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.[citation needed]
Allen has contributed over the years to the U.S. edition of Socialist Worker, the International Socialist Review, CounterPunch, In These Times, and Jacobin.[citation needed]
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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- Historians from Massachusetts
- American male non-fiction writers
- Members of the Democratic Socialists of America from Massachusetts