John Bachtell

John Bachtell is president of Long View Publishing Co., the publisher of People's World. He served as national chair of the Communist Party USA from 2014 to 2019. He is a regular writer for People's World, and 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

U.S.

No room for homophobic attacks in presidential contest
February 20, 2020 By John Bachtell
“Rush is a nasty and hateful person who lives in a bigot bubble and doesn’t realize he’s out of touch with America."
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Politics

In politics, a day or a week makes a big difference
February 18, 2020 By John Bachtell
A week ago many were panicking that Trump could win, now they’re turning out to make sure he doesn’t.
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Politics

Dems must focus on removing Trump from the White House
February 7, 2020 By John Bachtell
The chaos is likely the final nail in the coffin of the Iowa caucus, long criticized as undemocratic and unrepresentative of Democratic base voters.
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U.S.

Democrats seek unity against Trump as Iowa caucuses launch nominating process
February 3, 2020 By John Bachtell
With this state blanketed in a light coat of snow, a record number of Democrats, perhaps as many as 300,000, are expected to participate in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3.
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U.S.

Iowa voters weigh many factors as they decide who to support
January 24, 2020 By John Bachtell
Voters grasp the enormous stakes in November and their weighty responsibility in the nation’s first primary contest in the Iowa Caucus on Feb. 3.
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U.S.

Warren presents ambitious plans to voters in rapidly changing small-town Iowa
January 17, 2020 By John Bachtell
Life in historically all-white Marshalltown, population 27,000, revolves around agriculture, manufacturing, and meatpacking. But demographics and economics are changing fast.
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Politics

In the Iowa caucus homestretch, Sanders takes aim at Trump
January 14, 2020 By John Bachtell
He calls the current White House occupant “the most dangerous president in modern American history."
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Environment

Climate change: The race for survival requires global cooperation
January 7, 2020 By John Bachtell
The race for green energy and sustainability is not one that pits one nation against another for domination. It is a race of all of humanity against time.
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