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

Insurrectionists who failed in 2021 took over the House last Friday
January 9, 2023 By John Wojcik
In order to become Speaker Kevin McCarthy enabled a fascist coup in the House of Representatives endangering Social Security, Medicare and democracy itself.
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News

Right-wing extremists block election of a House Speaker
January 4, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Hard-right Republicans forced McCarthy to promise all kinds of concessions if he is elected.
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Labor

Working-class activism the key to progress on all fronts
December 30, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
For workers and their allies, 2022 was the year “movement” described more than ever what happened across the nation.
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Politics

U.S. faith leaders, activists demand Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine
December 23, 2022 By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
Message to Biden and Congress: “There is nothing glorious about continuing the war.”
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Politics

New MAGA coup evidence revealed in GOP texts: Be scared!
December 14, 2022 By John Wojcik
Host of Republican lawmakers pushed for the Jan. 6 coup and are about to become leaders of the government they wanted to overthrow.
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Opinion

Paul Whelan: Innocent prisoner of Russia or a spy?
December 13, 2022 By John Wojcik
Release of Brittney Griner shows U.S.-Russia talks can succeed, so let’s not allow Whelan case to derail possible peace negotiations.
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Politics

Supreme Court seems ready to legalize the 2021 Trump coup tactics
December 8, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
After hearing arguments in Moore v Harper, right-wing justices back handing sweeping control of election matters to state legislatures.
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Politics

Georgia’s voters tell the nation: We will not be silenced
December 7, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Powerful people’s coalition in a former slave state overcomes voter suppression to elect Raphael Warnock, the first African American to win a full Senate term in Georgia.
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