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

U.S.

New Trans Pacific trade partnership stirs worries
November 14, 2013 By Emile Schepers
The New York Times reported serious worry in the U.S. Congress about the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement.
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World

Madagascar to hold runoff election in December
November 12, 2013 By Emile Schepers
Madagascar today is one of the richest nations in the region, and one of the poorest. It has vast natural resources (gold, nickel, cobalt, petroleum), but 92 percent of its people live on $2.00 per day...
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Opinion

1917 Russian Revolution: What the world has lost
November 8, 2013 By Emile Schepers
It has been 96 years since the Russian Revolution and 22 years since the Soviet Union, collapsed and broke into pieces, and the world lost much in that collapse.
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U.S.

Tea party Republicans set back in Virginia
November 6, 2013 By Emile Schepers
Virginia held state elections for governor, lieutenant governor, state attorney general, all 100 members of the Virginia House of Delegates, and some local offices.
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World

Czech elections: Communists advance but protest candidates steal the show
October 28, 2013 By Emile Schepers
What Babiš and his party actually stand for, other than the fact that they don't like Social Democrats, Communists, and taxes, is by no means clear.
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World

Slavery existing amidst Olympic preps in Qatar
October 25, 2013 By Emile Schepers
44 workers have died in Qatar, mostly of heart attacks, which is not surprising as many are laboring in temperatures of 122 degrees and are denied access to water.
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World

Dominican court strips Haitian migrants of citizenship
October 25, 2013 By Emile Schepers
On September 25, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic decreed that between 200,000 and 300,000 persons born in the Dominican Republic of Haitian parentage must be stripped of their Dominican citizenship and the rights that...
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U.S.

New push underway for immigration reform legislation
October 21, 2013 By Emile Schepers
President Obama, the Democratic leadership, and the immigrant rights movement are planning a new push for immigration reform legislation in Congress.
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