcik is editor in chief at Peoplesworld.org. He started as labor editor of the People's World 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 active in electoral politics in Brooklyn, New York.

LATEST ARTICLES BY John Wojcik

News

Opponents move to stop Trump’s “national emergency” power grab
February 15, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
President’s declaration seen as a plot to keep alive the wall issue that the GOP is using to stir racism and fear ahead of the 2020 elections.
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News

Growing Enquirer “sextortion” scandal could add to Trump’s woes
February 8, 2019 By John Wojcik
Concerns mount that the White House and the scandal sheet may have collaborated to destroy Bezos and boost Trump and the Saudis.
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News

New Congressional probes are Trump’s worst nightmare realized
February 7, 2019 By John Wojcik
The new investigations are expanding to include financial law-breaking, money laundering, and influence peddling.
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Opinion

Trump endangers peace by cancelling nuclear arms deal with Russia
February 1, 2019 By John Wojcik
When it comes to carrying out imperialist foreign policy, including killing a treaty that has prevented nuclear war, the shots are clearly called in Washington.
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U.S.

Mass opposition and collective action ended the Trump shutdown
January 28, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
All across the nation there was an outcry cried against the president’s taking of the American people as hostages in his drive to keep a false campaign promise.
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U.S.

Impeachment calls increase after report Trump ordered Cohen to lie to Congress
January 18, 2019 By John Wojcik
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said that if the report is true, Congress should start impeachment proceedings immediately.
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Politics

Nancy Pelosi shuts down Trump’s State of the Union
January 17, 2019 By John Wojcik
Ocasio-Cortez hunts down McConnell to dramatize his responsibility in the government shut-down.
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Opinion

Barr says he’ll decide whether anyone sees Mueller report
January 16, 2019 By John Wojcik
The Republican-controlled Senate committee is expected to confirm Trump’s choice for attorney general anyway.
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