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

World

African immigrants targeted in Libya end game
September 12, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Reports have surfaced about Libya rebel forces targeting dark skinned people for violent repression including rape and murder.
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World

Justice Department cites abuses by police in Puerto Rico
September 12, 2011 By Emile Schepers
A new U.S. Department of Justice report sharply criticizes the Puerto Rican Police Department for brutality, racism, corruption and violations of constitutional rights.
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Labor

Secretary of Labor Solis signs migrant workers rights agreements with Latin American countries
September 5, 2011 By Emile Schepers
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis signed agreements with three more Latin American countries (for a total of six) on the protection of certain rights of migrant workers. The right wing is, predictably, yelling "betrayal".
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World

Slovak government on anti-communist rampage
September 1, 2011 By Emile Schepers
New legislation could end up sending members of the country's Communist Party and other leftists to prison for up to three years because of their beliefs and speech.
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World

Cuba denounces inclusion in State Department “sponsors of terrorism” list
August 24, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Once again, the U.S. Department of State has included Cuba, along with Sudan, Syria and Iran, in its list of "State Sponsors of Terrorism."
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Opinion

Libya: NATO sets dangerous precedent
August 24, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Rebel troops have broken through to Tripoli, the Libyan capital. The NATO intervention has been decisive, and that should trouble us.
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World

Argentina president Fernandez does well in primary elections
August 22, 2011 By Emile Schepers
The incumbent president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, confounded skeptics and hostile media by doing extremely well in primary elections on August 14. However, supporters warn that the right wing opposition still may have tricks...
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World

Mexico: New government attacks against electrical workers
August 19, 2011 By Emile Schepers
The Mexican government under President Felipe Calderon, of the right wing National Action Party, has launched a new attack on the militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union.
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