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 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

Opinion

Putin regime emerges as the main danger to global peace and security
March 23, 2022 By John Bachtell
Global collective unity on the order of the World War II anti-fascist alliance needed to end the war in Ukraine and, in solidarity with the Russian people, oust Putin from power.
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Politics

Show People’s World some love – $75,000 by May Day
February 22, 2022 By John Bachtell
Last year, our supporters saved People's World by raising over $100,000. This year, we need to do it again - $75,000 by May Day.
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Politics

Death by disinformation: Anti-vaxxers, GOP, fascists, white supremacists unite against public health
February 1, 2022 By John Bachtell
Anti-vaxxers were once a fringe cause consisting of religious fundamentalists, libertarians, grifters, celebrities, and some liberals. Now, the extreme right wing has engulfed this movement, bringing tens of millions of followers.
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U.S.

The real reason for the inflation we are experiencing
January 19, 2022 By John Bachtell
It’s not Biden or wage increases but corporate monopoly price gouging that is to blame for the inflation hitting our pocketbooks.
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Culture

Who killed JFK? Stone’s latest assassination documentary reveals more hidden secrets
January 14, 2022 By John Bachtell
The same right-wing extremism that many, including Stone, believe was behind the Kennedy assassination (and coup) is driving the real-time coup by the Trump MAGA GOP today.
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News

Against a fascist-dominated GOP, democracy needs every ally it can get
January 11, 2022 By John Bachtell
What will it take to defeat the MAGA threat and defend constitutional democracy?
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Opinion

Texas scientists develop a ‘people’s vaccine,’ offer it free to the world
January 5, 2022 By John Bachtell
Offering their vaccine with no patent and no strings attached, Drs. Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi say, “This is no time for profiteering.”
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Politics

School board wars: Republicans’ anti-CRT strategy less successful than they hoped
December 22, 2021 By John Bachtell
“People are looking for common-sense leaders who are going to do good things for their kids,” one union leader says. “It’s a sign that voters are shouting out for sanity.”
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