Emile Schepers

 
 
Emile Schepers

Emile Schepers is a veteran civil and immigrant rights activist. Emile Schepers was born in South Africa and has a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Northwestern University. He has worked as a researcher and activist in urban, working-class communities in Chicago since 1966. He is active in the struggle for immigrant rights, in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and a number of other issues. He now writes from Northern Virginia.

 

The vanguard vs. the mass organization

The vanguard vs. the mass organization

Knowing the difference is important to our work.

BY:Emile Schepers| January 6, 2023
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Anti-imperialism is central to the struggle against capitalism

Anti-imperialism is central to the struggle against capitalism

Understanding imperialism's techniques of control.

BY:Emile Schepers| October 12, 2022
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What’s behind the coups d’état rocking the African Sahel?

What’s behind the coups d’état rocking the African Sahel?

What's old, and new, about the 2020-22 wave of coups.

BY:Emile Schepers| March 23, 2022
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Reflections on the current school board wars

Reflections on the current school board wars

A "former child" asks, In education, is the "uncomfortable" such a bad thing?

BY:Emile Schepers| March 2, 2022
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How the Taliban came to power — again.

How the Taliban came to power — again.

The not-so-ancient history behind the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

BY:Emile Schepers| October 15, 2021
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