Emile Schepers

Emile Schepers is a veteran civil and immigrant rights activist. Born in South Africa, he has a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Northwestern University. He is active in the struggle for immigrant rights, in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and a number of other issues. He writes from Northern Virginia.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers

News

Virginia elections: The spin vs. the reality
November 15, 2021 By Emile Schepers
The lesson is clear: Don’t rely on the wisdom of the Democratic Party leadership to defend working-class interests; get out there and organize, in every workplace and in every community.
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Politics

Virginia labor: Turnout key to preventing a right-wing gubernatorial victory
October 20, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And Emile Schepers
Despite recent efforts to hide his true colors, Republican Youngkin is a Trump loyalist who can be expected, if elected, to advance a right-wing extremist agenda.
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Opinion

There is a migrant crisis, but where and why?
March 31, 2021 By Emile Schepers
Exploitative policies of the U.S., beginning with the infamous Monroe Doctrine, resulted in the unlivable conditions in many of the countries from which immigrants come to the U.S.
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News

Chicago joins list of U.S. cities denouncing Cuba blockade
March 9, 2021 By Emile Schepers
For 60 years, the United States has done everything within its power to destroy socialist Cuba. More U.S. cities are disagreeing with their government's campaign.
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Politics

Virginia: Campaign to repeal ‘Right to Work’ law
January 19, 2021 By Emile Schepers
For the third consecutive year, labor and allies in Virginia are preparing for a fight to remove the state’s “Right to Work” law from the statute books.
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U.S.

Elections past and elections yet to come in Virginia
November 30, 2020 By Emile Schepers
Biden carried the urban and suburban areas in Virginia with Trump prevailing in the rural areas.
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Politics

Arab-American voters could make the difference in stopping Trump in Michigan
October 2, 2020 By Emile Schepers
In the fight to defeat Trump in Michigan, Arab-American voters could provide the margin of victory.
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U.S.

Fears of a ‘police coup’ against Black elected officials in Portsmouth, Virginia
August 31, 2020 By Emile Schepers
Strange things have been going on...there is even talk of a “police coup d’état” to remove Black elected officials from office, and thus thwart efforts at criminal justice reform in the state legislature.
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