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

Why Trump has failed at regime change in Venezuela
September 10, 2019 By John Wojcik
Growing support in the U.S. for socialism hasn’t made the latest attacks on that country any easier.
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World

Communist vote in Portugal Oct. 6 key to preserving working-class gains
September 9, 2019 By John Wojcik
The party is battling a massive right-wing effort to undermine progress on workers' rights made since the 2015 elections.
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World

Fascist AfD gains, but fails to enter governments in German elections
September 3, 2019 By Victor Grossman And John Wojcik
A path forward exists to keep the extreme right out of the state senates in Saxony and Brandenburg.
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Politics

White supremacist in the White House fueling a national emergency
August 5, 2019 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
Call to remove Trump from office grows as he is scored for setting the tone for deadly mass shootings.
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World

Trump kills Cold War missile treaty, setting stage for a new arms race
August 2, 2019 By John Wojcik
Scuttling the treaty begs the question: Is Washington planning to deploy nuclear missiles either in Europe or someplace else in the near future?
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Politics

Berliners win a few battles in their fight for affordable housing
July 29, 2019 By John Wojcik
One tenant says public control “might be the only way that people can afford to be able to live here.”
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World

U.S. and NATO warmakers find some willing partners in Germany
July 19, 2019 By John Wojcik
While Trump stirs up race hatred at home, U.S. encourages dangerous war planning in Europe.
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News

A first: Red-red-green coalition wins in Bremen, Germany’s poorest state
July 12, 2019 By John Wojcik
For the first time in the former West Germany, voters have put an SPD-Die Linke-Green coalition in power.
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