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

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

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