John G. Curry was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He had a twenty-year career with the Chicago Fire Department until he retired in 2015.He spent seventeen years trying to unite the people in the United States to peacefully work together to solve community and individual problems and create opportunities using cooperative economics. With this in mind, he published The New Revolutionary War in 2005, proposing a peaceful revolution based on his simple ideas and philosophies. Curry is a candidate for the U.S. Congressional District 2 in Illinois for the 2024 U.S. elections. His website is johngcurryforcongress.com.