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'' () 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

Allen was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, the son of Beverly Ann Vigneaux and William Henry Allen. He has three sisters. He graduated from

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in 1978. He entered the University of Massachusetts Boston in the fall of 1978 and took classes through 1983 but did not graduate. 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'', ''

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'', '' In These Times'', and ''

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Books

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

References

External links

People Wasn't Made to Burn - from Haymarket Books
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Media from Socialism
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