Our national parks are under attack by the current U.S. administration. The president and his allies are not only causing harm to the parks, but to democracy itself. I am hopeful, though, that the parks’ immense popularity will inspire resistance to making them private resorts for the exclusive enjoyment of wealthy visitors. After all, they are valuable models of America’s democratic aspirations.

#NationalParks #democracy #diversity #inclusion #privatization #Op-Ed
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/05/op-ed-preserving-americas-best-idea-national-parks-fight-democracy

New study links hospital privatisation to worse patient care https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-02-29-new-study-links-hospital-privatisation-worse-patient-care

Read Josh Cowen’s final newsletter for PFPS – Vouchers and the Rest of the Right-Wing, Anti-Family Agenda: Looking Back and Looking Ahead https://pfps.org/vouchers-and-the-rest-of-the-right-wing,-anti-family-agenda-looking-back-and-looking-ahead.html via @pfpsorg #Privatization

Maurice Cunningham: DFER Moves into MAGA Orbit - DFER has never been a membership organization—there are few real Democrats involved. https://dianeravitch.net/2025/05/28/maurice-cunningham-dfer-moves-into-maga-orbit/ via @dianeravitch #Privatization

The insidious right wing plan to end free public education manifests in California as billionaire spending on charter school development and buying political support. https://tultican.com/2025/05/25/california-charter-school-movement-update/ #Privatization

The Texas Observer just reprinted a 28-year-old article by Molly Ivins on the subject of school vouchers in Texas. But if you didn’t know the article was almost thirty years old, you might not have guessed. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/molly-ivins-on-school-vouchers-1997/ #Privatization

#protip
When someone you know (casually or intimately) advocates for #privatization of parks & education or the dissolution of #SocialSecurity ask them…
If these things are so worthless why did the people who created them make it so hard for the government or corporate USA to take them away from us?

Billionaire spending is driving charter school growth (school choice) in California. It is part of an insidious right wing plan to end free public education. https://tultican.com/2025/05/25/california-charter-school-movement-update/ #Privatization

TN: Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination - Vouchers are about defunding a system that has an obligation to serve all students and giving money to a system that discriminates against whoever for whatever reason. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/tn-taxpayer-funded-discrimination?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #Privatization

The Perverse Incentives of School Choice - Voucher school operators don't have to run a good school; they just have to sell the seats. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/the-perverse-incentives-of-school?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #Privatization

The great Molly Ivins was spot on about School Vouchers in 1997 - This insightful lady saw it coming. https://www.texasobserver.org/molly-ivins-school-vouchers-1997/ - via @TexasObserver #Privatization

Billionaires buying politicians to advance school choice while ignoring the schools 87.5% of students attend is standard operating procedure in California. https://tultican.com/2025/05/25/california-charter-school-movement-update/ #Privatization

Billionaire spending driving charter school growth in California. https://tultican.com/2025/05/25/california-charter-school-movement-update/ #Privatization

#usa #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #uno / #cia / #hamas / #humanitarianaid / #privatization

„Foreign contractors are set to carry out a contentious new food aid system in Gaza, displacing experienced aid agencies like the United Nations. It was conceived and largely developed by Israelis as a way to undermine Hamas.“

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-aid-plan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J08.y-2i.bSeG4MwUfV7b&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Did you read about Florida’s new passenger rail? Privately owned and funded—except the taxpayer only had to shell out about 50 million dollars plus fees. #privatization welfare kings!

This is an image of what #park #privatization looks like. The contracted maintenance company receives city tax money to keep this park clean and safe. The company takes the money and doesn’t even use it to pay for trash services. And advocates for privatization often say “I don’t have kids using these facilities anymore why should i have to pay for it?” For the same reason your parents paid for it, “boomer,” for our country’s future generations. (Across the street the park is under city control)

In #Alberta where the poorest workers subsidize the healthcare of the wealthy, instead of the other way around.

Standing Locksley on his head.

Declining Dems for Education Reform (DFER) Seeks Salvation in MAGA Regime - Despite the name, DFER has raised millions over the years from Republican-backing billionaires. https://pv4ps.org/declining-dems-for-education-reform-dfer-seeks-salvation-in-maga-regime/ #Privatization

"Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina, leaving millions of cubic yards of destruction. Now,FEMA's sudden decision to pull direct aid threatens to force North Carolina taxpayers to shoulder a shocking hundreds of millions of dollars. It's a #betrayal.

"Maybe North Carolina should buy $1M of Trump’s meme coin & see if that gets him to approve their FEMA request."
-EM Zorbit
#FEMA #Constitution #TrumpRegime #NorthCarolina #Privatization #Austerity #Sadism #USPol
https://www.factarrow.com/north-carolina-united-states/2025-05-23-femas-shocking-decision-leaves-north-carolina-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-millions-after-helene/

Trump Administration Boosts Charter School Grant Program - Exactly the opposite of what education needs. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/trump-administration-boosts-charter?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #Privatization