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

AOC: ‘Rep. Yoho called me, and I quote, a “fucking bitch'”
July 24, 2020 By John Wojcik
In a speech heard around the world, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez delivered a condemnation of sexism and the entire culture of which it is a part.
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Politics

With secret police, Trump’s practicing fascism in the streets of our cities
July 20, 2020 By John Wojcik
The appearance of secret police on our streets is just one more in a long line of moves in a fascist direction.
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News

Supreme Court rules today: Trump is not above the law!
July 9, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
But in earlier rulings this week the Court gives him wins by dealing severe blows to the rights of women and workers.
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Politics

Sanders: ‘National security involves a lot more than bombs’
July 1, 2020 By John Wojcik
The senator introduces an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act that slashes the military budget by 10 percent and redirects billions of dollars into eradicating poverty and homelessness."
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U.S.

U.S. coronavirus infection rate now highest since pandemic began
June 25, 2020 By John Wojcik
No testing equals no infections? Trump regime completely turns its back on the American people, ends funding for 13 federal government testing sites across the country.
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Politics

Progressives rack up impressive victories in June 23 Democratic primaries
June 24, 2020 By John Wojcik
In New York, AOC wins blowout victory and 32-year incumbent Engels is defeated; in Kentucy and North Carolina, Trump-backed Republicans lose GOP primaries.
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U.S.

Push to reopen early behind current COVID outbreak in South
June 23, 2020 By John Wojcik
Health experts trace current coronavirus infection spike in many Southern and Western states to tossing of restrictions and lockdowns in time for Memorial Day.
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U.S.

Poor turnout, hate speech, COVID infections mark Trump’s Tulsa rally
June 22, 2020 By John Wojcik
“Comeback” rally an embarrassing flop with only 6,000 of the one million predicted by the president showing up.
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