Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Politics
Economic aid and anti-imperialist solidarity: Legacies of the socialist bloc
October 25, 2017Lenin argued you can't fight for socialism and against capitalism without fighting also against imperialism. It's a legacy of the Russian Revolution that still survives.
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U.S.
2017 down-ticket races approach finish line in Virginia
October 18, 2017This election is being closely watched from coast-to-coast as a possible harbinger of things to come in the national midterm elections of 2018.
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World
Venezuela: Pro government candidates win in state elections
October 17, 2017Candidates allied with the left-wing government of President Nicolas Maduro won in 17 of Venezuela’s 23 states in regional elections.
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U.S.
Trump holds Dreamers hostage
October 16, 2017We have a hostage situation. Right here in the United States.
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Politics
Battle lines drawn over Confederate-named highway in northern Virginia
October 6, 2017The fight to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway is heating up.
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World
The deep roots of Spain’s Catalan crisis
October 5, 2017The battle over Catalonia’s relationship to the central government has been going on for centuries, and there have been plenty of violent clashes before.
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World
Labor movement begins to reassess its approach to Cuba relations
October 3, 2017The Washington State Labor Council of the AFL-CIO called for an end to the U.S. economic blockade and travel restrictions on that country.
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News
Dangerous new immigration law passed by the House
September 28, 2017The bill would give the government expanded power to define organizations as “gangs” and then to round up non-citizen members—undocumented or documented—and deport them.
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