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

U.S.

Coast to coast protests erupt against Biden’s deportation of Haitians
September 23, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Demonstrators demand that the president live up to his campaign promises to end inhumane treatment of migrants.
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News

Manchin claim that we can’t afford $3.5 trillion holds no water
September 20, 2021 By John Wojcik
Only those who favor destruction of both people and the planet can oppose a reconciliation plan that could be our last chance to make the changes that will save our future.
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Mundo Popular

Una pregunta para los llamados ‘moderados’ demócratas: ¿No tienen vergüenza?
September 19, 2021 By John Wojcik
De modo que el debate se intensifica sobre las cantidades en dólares que no nos dicen absolutamente nada sobre lo que realmente hay en las facturas. Los desacuerdos sobre el dinero no tienen sentido si no...
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Opinion

A question for so-called Democratic ‘moderates’: Have you no shame?
September 17, 2021 By John Wojcik
Stop hiding behind arguments about a reconciliation bill price tag of $3.5 trillion vs. $1 trillion vs. $6 trillion. All of that tells us nothing.
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U.S.

Dems’ reconciliation tax plan lets billionaires off the hook
September 14, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Plan to tax billionaires’ massive accumulated wealth, backed by Biden and progressives, is blocked by so-called moderates.
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Opinion

GOP governors cry crocodile tears over vaccine mandates
September 14, 2021 By John Wojcik
To end lockdowns, social distancing, and mask wearing just go get vaccinated.
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U.S.

Biden’s sweeping mandates curb COVID and right-wing Republicans
September 10, 2021 By John Wojcik
President marshals full force of the presidency to end the pandemic and call obstructionist GOP governors to task.
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U.S.

Delta surge continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated
September 7, 2021 By John Wojcik
In highly unvaccinated states everyone is in danger because if they need a hospital there may be no room for them.
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