Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Trump breaks bread with NAFTA’s greatest Mexican beneficiary
December 21, 2016Who, we should ask, will be the losers in a rapprochement between the likes of Trump and Mexico’s richest man, Carlos Slim?
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The coming political battle In Virginia
December 20, 2016There is, they say, no rest for the wicked. There is also going to be no rest for the working class in the United States.
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Trump’s cabinet picks reveal dangerous foreign policy orientation
December 14, 2016Trump campaigned as a "man of the people,” but his cabinet choices so far could not be more elite.
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The U.S. and Cuba, human rights and hypocrisy
December 12, 2016The fight here in the U.S. to expand the concept of human rights to cover material conditions of life will soon be harder than ever.
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Why was Venezuela suspended from South American trade bloc?
December 5, 2016In a victory for the international Right, on Dec. 2, MERCOSUR announced the suspension of Venezuela.
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Absolved by history: Fidel Castro Ruz
November 28, 2016It would take volumes to do justice to Fidel Castro’s contributions.
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Anti-immigrant forces on the offensive in Northern Virginia
November 17, 2016While the tealeaf reading about the new Trump cabinet goes on, attacks on immigrants are moving with lightning speed.
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Virginia voters defeat “right-to-work,” gain a Democratic Congressmember
November 10, 2016Virginia, which used to be a bastion of segregation and has been the long-time headquarters of the National Right-to-Work Committee, was one of the brighter spots for worker advocates and progressives November 8.
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