INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Editor at People 's World
C.J. Atkins is the managing editor at People's World. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from York University in Toronto and has a research and teaching background in political economy and the politics and ideas of the American left. In addition to his work at People's World, C.J. currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director of ProudPolitics.
Dee Miles works in social services, is an activist, and chair of the CPUSA's Education Commission.
Gary Bono is a retired transit worker, union leader, and president of International Publishers. He serves on the National Board of the Communist Party, USA.
Job Titles:
- American Editor of the 50 Volume Marx - Engels Collected Works
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair of the Communist Party USA
Joe Sims is co-chair of the Communist Party USA. He is also a senior editor of People's World and loves biking.
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- President of Long View Publishing Co
John Bachtell is president of Long View Publishing Co., the publisher of People's World. He served as national chair of the Communist Party USA from 2014 to 2019. He is a regular writer for People's World, and active in electoral, labor, environmental, and social justice struggles. He grew up in Ohio, Pittsburgh, and Albuquerque and attended Antioch College. He currently lives in Chicago where he is an avid swimmer, cyclist, runner, and dabbler in guitar and occasional singer in a community chorus.
Matthew F. Bokovoy (Ph.D., Temple University) is senior acquisitions editor for Native American and Indigenous Studies, General Nonfiction of the American West, and Borderlands History for University of Nebraska Press. He is a U.S. social, cultural, and intellectual historian of the 19th and 20th centuries who taught at Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma State University. He is author of The San Diego World's Fairs and Southwestern Memory, 1880-1940 (University of New Mexico Press, 2005).
Job Titles:
- Retired Member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Roberta Wood is a retired member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Coalition of Labor Union Women. Wood was a steelworker in South Chicago, an officer of Steelworkers Local 65, and founding co-chair of the USWA District 31 Women's Caucus. She was previously Secretary-Treasurer of the Communist Party. Currently, she serves as a Senior Editor of People's World.
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair of the Communist Party USA
Rossana Cambron is co-chair of the Communist Party USA. She is active in the peace and immigrant rights movements, enjoys learning about new technology and reading about historical events. She is also a videographer for People's World in Southern California.
Most recently, Tony Pecinovky joined IP as Vice President. Pecinovsky, a community activist and author, has written for numerous publications, including Black Perspectives, American Communist History, and the People's World. His most recent book is titled The Cancer of Colonialism: W. Alphaeus Hunton, Black Liberation and the Daily Worker, 1944-1946.
Tony Pecinovsky is the author of Let Them Tremble: Biographical Interventions Marking 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA and author/editor of Faith In The Masses: Essays Celebrating 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA. His most recent book is titled The Cancer of Colonialism: W. Alphaeus Hunton, Black Liberation, and the Daily Worker, 1944-1946. Pecinovsky has appeared on C-SPAN's "Book TV" and speaks regularly on college and university campuses across the country.