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

People challenge MAGA agenda in elections today
November 4, 2025 By John Wojcik
From coast to coast, voters are taking the struggle for a people’s agenda into the nation’s polling places.
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Labor

Federal workers go hungry as they get $0 paychecks
October 28, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
As Trump builds his lavish ballroom, government employees can’t buy food for their families
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Politics

Billionaires go all out to stop Mamdani
October 21, 2025 By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
Flood of dirty money pours into Cuomo campaign.
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U.S.

Trump running scared from Oct. 18 No Kings Day protests
October 17, 2025 By John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg And C.J. Atkins
Top GOP officials lie to millions of federal workers, saying the demonstrations are the reason they’re not being paid.
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Politics

Supreme Court set to tear up entire Voting Rights Act
October 16, 2025 By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg
If they rule before the midterms, Jim Crow could be the rule again in the old South, with almost all Black or non-white members of Congress losing their seats.
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Politics

Justices may ditch last remaining piece of Voting Rights Act
October 14, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
If they do the main legislative accomplishment of the civil rights era will be struck down
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U.S.

Thousands protest Trump’s illegal “invasion” of Chicago
October 9, 2025 By John Wojcik
As soon as hundreds of National Guard troops entered the city yesterday the people turned out in opposition
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U.S.

National Guard troops poised to enter Chicago
October 8, 2025 By John Wojcik
Meanwhile, ICE presence used to terrorize people in the city
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