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

White House makes it official: Trump is above the law
October 9, 2019 By John Wojcik
As support for impeachment grows, the president declares he will not cooperate with the congressional probe.
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Opinion

As Trump spins out of control, support for impeachment swells
October 8, 2019 By John Wojcik
Desperate to hold his base, the president embarks on Orwellian push to render useless even the words used by his opponents and other defenders of democracy.
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World

Portugal’s right wing suffers defeat in Oct. 6 elections
October 7, 2019 By John Wojcik
To form a government, Socialist victors must talk to Communists and the Left.
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Politics

Trump calls impeachment inquiry a “coup” that will trigger civil war
October 2, 2019 By John Wojcik
House investigators zero in on Pompeo globe-trotting on behalf of Trump re-election effort.
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Politics

Deepening impeachment scandal underlines need for radical democratic reforms
October 1, 2019 By John Wojcik
Involvement of “all the president’s men” in an ongoing assault on democracy shows the need for new laws.
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Politics

Majority support impeachment probe as White House cover-up is exposed
September 27, 2019 By C.J. Atkins And John Wojcik
Revelations point to the existence of a Trump-guided inter-agency attack on U.S. democracy.
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Politics

Congress hears testimony from intel chief on “smoking gun” phone call
September 26, 2019 By John Wojcik
Trump demands to know identity of whistleblower, implies the official should be executed.
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Labor

Striking GM workers push for fairness for everyone on the job
September 20, 2019 By Earchiel Johnson And John Wojcik
Talks between General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers continued Friday morning as nearly 50,000 workers struck the auto giant for the fifth consecutive day.
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