John Bachtell

John Bachtell is president of Long View Publishing Co., the publisher of People's World. He served as national chair of the CPUSA from 2014 to 2019. He is active in electoral, labor, environmental, and social justice struggles. He grew up in Ohio, Pittsburgh, and Albuquerque and attended Antioch College. He currently lives in Chicago where he is an avid swimmer, cyclist, runner, and dabbler in guitar and occasional singer in a community chorus.

LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell

Labor

Starbucks workers take nationwide coffee break and walk off the job
March 23, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg, John Bachtell, Roberta Wood And Scott Marshall
They garner support in their fight against labor law breaking from the public from coast to coast.
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Politics

Chicago mayoral runoff: Choice between progress or racial division
March 1, 2023 By John Bachtell
Lori Lightfoot defeated, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson in a runoff on April 4.
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U.S.

There are 200,000 ways you can support People’s World
January 31, 2023 By John Bachtell
This publication has important work to do, and your financial help can help build, mobilize, and unite the people’s movements.
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Politics

Fanatical MAGA Republicans hold the country hostage over debt limit
January 20, 2023 By John Bachtell
It’s an initial step in their plan to construct a fascist future in which unfettered capitalist rule is the order of the day.
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Politics

The anti-MAGA majority can stop GOP House madness
January 10, 2023 By John Bachtell
The Republican takeover of the House requires mass mobilization against the ongoing coup attempt by the extreme right.
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Politics

Expanding their war on democracy, Ohio Republicans target citizen ballot initiatives for elimination
December 16, 2022 By John Bachtell
With its entrenched power, the Ohio GOP has become one of the country's most extreme, corrupt, and lawless state parties.
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Opinion

Elon Musk is turning Twitter into a fascist free-for-all
December 8, 2022 By John Bachtell
The platform is going down the sewer quickly, and many wonder whether it will survive.
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Opinion

Reproductive rights voter wave swamps MAGA trickle
December 1, 2022 By John Bachtell
The GOP is captive to the MAGA fascist movement and the right wing of the evangelical and Catholic Churches and cannot break with them.
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