Joe Allen (writer)

Joe Allen
Born	(1960-07-19)July 19, 1960 Stoughton, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Author and Journalist

Joe Allen(born July 19, 1960) is an American author, journalist, historian, and activist. He authoredPeople Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago(ISBN1608461262) published byHaymarket Booksin 2011. His latest book isThe Package King: A Rank and File History of United Parcel Service(2016).

Early life

Allen was born inStoughton, Massachusetts,the son of Beverly Ann Vigneaux and William Henry Allen. He has three sisters.He graduated fromStoughton High Schoolin 1978. He entered theUniversity of Massachusetts Bostonin the fall of 1978 and took classes through 1983 but did not graduate.

His previous books,Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. LostandPeople 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 ofSocialist Worker,theInternational Socialist Review,CounterPunch,In These Times,andJacobin.

Books

• Vietnam: The (Last) War the US Lost(ISBN1931859493), foreword byJohn Pilger,2007
• People Wasn't Made to Burn(ISBN1608461262), 2011
• The Package King: A Rank and File History of United Parcel Service,2016

External links

• People Wasn't Made to Burn - from Haymarket BooksOnYouTube
• Taylor, Elizabeth;Gary Krist;Joe Allen (June 9, 2012)."Book Discussion on [City of Scoundrels] and [People Wasn't Made to Burn]".Chicago TribunePrinters Row Lit Fest/Book TV.C-SPAN2Video (49 minutes).Retrieved18 June2013.
• Media from Socialism