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(en) France, UCL AL #369 - Culture - Read: Émilien Bernard, "Head in the Wall: A Journalist in Disarray in Trumpistan" (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr) [machine translation]
Date
Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:41:27 +0300
Following his previous book, Fortress Europe, journalist Émilien Bernard
offers us a more focused journey of hardship: the Wall.
Through encounters, sometimes surreal, along the border between Mexico
and the United States, he immerses us in a strange atmosphere, in this
inhospitable, unlivable place where humans are crammed together, face to
face, in a denial of humanity.
Written with a sarcastic style, the gallery of portraits sometimes turns
into a nightmare, featuring fervent Trump supporters, evangelical
preachers, and fentanyl-addled lunatics. Here, the unthinkable is
commonplace, and the rejection of the other is expressed in all its
brutality. The author dismantles the idyllic image of the American dream
and plunges us into the horror of human misery.
This area between two borders, delineated by the Wall, this “metal
monster,” is by no means an uninhabited region. Here, the Wall signifies
the border between poverty and El Dorado, the limit of hope against
which dreams are shattered. The author reminds us that the Wall is not
solely Trump’s creation; its origins lie with his predecessors, Biden
and Obama.
Between pessimism and a refusal to succumb to widespread apathy, no hope
seems to emerge from these lands. Changing mindsets seems illusory on
the outskirts of San Diego.
A glimmer of hope: Tijuana, torn apart by poverty and violence, harbors
the Caracol Enclave, located near the border crossing, where gringos
legally defy the ban in search of prostitution. Here, in these places of
welcome and mutual support, lives a haven for female fighters. There are
reportedly more than 300 havens of peace, offering shelter, food, and care.
A faint glimmer of hope, isolated in this barbaric world where paltry
hopes cling.
This is followed by a Dantean evocation of the death train, or of the
migrant women sexually abused (an estimated 8 out of 10), and the city
of the dead, Ciudad Juarez, where 3,000 to 4,000 women are said to have
disappeared, murdered.
Head in the Wall, a merciless X-ray of sick societies on both sides of
the border.
Dominique Sureau (UCL Angers)
Émilien Bernard, Head in the Wall: A Journalist in Disarray in
Trumpistan, Lux, 2026, 304 pages
https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Emilien-Bernard-La-tete-dans-le-mur-Un-journaliste-en-deroute-au-Trumpistan
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