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

Message to Biden and Putin: Don’t waste historic opportunity
June 15, 2021 By John Wojcik
The Geneva summit can open a new era in world politics and a new approach to arms control.
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Mundo Popular

A las masas cansadas, pobres y apiñadas de Centroamérica se les debe la entrada
June 9, 2021 By John Wojcik
Resolver el "problema" de la inmigración comienza con admitir nuestro papel en la creación del desastre humano que se desarrolla al sur de nuestra frontera.
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Opinion

Tired, poor, huddled masses from Central America are owed entry
June 8, 2021 By John Wojcik
Solving the immigration “problem” starts with admitting our role in creating the human disaster unfolding south of our border.
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Politics

Manchin upending entire Democratic agenda
June 7, 2021 By John Wojcik
Voting rights, infrastructure, and more in danger of going nowhere unless action is taken in June.
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Opinion

Republican election ‘fraudits’ a key part of their plan to destroy democracy
June 4, 2021 By John Wojcik
This year may well be the last time we have a chance to save free elections and democracy in America.
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U.S.

GOP offers inadequate infrastructure plan that lets the rich off free
May 27, 2021 By John Wojcik
Their plan makes it clear yet again that, for them, protecting the wealthy trumps fixing infrastructure.
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Politics

In a positive sign for world peace, Biden to meet Putin for summit
May 25, 2021 By John Wojcik
The summit will follow a meeting of the Group of Seven and a NATO summit.
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Politics

Trump faces jail time, now that NY Attorney General launches criminal probe
May 19, 2021 By John Wojcik
Up until now, it was only fines he had to worry about.
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