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

Politics

Celebration of D-Day marred by U.S.-backed imperialist wars
June 6, 2024 By John Wojcik
The fight against fascism today demands respect for the real history of that fight.
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Politics

Guilty! Jury convicts Trump on all 34 criminal counts
May 31, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Republican leaders circle the wagons around the first ex-president to become a felon.
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Opinion

Danger of world war grows by the day over Ukraine
May 23, 2024 By John Wojcik
Biden now considers approval of firing U.S. weapons into Russia.
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News

Ukraine demands more U.S. help targeting sites in Russia
May 21, 2024 By John Wojcik
After criticizing Russia for using inmates, Zelensky does the same in Ukraine.
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Opinion

U.S. and NATO pave the way for sending troops into Ukraine
May 17, 2024 By John Wojcik
Pushing the nuclear clock closer to midnight, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says, “We’ll get there eventually, over time.”
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Politics

U.S. rejects China’s proposal to ban first use of nuclear weapons
May 16, 2024 By John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg And Ben Chacko
The dangerous move by the Biden administration tops off what was essentially “anti-China week” in Washington.
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Environment

Trump tells oil barons they should line his pockets with $1 billion
May 10, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
At a secret dinner he vows, in exchange, to drain workers more than ever and ditch all of Biden’s environmental protections.
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Politics

Biden says protests will not cause him to change his policy
May 3, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg, Benjamin Bath And John Wojcik
He blames peaceful protesters for shutting down campuses, accuses tuition-paying students of “trespassing,” and claims they are denying others the right to an education.
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