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

U.S.

Movement grows against Trump’s looting of taxpayers
June 12, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
Mnuchin vows to keep secret who got the last $500 billion while McConnell schemes to loot taxpayers again in the next stimulus bill.
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Politics

Trump hails Confederate names, monuments, and military bases
June 11, 2020 By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
Plans first big pandemic MAGA rally for Tulsa, site of 1921 massacre of African Americans.
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U.S.

Voters dump a white supremacist and make a Black woman mayor
June 3, 2020 By John Wojcik
In elections yesterday, Iowa’s Rep. Steve King was defeated, and Ferguson, Missouri made Ella Jones the city’s new mayor.
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Opinion

To save the boat, we must throw Trump overboard
May 21, 2020 By John Wojcik
The people are battling the pandemic while Trump and his cronies have withdrawn from the fight in failure. Victory over the pandemic, however, will require a new president.
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Politics

Biden, Sanders form task force to unite party on progressive agenda
May 18, 2020 By John Wojcik
Determined to rally voters to beat Trump, the two former rivals aim to unite the Democratic Party's various factions.
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Politics

Whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright testifies winter could be ‘darkest in modern history’
May 15, 2020 By John Wojcik
Top Health and Human Services official dumped by Trump details for Congress the deadly consequences of administration’s response to coronavirus pandemic.
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U.S.

Leaked CDC report projects 200,000 infections per day by June 1
May 5, 2020 By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins
Trump keeps the document in the back drawer. Report says that by June, U.S. will see a sharp rise in coronavirus deaths, up to 3,000 per day.
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Politics

Trump says “safe to re-open” as infection and death rates soar
May 4, 2020 By John Wojcik
President calls protesters carrying military-style rifles, confederate flags, swastikas, and nooses “very good people who want their lives back.”
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