Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Bolivarian Venezuela besieged
July 12, 2016For over a year, the left-wing Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro has been battling for its life. But it and its "Bolivarian" support base are not giving up.
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World
European Union goes after Portugal, Spain on austerity
July 11, 2016Austerity creates suffering for the people as well as shrinking rather than growing their countries' economies.
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World
Australia elections: Right-wing Coalition holds onto power
July 11, 2016Turnbull's Coalition only secured 42 percent of the popular vote and Labor 35 percent. An unprecedented 23 percent of voters rejected both major parties.
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World
After Berta Cáceres, another Honduran Indigenous environmental activist murdered
July 11, 2016Lesbia Yaneth Urquía protested against mining companies building dams to provide water for their destructive activities.
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Opinion
Socialism or barbarism in the 21st century?
July 6, 2016Rosa Luxemburg famously said the choice before humanity was "socialism or barbarism." 101 years later, the same stark option confronts us today.
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World
Spain elections: Disappointment for the left, stalemate may continue
June 30, 2016Unity continues to elude the Spanish left, even with a re-do of the 2015 elections.
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U.S.
Trump tries to drive a wedge between Democrats on trade
June 30, 2016He thinks the Left can be split between those who support free trade agreements and those who do not. Let's prove him wrong.
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World
U.N. Decolonization Committee lambasts U.S. on Puerto Rico
June 24, 2016The UN Special Committee on Decolonization met and discussed the situation of the U.S.-controlled island nation of Puerto Rico.
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