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

Trump illegally turns White House into campaign vehicle
August 24, 2020 By John Wojcik
He orders construction of stage and lights on White House lawn for his acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention, turning the whole place into a campaign prop.
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Politics

Biden: ‘I will be an ally of light, not darkness’
August 21, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Biden accepts nomination and declares, “United we will choose hope over fear, fact over fiction, fairness over privilege.”
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U.S.

U.S. the world leader in both health and economic disaster
August 13, 2020 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Country suffers highest number of coronavirus infections and highest unemployment rate of any developed nation.
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Opinion

Kamala Harris pick can forge historic unity in fight for justice in America
August 12, 2020 By John Wojcik
The selection of Kamala Harris as the first Black female candidate of a major party for the vice presidency of the United States deserves the support of every single person in this country who cherishes democracy,...
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U.S.

Postmaster General, a Trump crony, admits slowing the mail
August 7, 2020 By John Wojcik
As millions across the nation wait for delayed medicine and other essentials, Trump’s postmaster admits he is to blame.
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Opinion

AOC: ‘Rep. Yoho called me, and I quote, a “fucking bitch'”
July 24, 2020 By John Wojcik
In a speech heard around the world, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez delivered a condemnation of sexism and the entire culture of which it is a part.
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Politics

With secret police, Trump’s practicing fascism in the streets of our cities
July 20, 2020 By John Wojcik
The appearance of secret police on our streets is just one more in a long line of moves in a fascist direction.
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News

Supreme Court rules today: Trump is not above the law!
July 9, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
But in earlier rulings this week the Court gives him wins by dealing severe blows to the rights of women and workers.
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