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

U.S.

Lots of legislative work to do yet for workers in Virginia
March 10, 2020 By Emile Schepers
On Sunday March 8, the first 2020 session of the Virginia General Assembly (state legislature) wound up, leaving only some budgetary matters for action this week.
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News

Virginia passes the Equal Rights Amendment, but the struggle continues
January 21, 2020 By Emile Schepers
January 15, 2020, was a historic day in America: Both houses of the Virginia General Assembly approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Virginia was the 38th state to do so. This puts the ERA over the...
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World

Protests mount as Bolivia coup regime expels Mexican, Spanish diplomats
January 3, 2020 By Emile Schepers
The coup government is vilifying Mexico for giving asylum to Morales.
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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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