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

Trump’s vile and racist remarks confirmed by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin
January 12, 2018 By John Wojcik
He's denying it now, but everyone present confirms Trump's racist shithole comments.
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Politics

Only January and Trump’s already “Knee Deep in the Big Muddy”
January 5, 2018 By John Wojcik
"Imagine if we took control and we decided what the agenda is."
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Politics

Get ready to hit the streets—Trump’s crimes may require it
December 20, 2017 By John Wojcik
There hasn’t been a time in U.S. history that united political action has been needed as much as it is now.
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Opinion

Action planned in 600 cities to stop Trump attack on democracy
December 19, 2017 By John Wojcik
It's going to take mass collective action to block Trump’s subversion of democracy.
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Politics

Progressives in Democratic Party win backing for major nomination reforms
December 18, 2017 By John Wojcik
The most radical reform approved by the commission is a 60 percent reduction in the number of superdelegates.
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Opinion

Republicans on House Judiciary Committee taking a dangerous path
December 13, 2017 By John Wojcik
By pushing Rosenstein to quash Mueller's investigation, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are joining a dangerous right-wing conspiracy to subvert democracy in America.
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Opinion

Attacks on Mueller probe: A conspiracy to destroy democracy
December 12, 2017 By John Wojcik
Mueller must be allowed to finish his probe. Discovery of the whole truth is the surest path to saving our democracy.
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Opinion

Time to get out of the water before Trump boils us all
November 3, 2017 By John Wojcik
The “normal” stuff coming out daily from the president would have been almost unimaginable under any of our recent past presidents.
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