Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Virginia: Will midterm elections bring an upset in November?
April 17, 2018The Democrats are feeling pretty good about this year.
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Refugee caravan approaches U.S., Trump blasts Mexico, declares DACA dead
April 3, 2018How does the caravan of Honduran refugees that Trump is so upset about relate to DACA? It doesn't.
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Murder of Black politician Marielle Franco produces uproar in Brazil
March 16, 2018The murder of Marielle Franco takes place in the context of a titanic political struggle.
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Virginia legislature wages battle for Medicaid expansion
March 9, 2018In some Republican-held districts, poor working class people, including whites who voted for Trump in 2016, are in severe trouble over the issue of health care costs. So supporters of Medicaid expansion have seen a chance...
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Fightback against neoliberal policies in Argentina Intensifies
March 5, 2018Communists say it is necessary to return to a united model of class struggle unionism, democratically organized and without bureaucratic abuses.
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The Koch Brothers’ Latin America “libertarian” roadshow
February 6, 2018The Koch brothers are spending $400 million in the 2018 U.S. midterms for far-right candidates and causes. They're doing the same in Latin America to help overthrow progressive governments.
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Virginia General Assembly starts 2018 session with push for progressive laws
January 16, 2018Republicans have a tiny majority, but progressives are not letting that slow them from pushing for major reforms supported by the grassroots.
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Trump to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran immigrants
January 12, 2018Salvadoran immigrants in the United States have just received an expected, but nevertheless traumatic blow from the xenophobic Trump administration.
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