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

World

NATO says it will move against China to curb security threat
April 7, 2022 By John Wojcik
U.S. and NATO involvement in the Ukraine war is not preventing them from turning attention to and taking action against China, which they claim is a major threat to their security.
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World

U.S. wants more sanctions, Russia denies role in Bucha massacre
April 5, 2022 By John Wojcik
U.N. Security Council to meet in emergency session Tuesday; peace talks in danger.
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News

Reports of ‘mass grave’ in Ukraine reflect horrors of war
April 4, 2022 By John Wojcik
Ukrainian officials claim to find a mass grave containing 280 bodies in Bucha, a town outside of Kiev.
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News

Peace talks underway today despite Biden’s cold war rant
March 29, 2022 By John Wojcik
Signs of compromise by both Ukraine and Russia as U.S. allies push for Biden to quash his war talk.
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News

Leader of neo-nazi Azov Battalion reportedly killed in Ukraine
March 28, 2022 By Steve Sweeney And John Wojcik
Mass grave found in Mariopul; UN probes shelling in Donetsk by Ukrainian Army.
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News

From Charlottesville to Christchurch, Ukraine’s Azov Battalion is training the world’s right-wing extremists
March 24, 2022 By John Wojcik
Pumping U.S. weapons into Ukraine can end up being a disaster here at home in the U.S.
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News

Truth is the first casualty in the Ukraine-Russia war
March 22, 2022 By John Wojcik
Lies, propaganda, and repression hide or twist the truth in both Russia and Ukraine.
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Opinion

Major media in the U.S. become cheerleaders for war in Ukraine
March 21, 2022 By John Wojcik
They push the idea that the only choices are escalating the fighting by sending more weapons or doing nothing. A free and independent press must do more than simply question government narratives. It must show how...
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