Pierre Guerlain

Pierre Guerlain is a professor of American studies at Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre, France.

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Op-Ed

Hillary Clinton: The Neocon in Democrat’s Clothing

Chances are, the next Republican president will be a woman, and yes, her name will be Hillary Clinton.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; Truthout

May 27, 2016

Op-Ed

Politics & Elections

Neoliberal Roots of the Far Right’s Ascendance in France

Progressive activists often use the slogan: “No justice, no peace”; this applies to the US as well as to Europe.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; Speakout

December 21, 2015

Op-Ed

Refugees in Europe and the Matrix of the Iran Deal

Only specific Western countries are responsible for the current migration crisis and patterns.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; Speakout

September 17, 2015

Op-Ed

The US From Abroad: Still Seen as a Strange Liberator

How can a racialized “democracy” teach the world lessons about respect for the law when it violates the law within its borders?

by: Pierre Guerlain,; Truthout

May 6, 2015

Op-Ed

From Cuba to North Korea: Torture Disappears From the Media

Cuba, North Korea and the first amendment have pushed the torture report away from the news.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; SpeakOut

December 29, 2014

Op-Ed

The Late Triumph of the Bush-Bin Laden Dance

Osama Bin Laden explicitly described his terror tactics as drawing the US, and the West generally, into an endless war.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; Truthout

October 6, 2014

Op-Ed

In France, Progressives Fight a Two-Front Battle Against Israeli Propaganda and Anti-Semitism

Progressives in France have to fight a two-front battle: one against far right Israeli propaganda and another against the strange alliance between some genuinely anti-Semitic far right and…

by: Pierre Guerlain,; Truthout

July 31, 2014

Op-Ed

Politics & Elections

Democratic Despair

The latest municipal elections in France have been analyzed and interpreted as a rebuff for the so-called “socialist” President Hollande.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; SpeakOut

April 1, 2014

Op-Ed

Hollande’s Visit to the US: the Poodle and the Fox

What Heisbourg praises is precisely what should be criticized and the achievements the two presidents are proud of need to be questioned.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; SpeakOut

February 11, 2014

Op-Ed

The New Neocons Are “Socialist” (They Say)

The “Socialist” government of French President Franu00e7ois Hollande is to the right of De Gaulle – and Barack Obama.

by: Pierre Guerlain,; Truthout

January 25, 2014