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

Opinion

Trump’s hate rally proves he lies about big-city crime
October 29, 2024 By John Wojcik
Some of his 20,000 followers in Madison Square Garden had their eyes opened as they mingled with thousands of immigrants in one of the safest places in America – New York City.
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En español

El mitin de Trump en el Madison Square Garden recuerda el acto nazi de 1939
October 28, 2024 By John Wojcik
Si alguien tenía alguna duda antes del mitin de que Trump y sus seguidores de MAGA están encabezando un movimiento fascista en los Estados Unidos, esas dudas se disiparon el domingo por la noche.
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Politics

Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally echoes Nazi event there in 1939
October 28, 2024 By John Wojcik
Gathering more than lives up to predictions that it would chart a dark and fascistic direction for the future of the nation.
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Politics

Harris declares Trump a fascist after Kelly says ex-president admires Hitler
October 24, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
After 80-plus years, the Nazi dictator and mass murderer is an issue again in a U.S. election.
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News

Trump’s fascistic tax plan means workers will pay more, rich pay less
October 15, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Everyone making less than $360,000 will pay more, those making more than that will get big cuts.
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Opinion

The German Democratic Republic, a socialist state still villainized long after its demise
October 7, 2024 By John Wojcik
Oct. 7, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic. For several years in the 1980s, People’s World Editor John Wojcik served as chair of the U.S. Committee for Friendship with...
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Politics

Bombshell report released by Judge Chutkan spells out additional Trump crimes
October 3, 2024 By John Wojcik
Ex-president condoned both the killing of Pence and the Jan. 6, 2021 coup attempt despite knowing he had lost the election.
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En español

Tim Walz gana el debate, pero los moderadores protegen al verdadero Vance
October 2, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
Aunque se apresuraron a preguntar al demócrata Tim Walz sobre un error verbal que cometió con respecto a algo que sucedió hace 35 años (si estuvo en Hong Kong en agosto en lugar de junio de...
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