Privatization

Militarization Is Spreading Through Germany’s Health Sector

February 1, 2026 Peoples Health Dispatch, People's Dispatch. Educate! Germany, Health Care, Militarization, Privatization

At this point, in Germany, public funds are being used not only for defense, but also for shaping public attitudes. The Bundeswehr (the German armed forces) now publishes official videos showing German soldiers at night, by firelight, shouting “hurrah” when their general tells them they are working toward becoming “capable of winning.” The German army wants to win again. Beware, Europe. When they discuss a possible war, officials speak of the “Eastern Front,” and the “enemy” in public debate is clearly Russia – often personalized as Vladimir Putin. In our view, this taps into old anti-Russian sentiments and is becoming increasingly irrational.

Keeping Power Utilities In Corporate Hands Doesn’t Make Sense

December 31, 2025 Liza Featherstone, Portside. Create! Finance and the Economy, New York (NY), Privatization, Public Utilities

All over the country, Americans are struggling to pay their utility bills. In the Hudson Valley, the situation is particularly dire, with some ratepayers coping with surprise monthly bills of thousands of dollars. It doesn’t have to be that way, according to the region’s democratic socialists, who are leading a fight to lower prices. A bill introduced by Sarahana Shrestha, a democratic socialist assemblywoman in Assembly District 103 in the Mid-Hudson Valley, and her state senate colleague, Michelle Hinchey, calls for a state takeover of the utility company serving the area.

Kenya’s President Attempts To Close Budget Gap By Selling Health Data

December 19, 2025 Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Health Care, Kenya, Privacy, Privatization

Nairobi — It is hardly uncommon to hear Kenyans complain that their President, William Ruto, is not a head of state so much as a comprador auctioneer of the state’s assets to foreign capitalists. But if one transaction represents Kenyans’ tipping point it is the government’s agreement to effectively sell their private medical records—including biological samples and genetic data—to the Trump administration in exchange for $1.6 billion in healthcare funding over a seven-year-period.

Privatize USPS? Mail Carriers Have A Better Idea

December 18, 2025 Mel Buer, In These Times. Strategize! Contract Negotiations, Privatization, Unions, US Postal Workers

This week, we’re taking a more national focus, and checking in with the National Association of Letter Carriers, who have been embroiled in a years-long contract negotiation with the U.S. Postal Service. In our episode today, I’m sitting down with Melissa Rakestraw, member of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 825 in Chicago, IL, to discuss the state of negotiations with our nation’s letter carriers, the unprecedented rejection of the recent tentative agreement and what happens next, and what would happen if the U.S. Postal Service was privatized.

Billionaires Are Buying Your Hospitals

December 7, 2025 Ed Pomfret, Inequality.org. Strategize! Billionaires, Health Care, Hospitals, Privatization

South African billionaire Johann Rupert has enjoyed a sudden surge in wealth. His expanding fortune, like those of billionaires around the world, is not a sign of brilliance or achievement. It is a symptom of a system built to funnel wealth upward into the hands of the 1%. Rupert’s net worth jumps from $13.7 billion to $19.1 billion in under a year, powered by sales of high-end jewelry through Richemont, the luxury goods holding company he founded. With his exploding profits he invests in hospital networks, viewing them simply as financial assets, not the essential services the rest of us — the 99% — need and have the right to. The headlines call it “performance,” but anyone living outside the 1% knows it is extraction.

Machado Offers To Sell $1.7 Trillion Of Venezuela’s Assets To US Corporations

November 13, 2025 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Educate! Donald Trump, Florida, Francias Suarez, Marco Rubio, Maria Corina Machado, Oil, Privatization, Venezuela

María Corina Machado is a far-right Venezuelan coup leader who has been funded by the US government since at least 2003. The Donald Trump administration is waging war on Venezuela, and if it can succeed in overthrowing the leftist government of President Nicolás Maduro, Machado would help to lead the new pro-US regime in Caracas. Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, despite the fact that she openly supports Trump’s war on her country. She has for years called for a US military intervention to violently topple President Maduro.

If Trump Sells Student Loan Portfolio, Paths To Debt Cancellation Could Close

November 11, 2025 Kristin Collier, Truthout. Strategize! Higher Education, Privatization, Student Debt, Trump Administration

Trump administration officials are once again exploring the possibility of selling portions of the federal government’s $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio, held by about 45 million borrowers, according to recent reporting by Politico. Federal law dictates that such a sale cannot cost taxpayers any money. But, as Eileen Connor, executive director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending, told Politico, executing a deal that benefits both taxpayers and borrowers is nearly impossible. The federal government enjoys extraordinary powers of collection that private lenders do not — such as garnishing tax refunds, disability benefits, and Social Security payments. Absent those collection methods, private lenders make money through higher interest rates and longer repayment plans.

The Privatization Crisis At Canada Post

October 14, 2025 André Frappier, Canadian Dimension. Strategize! Canada, Journalism, Postal Service, Privatization

In 2001, Canada Post invested $1 million to acquire a 50 percent ownership stake in Intelcom, then operating as Intelcom Express, a package delivery company. The purchase quickly stirred controversy because of Intelcom’s connections to the Liberal Party of Canada, prompting critics to question whether the Crown corporation’s decision-making had been influenced by political favouritism. In response, Intelcom bought back its shares from Canada Post six years later, in 2007. At the time, Intelcom was a major Liberal donor. Its founder and CEO, Daniel Hudon, was both a fundraiser and a former member of the finance committee of the Québec wing of the Liberal Party.

Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools

October 2, 2025 Darron Cummings, The Lever. Educate! Privatization, Racism, Schools, Vouchers

President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill is poised to accelerate the privatization of the nation’s school systems — and private equity aims to cash in. By some estimates, the law’s new school voucher provision — which uses public funds to help parents pay for private-school tuition — is expected to transfer anywhere from $4 billion to $51 billion to private schools and companies that contract with public school districts. That includes companies owned by private equity firms. Thanks to the provision, starting in late 2026, individuals can contribute up to $1,700 to qualifying “scholarship-granting organizations” and receive a 100 percent tax credit in return, entirely bankrolled by the federal government.

The False Promises Of VA Privatization

September 25, 2025 Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early, Barn Raiser. Educate! Health Care, Privatization, Rural, Veterans Administration

James Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty—some of it in the Gulf War—and four years in the reserves, Jones says he has a “multitude” of health care problems. Ask him to list his health care needs and he sighs and reels off a long list. “Oh my, I have a multitude of stuff. There’s PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder], a right arm injury, my right shoulder, chronic rhinitis from toxic exposure during the Gulf War, dental. It all adds up,” he says, laughing, “to a 100% disability rating in VA math.” That’s why he depends on the services provided by the health care system—the nation’s largest—run by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Jones is also one of the hundreds of thousands of disabled veterans who work for the federal government, in his case the National Park Service. Plus, he’s one of the 25% of vets who live in a rural area like Wakauga County, North Carolina.

For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals

September 25, 2025 Eli Cahan, Pro Publica. Educate! Capitalism, Health Care, mental health, Privatization

As the share of U.S. adults receiving mental health care treatment steadily grows, for-profit companies are playing an increasingly important role. More than 40% of inpatient mental health beds were operated by for-profit entities as of 2021, according to unpublished data from Morgan Shields, an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis who studies quality in behavioral health care. That’s up from about 13% in 2010. (The number of mental health beds held relatively constant during that time.) Experts tie this growth to provisions of the Affordable Care Act, which made mental health care an essential health benefit that all insurance plans are required to cover.

A Handbook For Public Power Campaigns

August 26, 2025 Ingrid Behrsin, Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Create! Electricity, Energy, Privatization, Public ownership

The Public Power Handbook is a guide for communities exploring models of publicly owned power, such as a municipal electric utility, as a path toward local control, clean and affordable energy investment, and democratic accountability. The handbook provides step-by-step guidance for advocates and community members on how to municipalize (or take over) a private utility, from building a winning coalition to anticipating and countering utility pushback. The handbook also outlines alternatives to full municipalization that still further the goals of local energy control and utility accountability.

Universal Health Coverage At A Crossroads

July 28, 2025 David Franco and Indrachapa Ruberu, Peoples Dispatch. Educate! health, Health Care, Privatization, Public ownership, universal healthcare

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) continues to dominate the global health agenda. At this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA78), UHC was again hailed as the cornerstone of resilient health systems. However, while governments reaffirmed their commitments, millions of people continue to face catastrophic health costs, essential services remain out of reach, and primary healthcare systems are stretched beyond breaking. The world is not on track to achieve UHC – and it is not because of a lack of guidance. It’s because of the wrong strategy.

As Private Equity Comes For The Utility Sector, Minnesota Is A Test Case

July 26, 2025 Derek Seidman, Truthout. Resist! BlackRock, Minnesota, Privatization, Public Utilities

There’s been a significant development in hotly contested proceedings happening in northern Minnesota over whether Allete, owner of the region’s main electric utility, Minnesota Power, will be acquired by two new private equity owners, including the asset management behemoth BlackRock. After months of hearings, an administrative law judge published a report that unambiguously recommended state regulators deny approval of the deal, concluding that, based on the evidence from proceedings, Allete and the acquiring partners “have not met their burden of proof to show the transaction is consistent with the public interest.”

Medicare Advantage Is Such A Threat To Workers, They Wrote A Paper On It

July 17, 2025 Joe Maniscalco, Work-Bites. Educate! Health Care, Medicare Advantage, Privatization, Worker Rights

This past April, labor advocates for single payer health care published a white paper called, “Medicare Advantage: What Labor Leaders Need to Know.”In it, the authors remind labor leaders—including those in New York City who spent the last four years trying to push 250,000 municipal retirees into Medicare Advantage—that Medicare Advantage is “neither Medicare (the public, universal program without intermediaries between patients and the healthcare they need), nor is it an Advantage, except to profit-driven insurance companies.”

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