Emile Schepers

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

LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers

U.S.

March For America to Congress: get moving on immigration reform
March 23, 2010 By Emile Schepers
WASHINGTON -- On the first really warm day here in Washington D.C., March 21, after a winter of record-breaking cold and snow, the National Mall saw the largest immigrant rights demonstration since the mega marches of...
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World

Mexican government on full-blast offensive against workers
March 17, 2010 By Emile Schepers
There is a strong, yet indirect, link to the Mexican government's attack on workers and current drug-related violence, analsyt Emile Schepers points out.
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Opinion

Bipartisan Senate immigration bill looks like a bitter pill
March 15, 2010 By Emile Schepers
Indications are that a new immigration reform bill with some bipartisan support will be introduced very soon in the Senate. But there are going to be some severe problems.
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Opinion

The truth behind the death of a Cuban hunger striker
March 11, 2010 By Emile Schepers
Orlando Zapata Tamayo died of respiratory failure in a Cuban hospital on February 23 after an 83 day hunger strike
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World

U.S. lawmakers denounce ongoing Honduras violence
March 8, 2010 By Emile Schepers
Nine members of Congress have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to press Honduras to stop violent repression against supporters of overthrown president Manuel Zelaya.
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World

Repression continues under new Honduran government
February 26, 2010 By Emile Schepers
Death squads appear to be operating freely in Honduras, in spite of claims by the United States and Honduran leaders that the election of President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the conservative National Party on November 29...
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Opinion

Capitalist hypocrisy and Eastern European anti-communism
February 12, 2010 By Emile Schepers
There is a new push in the Czech Republic to bar the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia from running candidates for public office or otherwise functioning like other political parties.
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U.S.

Immigration raises wages of U.S.-born workers, study shows
February 10, 2010 By Emile Schepers
A new study by the Economic Policy Institute takes on the idea that immigration is causing a drop in wages of U.S.-born workers.
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