Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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U.S.
Lawmakers back plan to end deportations of children, families
April 11, 2011In a Capitol Hill press conference, Rep. Luis Gutierrez outlined a plan to push for the use of administrative adjustments to stop the deportation and break-up of immigrant families.
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World
Outrage over acquittal of accused terrorist Posada Carriles
April 11, 2011Posada, a Cuban exile, was used by the CIA as a key operative in the United States' long running effort to overturn the Cuban Revolution.
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World
Martelly, friend of Duvalier, named winner in Haiti vote
April 6, 2011In spite of possible fraud Haiti's Provisional Elections Council recently announced Michel Martelly has apparently won the runoff elections by a landslide over former First Lady Mirlande Manigat.
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World
Mexico: Anti-union labor law “reform” pushed by the right
April 6, 2011The two right-wing parties in the Mexican congress have come together to promote a labor law "reform" that unions see as an effort to crush organized labor.
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Opinion
Leonard Weinglass, defender of civil rights, dies
March 29, 2011All lovers of human and civil rights were saddened last week to hear of the passing of the outstanding attorney Leonard Weinglass, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer on March 23.
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World
Protests assail rigged trial of Chile indigenous leaders
March 28, 2011The conviction of four leaders of the Mapuche indigenous group in Chile is drawing international and national condemnation of Chile's right wing government and President Sebastian Piñera.
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Opinion
AFRICOM and the Libya War
March 28, 2011Many African nations, including especially South Africa, expressed qualms about AFRICOM.
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Opinion
Near disaster at airport fitting tribute to Reagan’s legacy
March 25, 2011Do you remember Ronald Reagan and the air traffic controllers' strike of 1981? That was the year Reagan destroyedthe Professional Air Traffic Controllers' Organization.
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