Emile Schepers

Born in South Africa, Emile Schepers is a veteran civil and immigrant rights activist. 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 several other issues. He writes from Northern Virginia.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers

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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World

CIA presence provokes fear in Mexico
August 12, 2011 By Emile Schepers
A controversy has arisen over U.S. agents operating in Mexico, with the full cooperation of the right-wing government of President Felipe Calderon.
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Opinion

CIA use of immunization program has troubling history
August 8, 2011 By Emile Schepers
In search of Bin Laden the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency offered immunization shots against Hepatitis B to the poor people of Abbottabad, in Pakistan, as a CIA front program.
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World

Castro reports progress, criticizes religious discrimination
August 5, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Raul Castro gave a generally upbeat report on economic and other progress, but sharply criticized the tendency of some officials to allow old habits to become obstacles to change.
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World

Norway terror exposes Europe’s far right
July 28, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Breivik blames multicultural policies and "Marxists," as well as feminism and women in general for this coming catastrophe.
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World

GOP-dominated House votes to defund Organization of American States
July 25, 2011 By Emile Schepers
In another fit of lunacy, the Republican House Committee on Foreign Relations voted to cancel the payment of dues to the Organization of American States.
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World

Amidst violence, Guatemala heads for Sept. elections
July 22, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Guatemala is the second most violent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Colombia) and the election campaign is shaping up to be violent also. Iit is not clear to what degree poor and working class Guatemalans,...
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