Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
July 26, 1953: Cuban revolutionary struggle turns 70
July 24, 2014A small band of courageous and principled young Cubans stormed the Moncada Barracks, the beginning of a movement that has changed the world forever.
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Ukraine itself burns in wake of airliner shoot-down
July 23, 2014People with their own agendas push their versions of who is to blame, there is a shooting war between military forces and local militias, and half a million refugees have crossed into Russia.
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U.S.
U.S. policy driving the children north
July 21, 2014The poverty and suffering of Guatemalans, and especially indigenous Guatemalans, is rooted in long term U.S. policy in the region.
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World
Stuttgart and Sarajevo: lessons from the “Great War”
July 2, 2014The lesson for us today is that we must spare no effort to build international working class unity against war, militarism, and imperialism.
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U.S.
Republicans use child refugees to block immigration reform
July 2, 2014The arrival in South Texas alone of over 50,000 child refugees without immigration papers has been seized on by Republicans to block immigration reform.
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World
Argentina, “vulture” funds, and the U.S. Supreme Court
June 23, 2014The high court refused to hear Argentina's appeal of an appeals court decision which forces the South American country to appease predatory "vulture" funds.
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U.S.
Arriving without their parents: Child refugees being warehoused on the U.S. border
June 19, 2014Thousands of unaccompanied child refugees from Central America, making their way through Mexico and into the U.S., are ending up in locked, fenced warehouses in Texas and Arizona.
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European Parliament elections reflect loss of confidence in European Union
June 5, 2014During the week ending on May 25, voters in the 28 countries of the European Union voted for members of the 766-member European Parliament.
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