Career
Born in New Orleans, Verret was involved in founding the Spartacist League (United States) in 1966, serving on the central committee. Joe"s Trotskyite work in the 1960s centred on New Orleans, involving the Southern Student Organizing Committee, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and civil rights protests. Also in 1969, despite being an anti-war activist, Verret was drafted.
Following the Spartacist line on war, Verret accepted the draft in order to serve alongside fellow workers.
Verret was involved in the G.I. Voice newsletter supporting soldiers taking a class war position against the United States state. The United States Army reacted to Verret"s politics by making him serve unusually long training, through individual intimidation, and through placing him in desk work in Vietnam.
In 1976 Verret moved to London and played a role in the founding of the Spartacist League/Britain in 1978. He also served as National Chairman of the Trotskyist League of Canada in the 1970s and early 1980s.
In 1981 Verret returned to the United States, where he led the Atlanta Local of the Spartacist League from 1983 until 1996.
In 1996 he moved to Los Los Angeles Verret left the Spartacist League in 2000 over a political matter, through continued work in left wing movements through being involved in the Prometheus Research Library. In 2009 the Spartacist League/United States voted him honorary membership.
