Public ownership

Cloud, Platforms, And Search Engines Are Public-Interest Institutions

June 28, 2026 Cecilia Rikap, Kirsten Van Gestel, and Klara Ledroit, Transform Network. Create! Capitalism, European Union (EU), Public ownership, Technology

Today, US tech giants increasingly capture and profit from knowledge, research, and technologies produced in European universities and public institutions. The result is a deepening digital dependency: the European Union relies on foreign-owned platforms that control not only our data, but also the way we communicate, work, think and, ultimately, live our lives. For economist Cecilia Rikap, Associate Professor in Economics and Head of Research at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London (IIPP-UCL), this dependency is not merely economic: it is also a democratic issue.

The US-Nordic Childcare Gap

June 3, 2026 Brian Dew, People's Policy Project. Create! Child Care, Families, Nordic Model, Public ownership

In April 2026, at an Easter White House lunch, President Trump said childcare should be devolved entirely to states. "We're fighting wars," he said. "We can't take care of daycare." Fifty-five years after Nixon vetoed the Comprehensive Child Development Act, the federal door to public childcare is still shut. In those same decades, the Nordic countries built high-quality public childcare systems that cover every child from age 1. The systems enroll most children, employ a stable workforce, and remain politically untouchable because every family depends on them.

Fighter Jets Or Affordable Food

May 28, 2026 Lois Ross, Rabble.ca. Create! Canada, Food Security, Grocery Stores, Public ownership

An increasingly prominent issue these days is the cost of food and discussion of various options to control the pricing and profiteering by food corporations across Canada. Depending on what you are purchasing or where you live, the cost of groceries has increased at least 30 per cent since 2020. The cost of food is ranked as the main issue for more than 75 per cent of Canadians – above housing and above gas prices. As noted in previous columns, the sale and distribution of food in Canada is concentrated. As is just five corporations – Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys, Costco and Walmart – control the market.

Stop Utility Shutoffs; Corporate Terror Kills

May 10, 2026 Stephen Millies, Struggle-La Lucha. Educate! Electricity, Public ownership, Utility Companies, Utility Shutoffs

Electricity was cut off 13.4 million times to U.S. homes in 2024. Gas was shut-off to 1.7 million. That’s a national disaster. Since several folks usually live in a household, this means at least 40 million to 50 million people lost their lights and heat that year. Their crime was being poor. Having your electricity cut off means your milk, meat and other refrigerated food will spoil. So will life-saving medications like insulin, which many people with diabetes need. Shut-offs can kill. A May 15, 1982, fire in Baltimore killed 10 people, including seven children. The fire was caused by a candle that the family was forced to use after their electricity was shut off.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Is Creating Its Own Clean Energy Utility

March 23, 2026 Carey L. Biron, Next City. Create! Energy, Michigan, Public ownership, Utilities

When Krystal Steward started knocking on her neighbors’ doors in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2021, to discuss energy efficiency and sustainability upgrades, she was met with a lot of blank stares. She was new to the issues herself, she said. But the longtime social worker kept at her new job doing outreach for Community Action Network, a local nonprofit dedicated to serving under-resourced communities. She slowly started getting people in her neighborhood to take part first in home energy assessments, then a city program to swap out appliances, make structural fixes, and more.

Each $1 Billion Invested In Public Transportation Returns $5 Billion

March 10, 2026 Trains.com. Create! Budget, Public ownership, Public transportation, Trains

Washington, DC — A new independent economic study assessing the American Public Transportation Association’s recommendations for public transportation funding estimates that every $1 billion in such funding generates $5 billion in long-term economic value. This week’s report, Economic Impact of Public Transportation Investment, also says the funding supports tens of thousands of jobs nationwide. In February, APTA called for $138 billion for public transit and $130 billion for passenger rail in its recommendations for the new surface transportation authorization due from Congress this year.

Venezuela’s Acting President Calls For Breaking Oil Dependency

February 9, 2026 Olys Guárate, Orinoco Tribune. Create! Communes, Delcy Rodriguez, Oil, Public ownership, US Imperialism, Venezuela

During a community outreach activity in the Almirante Lino de Clemente commune, Miranda state, Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez emphasized the strategic need to break with the oil rentier economic model and highlighted the importance of strengthening of the Venezuelan participatory and protagonistic socialist model in this regard. During the activity, held on Saturday, february 7, Rodríguez highlighted that oil revenue will be reserved exclusively for social welfare and the improvement of public services, while production must originate from the territory in the communes.

As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Demand Public Control Of Utilities

January 5, 2026 Derek Seidman, Truthout. Create! Data Centers, Electricity, Public ownership, Utilities

Electricity bills for millions of utility customers are skyrocketing across the U.S. while the number of households facing extreme utility debt is mounting. Energy costs are being turbocharged by the AI data center boom, which is prolonging the burning of fossil fuels in the face of intensifying climate chaos. Overseeing all this is a powerful regime of investor-owned utilities that dominate our energy system. These for-profit corporations own and control the basic infrastructure we all depend on. Their executives and shareholders profit by raising electric rates or skimping on maintenance. And now, private equity firms are gunning for utilities.

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.

Reclaiming Drug Discovery: Why We Need Public Pharma

July 16, 2025 David Franco, People's Dispatch. Create! Big Pharma, Health Care, Innovation, Public ownership

Big pharma loves to present itself as the driving force of medical breakthroughs – an industry tirelessly pushing the boundaries of science to deliver life-saving treatments. Yet, behind the grand narratives of “innovation”, the truth is far more calculated. Rather than committing to the expensive, high-risk process of true scientific discovery, pharmaceutical giants like Sanofi, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Roche, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), Merck, and AstraZeneca have refined a more strategic and profitable approach: let others take risks, then swoop in to take the rewards.

Why Public Funds Should Be Deposited In Publicly-Owned Banks

July 9, 2025 Ellen Brown, Web of Debt. Educate! Banking and Finance, Big Banks, Public Banking, Public ownership

A thriving economy requires that credit flow freely for productive use. But today, a handful of giant banks diverts that flow into an exponentially-growing self-feeding pool of digital profits for themselves. Rather than allowing the free exchange of labor and materials for production, our system of banking and credit has acted as a tourniquet on production and a drain on resources. Yet we cannot do without the functions banks perform; and one of these is the creation of “money” as dollar-denominated bank credit when they make loans. This advance of credit has taken the form of “fractional reserve” lending, which has been heavily criticized.

‘Fund The 15!’ Building Out A True National Railroad Network

June 17, 2025 Dan Bilka, Railway Age. Create! Public ownership, Railroads, Trains, Transportation

The American passenger rail renaissance is well-under way! Sold out trains, highly successful new services, and (justifiable) frustration about high ticket prices because of it: This is only the beginning. FY2024 was Amtrak’s most successful year in history with record ridership and record revenue. Americans, loudly and clearly, want more passenger rail travel options. Our limited existing services are already oversubscribed. Now is the time we need to work to meet the moment and bring passenger trains to more people in more places as part of a truly interconnected transportation network. They are truly engines of economic growth.

Kerala’s Healthcare Revolution: A Triumph Over Corporate Greed

February 18, 2025 Anusha Paul, People's Dispatch. Create! Capitalism, Corporate greed, Health Care, India, Kerala, Privatization, Public ownership

The New Indian Express reported on February 10, 2025, that Kerala has seen the closure of 99 private hospitals since 2011, citing the data from the Kerala Private Hospital Association (KPHA). The association believes this number is a conservative estimate, with the actual figure likely much higher. Hussain Koya Thangal, President of the Kerala Private Hospital Association (KPHA), emphasized that while the cost of treatment has remained relatively stable, the financial burden of maintaining infrastructure and running hospitals has increased significantly.

A Public Model For Home Insurance

January 20, 2025 Moira Birss and MacKenzie Marcelin, Dissent Magazine. Create! Extreme weather, Florida, Housing, Insurance, Public ownership

With every extreme weather event, housing is damaged and belongings are lost. Insurance is supposed to be the safety net that helps people to recover and restart their lives. But as major disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, and hailstorms increase in frequency and severity thanks to climate change, more insurance companies are cutting back on policies, jacking up premium rates, or refusing to cover whole areas of the country. This change is leaving people who live in affected homes—including everything from single-family houses to multifamily rental buildings—facing financial hardship and even homelessness, among other ruinous consequences.

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