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.

Virginia’s tea party could be over Nov. 5
October 21, 2013 By Emile Schepers
If the polls are to be believed, tea party-backed candidates could well go down to defeat all over Virginia on November 5.
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World

French students rebel against deportations of classmates
October 18, 2013 By Emile Schepers
The arrest of a Roma girl on a school bus in front of her classmates, and her subsequent deportation to Kosovo along with her family, has caused an uproar in France and split the ruling Socialist...
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World

“Hasta Siempre, Comandante”: On the anniversary of the murder of Che
October 11, 2013 By Emile Schepers
On October 9, 1967, hirelings in the employ of Bolivian dictator Rene Barrientos, supported and instigated by the United States government via C.I.A. operative Felix Rodriguez, carried out the cold blooded murder of comandante Ernesto "Che"...
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World

Cuba: U.S. cows firms on embargo, harms economy
October 11, 2013 By Emile Schepers
For more than half a century the U.S. has severely impeded Cuba's economy, costing the island nation $1,157,327,000, and millions to the U.S. economy, according to a United Nations resolution on the trade embargo.
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World

Cuba airline bombing anniversary shows U.S. double standard on terrorism
October 8, 2013 By Emile Schepers
Last Saturday, U.S. military operatives carried out raids in Libya and Somalia. Coincidentally, the raids took place one day before the 37th anniversary of a major terrorist act for which the United States has never held...
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Opinion

Vietnamese leader Vo Nguyen Giap dies at 102
October 7, 2013 By Emile Schepers
He passed away from old age on Friday October 4 at Military Hospital 108, where he had been living for several years.
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World

Lampedusa horror part of worldwide migration tragedy
October 7, 2013 By Emile Schepers
More and more people in the U.S. realize that U.S. trade and economic policies are directly linked to the conditions that impel people to migrate in such numbers.
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World

Conservatives lose, communists advance in Portugal elections
October 2, 2013 By Emile Schepers
The people of Portugal had a chance to respond to the austerity policies carried out by the right-wing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
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