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

News

Do Britain and the world really need a king?
September 12, 2022 By John Wojcik
Rather than sanitizing the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K. should be ending the monarchy altogether.
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Politics

Biden, ahead of November elections, warns of peril to democracy
September 2, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
In a blistering pre-Labor Day attack on Trump and Republicans, he lays out the choices facing the nation.
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Politics

Biden to defend democracy tonight in an attack on MAGA Republicans
August 31, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
President heads to Independence Hall today on a mission, he says, to counter what he calls the "semi-fascism" of the GOP and set the final push to the Midterm elections.
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World

Russian and Ukrainian rightists vow to continue their war
August 24, 2022 By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
On the six-month anniversary of the Russian invasion, powerful right-wing forces in both countries call for more bloodshed.
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Politics

New York primaries reflect major choices facing voters nationwide
August 22, 2022 By John Wojcik
Results will factor heavily in the direction of national politics.
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Politics

In Wyoming the choice is between a Trumpite and another right winger, Liz Cheney
August 16, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
In Alaska Murkowski could survive GOP primary, Palin could end up facing Mary Peltola, a Native American in the race for Alaska’s only House seat in the state.
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Politics

Trump could face espionage charges regarding nuclear documents taken to Mar-a-Lago
August 12, 2022 By John Wojcik
Trump allies among lawmakers and on the internet ramp up a campaign that’s already resulted in violent right-wing attacks on law enforcement.
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Politics

Supreme Court handing GOP seven congressional seats it otherwise wouldn’t have
August 11, 2022 By John Wojcik
Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Ohio are told to use Congressional maps that their courts ruled were illegal.
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