Emile Schepers

Emile Schepers is a veteran civil and immigrant rights activist. Emile Schepers was born in South Africa and has a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Northwestern University. He has worked as a researcher and activist in urban, working-class communities in Chicago since 1966. He is active in the struggle for immigrant rights, in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and a number of other issues. He now writes from Northern Virginia.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers

Labor

Virginia labor targets ‘right to work’; governor may stand in the way
December 3, 2019 By Emile Schepers
Democrats' victory in state elections opened the door to new possibilities, but Gov. Ralph Northam may block efforts to end Right to Work.
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Politics

Virginia: Progressive Legislators Move Fast on the Equal Rights Amendment
November 20, 2019 By Emile Schepers
The most progressive Democratic Party members of the Virginia General Assembly (state legislature) are moving quickly to take advantage of their party’s stunning victory in the state legislative elections.
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News

Virginia election results are a warning for Trump and the Republicans
November 7, 2019 By Emile Schepers
Ending "right to work," ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment, blocking racist gerrymandering - it's all on the table after the GOP's big Virginia loss.
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News

Argentina elections: A move forward or just a swing of the pendulum?
October 31, 2019 By Emile Schepers
The question now becomes: What kind of neoliberal mess has Macri left his successor?
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Politics

Virginia races prove local elections matter
October 25, 2019 By Emile Schepers
Never think local elections don't matter.
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World

With conviction of president’s brother, protest in Honduras reaches boiling point
October 24, 2019 By Emile Schepers
The rise of two cartel-connected presidents to power was the result of the 2009 U.S.-backed military coup d’etat which overthrew left-leaning President Manuel Zelaya.
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Politics

Opposition to Trump’s anti-Cuba policy at new high in U.S.
October 23, 2019 By Emile Schepers
With new sanctions just announced, Trump’s effort to roll back the advances in U.S.–Cuba relations by the Obama administration is going full blast.
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World

‘Rio Pact’ means war danger between Venezuela and Colombia, pressure on Cuba
September 17, 2019 By Emile Schepers
Some thought the departure of John Bolton as Trump’s National Security Advisory would cause an easing of U.S. aggressiveness. Alas, no.
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