Joe Allen (writer)
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Joe Allen | |
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| Born | July 19, 1960 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Author and Journalist |
Joe Allen (born July 19, 1960) is an American author, journalist, historian, and activist. He authored People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago (ISBN 1608461262) published by Haymarket Books in 2011. His latest book is The Package King: A Rank and File History of United Parcel Service (2016).
Early life[edit]
Allen was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, the son of Beverly Ann Vigneaux and William Henry Allen. He has three sisters.[citation needed] He graduated from Stoughton High School in 1978. He entered the University of Massachusetts Boston in the fall of 1978 and took classes through 1983 but did not graduate.[citation needed]
His previous books, Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost and People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago, were both published by Haymarket books.
Allen has contributed over the years to the U.S. edition of Socialist Worker, the International Socialist Review, CounterPunch, In These Times, and Jacobin.
Books[edit]
- Vietnam: The (Last) War the US Lost (ISBN 1931859493), foreword by John Pilger, 2007
- People Wasn't Made to Burn (ISBN 1608461262), 2011
- The Package King: A Rank and File History of United Parcel Service, 2016
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- People Wasn't Made to Burn - from Haymarket Books On YouTube.com
- Taylor, Elizabeth; Gary Krist; Joe Allen (June 9, 2012). "Book Discussion on [City of Scoundrels] and [People Wasn't Made to Burn]". Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest/Book TV. C-SPAN2 Video (49 minutes). Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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- American male non-fiction writers
- Members of the Democratic Socialists of America from Massachusetts