John Bachtell

John Bachtell is president of Long View Publishing Co., the publisher of People's World. He is active in electoral, labor, environmental, and social justice struggles. He grew up in Ohio, where he attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs. He currently lives in Chicago.

LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell

U.S.

Immigrant families demand an immediate end to deportations
April 9, 2014 By John Bachtell
Fed up with seeing loved ones deported and families and communities broken up, 11 undocumented immigrants and their supporters were arrested after blocking an intersection.
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U.S.

Kentuckians blast McConnell for opposing minimum wage hike
April 4, 2014 By John Bachtell
"Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) has voted against every minimum wage increase since he's been in the U.S. Senate, but he's voted for his own raise and now he's worth $25 million."
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U.S.

Illinois working families face major threat with Rauner primary win
March 24, 2014 By John Bachtell
Working families, organized labor, progressives and other democratic forces face a major threat from the right with billionaire venture capitalist Bruce Rauner.
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Environment

Hundreds arrested at White House in XL pipeline protest
March 5, 2014 By John Bachtell
In a dramatic sign of growing opposition to construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, 398 students were arrested March 2 after they chained themselves to the White House fence.
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U.S.

Google hangout with Sam Webb discusses today’s issues, socialism (with video)
February 26, 2014 By John Bachtell
"Taking care of the future, from here to socialism" was the subject of a wide ranging google hangout with CPUSA chairman Sam Webb.
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Opinion

Pete Seeger and American communism
February 13, 2014 By John Bachtell
The death of Pete Seeger has sparked a worldwide outpouring of love, affection and appreciation for the life and legacy of this great artist, activist, humanitarian and socialist.
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Opinion

Uncovering the truth about the JFK assassination
November 21, 2013 By John Bachtell
The search for the truth is interwoven with the people's movement to defend and expand our democracy and democratic institutions and to defeat right-wing extremism and corporate power that seeks to undermine it.
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U.S.

Outrage follows declaration that police killing was “justified”
November 14, 2013 By John Bachtell
Flint Farmer was laying face down on the parkway grass after being shot in the thigh and abdomen by Chicago police officer Gildardo Sierra.
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