David Ranney, Author

  • Books
    • Dear Rhoda – A Play In Two Acts
    • Living and Dying on the Factory Floor: From the Outside In and the Inside Out
    • New World Disorder: The Decline of U.S. Power
  • About David
  • Events and Lectures
    • Events for David Ranney
    • Photo Gallery
  • Essays and Videos

Eco-socialism or Annihilation: Toward A Green New Deal

April 27, 2020

Preface This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, which also marks the beginning of what I call below the modern environmental movement. In 2019 and the first part of 2020 militant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

Interview on “Wake Up KSFR” Santa Fe, NM

May 9, 2019

https://www.ksfr.org/post/author-david-ranney-presents-living-and-dying-factory-floor-santa-fe-collected-works … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

Interview with Allen Ruff on the show “APA” Today on WORT Madison, Wisconsin

April 22, 2019

… [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos, News

Doug Storm Interviews David Ranney About His New Book “Living and Dying on the Factory Floor”

March 27, 2019

WFHB Interchange: Unmade in America, The wages of Factory Work.Host: Douglas Storm interviews David Ranney about his new book “Living and Dying on the Factory … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

On Violence and the Value of Life

August 14, 2018

The following is a transcription of an address I gave to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County. A few weeks ago, 73 people were shot in three predominantly black neighborhoods of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

There ain’t no justice, just us

March 5, 2018

The following is an excerpt from my book which will be released in the coming year. The excerpt was originally published by the journal Hard Crackers: Chronicles of Everyday Life. Hard Crackers is, in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

Foxconn: The Myth and Reality of the Welfare Queen

March 5, 2018

Both this essay and the previous essay on Foxconn are published in the February, 2018 issue of the electronic journal, Insurgent Notes.  www.insurgentnotes.com Readers are encouraged to check out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

The Foxconn Con

August 27, 2017

A gush of political hot air accompanied the announcement in late July that Foxconn, a Taiwan based electronics manufacturing giant, would locate a new plant with 13,000 workers near Kenosha, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos, News

Is “Human Nature” a Barrier to a World Without War, Environmental Destruction and Inequality?

July 7, 2016

The following is a transcript of a talk I gave to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County at their Sunday Service on 4-10- 16. It is their custom for speakers to begin with a children’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

Breaking Our “Mind Forged Manacles” In An Age Of Global Violence

June 18, 2015

A Message to The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County, Wisconsin, June 14, 2015 I must confess to being a bit of a news junky. I start the day looking at a variety of news sources on TV, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essays and Videos

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

David Ranney

David Ranney is Professor Emeritus in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago, author, lecturer as well as actor and director in a small community theater.

More.

Recent Essays and Videos

Eco-socialism or Annihilation: Toward A Green New Deal

Interview on “Wake Up KSFR” Santa Fe, NM

Interview with Allen Ruff on the show “APA” Today on WORT Madison, Wisconsin

Doug Storm Interviews David Ranney About His New Book “Living and Dying on the Factory Floor”

On Violence and the Value of Life

There ain’t no justice, just us

Foxconn: The Myth and Reality of the Welfare Queen

The Foxconn Con

Is “Human Nature” a Barrier to a World Without War, Environmental Destruction and Inequality?

Breaking Our “Mind Forged Manacles” In An Age Of Global Violence

Connect with David Ranney

  • Twitter
  • YouTube

The Latest Book

Dear Rhoda – A Play In Two Acts

… Read More

On The Site

  • About David Ranney
  • Dear Rhoda – A Play In Two Acts
  • Events for David Ranney
  • Living and Dying on the Factory Floor: From the Outside In and the Inside Out
  • New World Disorder: The Decline of U.S. Power
  • Photo Gallery

Copyright © 2023 David Ranney