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

Opinion

Reagan celebration: No mugs on Mount Rushmore, please
February 14, 2011 By Emile Schepers
We are now celebrating the anniversary of Ronald Reagan, who, if the corporate press is anything to go by, came down from heaven exactly 100 years ago to save us all.
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World

Puerto Rico: police violence against striking students
February 11, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Pepper spray and clubs were the methods used by police in Puerto Rico against protesting students.
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U.S.

Anti-immigrant laws are problem, not solution, study shows
February 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers
A new study shows that "enforcement only" strategies are likely to cause large scale suffering and disruption rather than solve the undocumented immigration problem.
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World

Governing party candidate excluded in Haiti runoff elections
February 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Under intense international pressure, Haiti's election board has announced that it is excluding Jude Celestin, candidate of President Rene Preval's INTE Party, from runoff presidential elections scheduled for March 20.
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World

In Mexico, world loses giants for justice
February 1, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Two heavy blows in one week and a day! First, journalist, poet, commentator, lifelong post-beat Beatnik and activist for hopeless causes Johnny Ross, 72, died of liver cancer on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in western...
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U.S.

National outrage: Akron mother jailed for putting kids in suburban school
January 28, 2011 By Emile Schepers
The case of Kelley Williams-Bolar, an African American resident of Akron, Ohio, highlights the ongoing problems of racism and segregation in our country.
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Human rights group urges action on parole for Oscar Lopez
January 28, 2011 By Emile Schepers
Only days remain for the public to ask for the United States Parole Commission to grant parole to a Puerto Rican independence activist who has now spent 29 years in a federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo.
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World

State election may determine future of Mexican left
January 26, 2011 By Emile Schepers
On July 3, voters in the central State of Mexico, in Mexico, will elect a new governor. More is at stake than one governorship out of 31 in this country of 108 million people. The future...
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