Articles About Public Ownership of the Rails
More and more media outlets are releasing articles about public ownership of the railroads as the Campaign gains steam. If you have an article that you would like to see added to this list, please email a link to info@railroadworkersunited.org.
ATLANTA CIVIC CIRCLE - Railroad Workers United organizer explains the push to nationalize railroads after Atlanta demonstration against Norfolk Southern
BROWN POLITICAL REVIEW - US Railroads Lag Behind the World in Railroad Electrification, and the Reason is Private Ownership
BUCKS COUNTY BEACON - Rail Workers Warned Us Corporate Greed Is Dangerous. It's Time to Nationalize the Railroads
CAPITOL TIMES - Workers push public ownership for a safer, stronger rail system
CLEAN TECHNICA - What if We Owned the Tracks?
COMMON DREAMS - Amid Ohio Nightmare, Rail Worker Alliance Urges All of Labor to Back Railroad Nationalization
CUNY TV - Working on the Railroad: The Fight for Railworkers' Rights
DAILY KOS - What you are NOT hearing about a solution for the East Palestine Rail Disaster and the Rail Industry
FREIGHTWAVES - U.S. railroads were nationalized in World War I
FREIGHTWAVES - Why Railroad Workers United wants US rail infrastructure publicly owned
GUARDIAN- Unions hail UK’s rail renationalisation bills as a return to ‘public service’
GOVERNING- Rail Workers Want Tracks Publicly Owned. Is That So Radical?
INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST GROUP - Why We Need Public Ownership of the Railroads
IN THESE TIMES - Is It Time To Nationalize The Railroads?
IN THESE TIMES - To Prevent Future Rail Tragedies, We Need to Nationalize the Rail System
JACOBIN - Nationalize the Railroads
JACOBIN- Public Ownership of Rail Is on the Agenda. Here’s What It Could Look Like
JACOBIN - Rank-and-File Rail Workers Are Calling for Public Ownership of the Railroads
PEOPLES WORLD - Railroad workers say nationalization of rails is what democracy looks like
PRISM - Workers say it’s time to nationalize the railroad
SIERRA CLUB ILLINOIS CHAPTER - Railroads: How Well Do Private Ownership and Public Safety Mix?
SEWER SOCIALISTS - Railroad Nationalization Must Be Part of the Green New Deal
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE - For-Profit Railroads Caused The Disaster In East Palestine
SOUTHERN WORKERS ASSEMBLY - Bring the railroads under public ownership
SUPPLY CHAIN 24/7 - Nationalize the railroads?
THE DAILY CAMPUS - Nationalize the railroads
THE GAZETTE - America’s highways are nationalized; why not its rail?
THE HIGHBALL (RWU) - Is It Time for US Railroad Workers to Consider Railroad Nationalization
THE NATION - It's Time to Talk About Nationalizing America's Railroads
THE NEW REPUBLIC - Strike Settled. Now Let’s Nationalize the Railroads
THE SEATTLE TIMES - Letter to the Editor: Freight trains: ‘Run rail for the public good’
TORONTO STAR - Canadian National is too important for Canada to remain a private company
TRAINS.COM - Mexican legislation seeks to reverse privatization of rail industry
TWO REPORTERS - PART 1 - Do you realize that America’s railroads are probably the worst in the industrialized world?
TWO REPORTERS - PART 2 - The pleasures - and perils - of driving a 2-mile long freight train