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#Passover begins this Saturday evening. If you are a #Jew and you aren't calling out #Israel's #genocide and other #atrocities, you are no better than those doing the killing.

The #Torah may have once commanded Jews to wipe out the Canaanites, Amalekites, and the Midianites, but certainly no Jew today is equating #Palestinians with the Canaanites.

Even if there's a shared ancestry. An ancestry I might add that also includes #Lebanese, #Jordanians, as well as #Ashkenazi and #Sphardic Jews as well.

#NotInMyName #FreePalestine #FreeGaza

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Birne Helene

Naja, vor der Wahl war sie all überall medial präsent. Dann wehrte sie sich zähneringend und händefletschend gegen das Wahlergebnis. Und nu isse wech. Da muss man sich als empathischer Mensch doch Sorgen machen. Wie soll das denn gehen, so von jetzt auf gleich in keine Talk-Show mehr eingeladen zu werden?

Als Sarah alleine war, warf sie sich auf ihr Bett und weinte bitterlich. Das zaghafte Klopfen an der Tür ihres Schlafgemachs nahm sie in ihrem Schmerz gar nicht wahr. Erst nach einer Weile dämmerte es ihr, dass dort wohl ~~Gernot~~ ~~Georg~~ Oskar stand, ihr liebsorgender Gemahl. "Herein", rief sie zaghaft mit gebrochener Stimme. Und in der Tat, es war ~~Oswald~~ Oskar, der treue Rappe. "Gräme dich nicht", seine sanfte Stimme streichelte wohlig ihr Gemüt. "Ach ~~Wilhelm~~ Oskar!", sie warf sich an seine gestählte Brust. "Du weißt ja nicht, wie schlimm es ist, von deinem Volk, das du so sehr geliebt, so schmählich im Stich gelassen zu werden." "Ei wohl, Treuliebchen mein, ich weiß es wohl." ~~Hartwig~~ Oskar neigte seinen Kopf und küsste sanft ihr streng zurück gekämmtes Haupthaar. Sein gesenktes Einhorn fing die hellen Strahlen des Vollmondes auf und schimmerte ätherisch. "Auch mich", fuhr er fort, ein verirrtes Härchen aus seinen Nüstern schnaubend, "auch mich hat einst mein Volk verraten. Die roten Socken, gewahrst du dich? Die einst nach Godesberg dem Fafner, giftig geifernd des Sigurds Hort bewachend, jählings, schmählich sich unterwarfen, sie waren es, die meinem einzig Streben, ihnen, dem gesamten Volk zu endlos ew'gem Glück zu helfen, gar jäh ein Ende machten."

Und so weiter, ich bin beim dritten Bier.

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America Obliterates Half North Vietnam's MiG-21 Fleet In 13 Minutes - Operation Bolo

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Comments below the video:

"The more I learn about the Vietnam War, the more I'm convinced that several people in our government wanted us to lose."

"There is a great documentary called 100 Missions: Surviving Vietnam. After 100 missions pilots got to go home so apparently Olds was erasing how many ...


America Obliterates Half North Vietnam's MiG-21 Fleet In 13 Minutes - Operation Bolo

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HunDriverWidow

flights he had been on when he got up around 80-90 because he wanted to stay with his men as long as possible."

Unlucky Pair of US Pilots Stall in their Race to 100 Missions Surviving Vietnam | Smithsonian ‘Wild Weasels’ pilots served as a kind of bait, allowing themselves to be picked up by Vietnamese radar and then firing a missile to identify the source. It was a dangerous job with a high mortality rate.

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Unlucky Pair of US Pilots Stall in their Race to 100 Missions 🧑‍✈️ Surviving Vietnam | Smithsonian

‘Wild Weasels’ pilots served as a kind of bait, allowing themselves to be picked up by Vietnamese radar and then firing a missile to identify the source. It ...
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Reporter ohne Grenzen beklagt die Zunahme körperlicher Angriffe auf Journalist:innen in Deutschland - vor allem bei Demonstrationen. Beim dem Thema Nahost sei zudem der Meinungskorridor innerhalb von Redaktionen verengt. #Pressefreiheit

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Deutschland: „Pressefreiheit rund um Nahost-Berichterstattung unter Druck“

Reporter ohne Grenzen beklagt die Zunahme körperlicher Angriffe auf Journalist:innen in Deutschland. Neben rechtsradikalen und verschwörungsideologischen Protesten seien vor allem Demos zum Nahostkonflikt gefährlich für Medienschaffende.
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CNN’s Senior Data Reporter, Harry Enten, delivered unwelcome news to Democrats who rage against President Trump and call him a “king.” According to a recent poll, a majority of Americans disagree.

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CNN's Harry Enten Shares Latest Poll On President Trump: "He Ain't No Lame Duck... He's a Soaring Eagle!" (Video) | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin

In a striking analysis, CNN's Harry Enten asserts that President Trump is redefining his second term with unprecedented executive orders and a bold approach to presidential power, challenging traditional expectations.
Margaret Flavin (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Quoting Meron Benvenisti on IDF spokesperson's media manipulation in the case of the Rafah ambulance massacre:

[…] As a journalist, working with the IDF spokesperson is a frustrating matter. You send detailed questions and receive, at best, a concise response, usually lacking details, often delayed after requests for postponement from the IDF spokesperson. The response itself is typically loaded with deliberately vague or distorted expressions (for example, when there was video documentation of settlers beating left-wing activists, whose version was also supported by the police, the IDF spokesperson insisted on using the word "friction," as if it were a two-sided incident). In the worst case, you receive a response that is clearly incorrect, but very difficult for you to prove wrong. At least that was the case until the incident of the attack on ambulances and the killing of their crews in Rafah, in which the lie of the IDF spokesperson is proven in black and white. Or more precisely, the lie flashes like emergency lights in the darkness at the outskirts of Rafah.

[…] They were not shot as 'terrorists,' and the soldiers who shot them had no way of knowing if they were 'terrorists' or not at the time of the shooting. They were 'promoted' to the rank of terrorists after their deaths.

Benvenisti exposes IDF's military spokesperson routine lies:

Initial deception: when questioned about missing paramedics, IDF spokesperson claimed ambulances approached "suspiciously without lights" - a complete fabrication

Stalling tactics: despite repeated inquiries, spokesperson delayed responses for days while families searched for loved ones

Shifting narrative: first claimed 9 "militants" killed, later changed to 6, with no evidence provided

Selective information: refused to answer direct questions about victims' whereabouts while knowing they had been killed and buried

Deflection: when pressed for details about alleged militant identities, redirected journalist to English-language tweets rather than providing substantive answers

Forced correction: only acknowledged "serious mistake" after New York Times published video proving ambulances had lights on, making continued denial impossible

No accountability: even after proof emerged, blamed "incorrect field information" rather than admitting to deliberate misinformation

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@palestine
@israel
#rafahambulancemassacre
#oatmealquotes

A group of individuals, including medical personnel and mourners, gather around covered bodies with red cross symbols.

כשהשקר של דובר צה"ל מהבהב כמו צ'קלקה בחשיכה בפאתי רפיח - שיחה מקומית

כעיתונאי, העבודה מול דובר צה"ל היא עניין מתסכל. אתה שולח שאלות מפורטות ומקבל, במקרה הטוב, תגובה תמציתית, בדרך כלל נטולת פרטים, במקרים רבים בעיכוב לאחר בקשות דחייה מצד דובר צה"ל.
מירון רפופורט (שיחה מקומית)
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The senior CIA official who helped facilitate the Biden-era military Covid vaccine mandate has been fired.

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NEW: Senior CIA Official Who Played Role in Biden Military Covid Vaccine Mandate Fired | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

A high-ranking CIA official who played a controversial role in implementing the military's Covid vaccine mandate has been dismissed, raising questions about the legality and ethics of the mandate itself.
Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Cyc – Yuxi on the Wired


#history #AI

I was quite fond of CYC 25 years ago 😀

yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essay…


Cyc – Yuxi on the Wired

Obituary for the greatest monument to logical AGI. After 40 years, 30 million rules, 200 million dollars, 2000 person-years, and many promises, Cyc has failed to reach intellectual maturity, and may never will.
Yuxi on the Wired

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Stephen Miller: "China has hollowed out our defense industrial base... America cannot create the essential materials it needs to ensure our security into the future because China has stolen those supply chains... That is the national security threat the President is responding to."
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A fine example here of the harm these #tariffs are doing in the short term: fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomput…

My condolences to American nerds who are going to miss out on tons of cool shit — and my strong encouragement to Europeans and the rest of the world in ramping up their nerdery to make up for the dampened American market.

Framework :fedora: :ubuntu: (@frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org)

We’re delaying opening pre-orders for Framework Laptop 12 in the US. We’re still opening orders for the other countries we ship to tomorrow (April 9th), now at 10am PT.
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the magnificent rhys

Framework assemble their laptops in Taiwan so will incur tariffs of 32%. Few companies, few products, and few markets have margins that high, so they'd likely have to increase US prices by that amount (or something close to that amount) to make any money at all on each American sale.

I suppose Trump's vision would be that they employ a ton of people in the US to assemble them instead — at higher cost than workers in Taiwan, and while incurring 32% on each part imported...

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the magnificent rhys

...and that eventually, in four five decades, all those parts would be manufactured domestically, so no need to incur tariffs at all! Except now every part of the supply chain will have the added cost of US labour applied, making things vastly more expensive than today.

Meanwhile global trade and innovation will continue, with other markets benefiting from cheap goods and from an increased demand for their own domestic production.

I just... I don't know what the fuck.

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Learning about the abuser mindset makes me read differently the arguments people make in seeking justice or trying to get people and systems to stop being abusive.

When abuse is the point, "Stop doing this because it's harming people" won't work.

My client, Natasha Helfer, was excommunicated from the LDS Church for a number of things, including calling out abuse of authority. I'm editing letters of support people sent that Stake President, for inclusion in the book.

They're like, "I'm a true believer, please don't excommunicate Sister Helfer, this is how she helped me escape abuse, or helped my daughter process her assault, or helped my gay kid, or saved my mental health from debilitating shame," and I'm reading them with President Daley's authoritarian mind (yeah, sue me, prick, your actions are clear), or with the mind of "the system," and like, naw, hun, this will not phase an abuser, who thinks you deserved it, your child needs to change, that guy is an acceptable casualty for the Lord, and haha you suckers you haven't even begun to figure out how this works, have you?

And I was thinking last night about the word "predator" while watching a homesteading show. Where the bears and cougars had people crying and ready to give up. You think "predator" is an insult to someone who does those things to women and kids? Naw, hun, that's a BADGE OF HONOR to some of those creeps. They like people crying and running around helplessly failing to stop them. They get off more on that than on the predation. Even better when they can trick a congregation full of "christlike" people to defend them and heap further abuse on a victim.

Some abusers are unconscious, and maybe this kind of language might sway them or at least shame them. For sure.

But the ones who are fully aware of who they are? Who have created an entire worldview around their impulses?

All of this pain and chaos is the point.

That's #AbuseCulture.

#ReligiousTrauma #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #exvie

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Mx. Luna Corbden

For clarity, I am not dishing on the letter writers. Trust is not a crime. Naivety is not a crime. Giving one's best shot at defending someone from a miscarriage of spiritual justice is not a crime. Processing things with what you know about this world is not a crime. Their words will (editor willing) go into this book and stand as testament against religious authoritarianism, and against President Daley specifically.

I am simply referencing their approach as a way to educate on how we do need to change our thinking, in that someone who acts the way Daley did is not persuadable using ideas like "compassion" because he doesn't understand that worldview the way you and I do. And we need to get wise to that so they can stop running the world.

#AbuseCulture #ReligiousTrauma #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #exvie

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Mx. Luna Corbden

Have you ever thought to yourself, "You know, I could just *stop* trying to be a good person, or stop trying to do X thing they say I'm supposed to do... I could just lie and go on doing that thing"? And then you probably decided, naw, my reasons for doing the good thing are fairly solid, so I will keep trying to do what I'm supposed to even if it's hard."

Yeah, there are people who take the other fork. They stop trying to be kind, or be honest, or be giving, or trying to protect the weak, or any of those things. They decide that so long as they don't *get caught* they'll be fine.

Religion is supposed to help with that problem, because God knows everything and the myth goes that they'll be caught in the end. But there are many, many ways for a determined person to weasel their way out of that threat. Either they stop believing that myth and instead of leaving they stay and *pretend* to believe, or they rationalize that the ends according to them justify the means, or that they're inherently such a good person it's ok if they bend the rules now and then.

They took a different fork than you took. And they exist. They're out there. Or *in here*, wherever here is to you. And they get very, very good a lying.

Religious settings are perfect for them, because it's easier to lie about things that can't be seen, touched, heard, or proven. The Bible says this, God wants that, I had a dream, I felt prompted, and all the people who took the fork of continuing to try, but who believe the Bible and God? They eat it up.

That's why Christianity in the US is a bastion of Abuse Culture. Because this cycle has been going on for thousands of years.

#AbuseCulture #ReligiousTrauma #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #exvie

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Mx. Luna Corbden

After all, the God of the Christian Bible as widely interpreted is awfully authoritarian. You couldn't find a better example of squishy principles, double-standards, might makes right, the ends justify the means, cruelty is the point, justice as defined by punishment, punishment that vastly outsizes the crime, transactional love, exclusion as a definitive value, hierarchy based on birthright as the perfect system, torture as a test of character, speaking love but not practicing it...

Almighty makes Alrighty.

It's a perfect fit for abusers. They shaped God into that figure, as the Bible was being written thousands of years ago, in how it was translated and encoded into traditions centuries ago, and in how they interpret it today. Whether at the top of the chain as a prophet or pope, or in the downline as a impoverished drunk who beats his kids, authoritarians are preferenced in the religious culture that has claimed a monopoly on love and morality.

And nobody really wins. Not the prophet or pope, and not the impoverished drunk or his kids. After a time, the system is the only entity that "wins" as it feeds on every human being involved.

#AbuseCulture #ReligiousTrauma #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #exvie

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Mx. Luna Corbden

@violetmadder

Yep.

I've certainly consciously entertained the idea of giving up on being a good person, a few times in life. Like, "What if I just lie?" But for whatever reason, I never took that fork. In two cases, the time I decided to make integrity my highest value, and the time after I left Mormonism trying to figure out what was real, I used reason to determine my values. (Essentially, using today's slang, if I become a leopard and ate people's faces then I'd allow that stronger, smarter leopards could eat mine.) But the other times, well, I guess it just wasn't in me. I didn't have the drive, or the will, to actively hurt people. I basically don't *want* to. It doesn't feel good.

It raises a lot of deeper questions about free will, nature vs. nurture, the nature of consciousness, what is "goodness." At that point, I have no conclusive answer for why things are the way they are. Neither do philosophers... nor psychologists.

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Long bird flu conversation with friend from an agriculture trade association this morning. A person very much immersed in the normie political and regulatory world. This part of my work did not cross over with my anti-lockdown/vax work.

We talked a lot about animals testing positive with no symptoms. We talked about the lack of science supporting risk to humans. We talked about the fucking masks.

When I related this all back to covid, my colleague was visibly shaken

Each lie weakens them

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FIRST ON FOX: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will announce new policy changes Tuesday prohibiting law firms which have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from working with the attorney general's office as outside counsel.

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Florida AG bans law firms with DEI policies from serving as outside counsel

Florida AG James Uthmeier will introduce a new policy Tuesday targeting private law firms that engage in outside legal counsel for the state's office if they affirm DEI/ESG mandates.
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EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Homeland Security gave U.S. Customs and Border Protection permission to ignore environmental and land regulations and immediately begin constructing a border wall between the United States and Mexico in Southern California, the Washington Examiner confirmed.

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DHS spurs forward building border wall in California - Washington Examiner

The Department of Homeland Security is beginning construction on a border wall between the United States and Mexico in Southern California.
Anna Giaritelli (Washington Examiner)

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[ AP News: Microsoft workers say they’ve been fired after 50th anniversary protest over Israel contract ]
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Just what did they expect would happen?

Microsoft workers say they've been fired after protest over Israel contract

Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers.
Matt O'Brien (AP News)
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mudflap

ok, so "attention seeking behavior" really jumps out at me:

“I have to kill so I can be remembered in the most horrific way possible.”


They are "societal incels" - they can't get enough attention by dressing like a woman ("sexual appropriation"), so they have to "make the news" by doing something horrific. I mean, "the news" has instigated this through their "if it bleeds, it leads..." policies.

crazy stuff.

now can we get the epstein list already?

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[ cosmosmagazine.com: The Southern Ocean is cooling when all else is warming up ]
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Makes sense! Heat rises, and cold sinks. /s

The Southern Ocean is cooling when all else is warming up

While most of planet is warming, scientists have observed an unusual cooling trend in the surface waters of the Southern Ocean
Cosmos

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Russia fired two Iskander missiles and destroyed the Ria cafe in Kramatorsk, Eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian claims: It was filled with aid workers and journalists who had spent their days on the front line reporting and helping civilians

Russian claim: It was filled with Ukrainian militants (or Ukrainian command staff) and foreign (NATO) mercenaries.

Since it barely made the news here... I'm guessing that Uk's and Merc's got killed is the real story.

but we'll see.

#Ukraine #Russia #NATO.

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mishal

Christine Deviers-Joncour Officiel
La vidéo de Von der Leyen semble réelle, pas générée par IA, selon les preuves disponibles. Elle a probablement été enregistrée à l’Université Ben-Gurion en Israël le 13 juin 2022, lors d’un discours pour un doctorat honorifique. Elle y a dit : « L’Europe, ce sont les valeurs du Talmud : responsabilité, justice, solidarité », ce qui a suscité des débats. grok.x.com

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President Trump told reporters in a press conference with Beebs Netanyahoo that they are talking with Iranian leadership - that we aren't going to just start bombing them. Beebs looked surprised and none too happy. LOL. suck it you genocidal war monger.

Then President Trump gave Beebs a copy of his book, Art of the Deal (in paperback) LMAO.

#Israel #JQ #Iran #boss-move #epic #trolling-IRL

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Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right — or Fueling It? Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald & David Broder - DiEM25


#politics #democracy #EU #lawfare

yewtu.be/live/EdYjYWa1hwU
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Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right — or Fueling It? Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald & David Broder

Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far right and a top contender for the presidency, has just been banned from running after a corruption conviction.Is this a...
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The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, according to six current and former U.S. military, law enforcement and intelligence officials with knowledge of the matter.

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Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels

The administration is looking at possible strikes against the cartels as it gears up for a major campaign against gangs trafficking narcotics over the border
Dan De Luce (NBC News)
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mk

the usa is permanently breaking international law..how long is this going to continue?

United Nations charta - chapter 1 - article 2 - paragraph 4

"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations."

un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/…


United Nations Charter (full text) | United Nations

United Nations

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Trump Administration Proposes Historic $1 Trillion Defense Budget to Bolster National Security

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Trump Administration Proposes Historic $1 Trillion Defense Budget to Bolster National Security | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

The Trump administration's proposed $1 trillion defense budget marks a pivotal moment in national security strategy, reflecting a commitment to military strength and global leadership. Insights from key officials underscore its significance.
Jim Hᴏft (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)

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Un pacte tarifaire anti-américain mené par la Chine fait du bruit à l’approche de l’échéance de 50 % pour Trump


Au lieu d’essayer de faire des compromis, les experts proposent que Pékin s’allie avec les pays en développement via les BRICS et l’OCS. Pékin ne cédera pas et à l’inverse de la panique qui règne en Europe s’installe dans la durée. Cette « alliance » repose avant tout sur le fait que la Chine a mis en place sa propre force de résistance depuis 2020 parce que la politique de Biden a été la même que celle de Trump. « La capacité de la Chine à résister aux vents contraires et à maintenir une croissance économique à long terme découle de ses forces institutionnelles distinctives et de ses nombreux avantages, notamment un marché énorme, un système industriel complet, une richesse de main-d’œuvre et de talents, et des mécanismes de gouvernance efficaces tels que des plans de développement à long terme », a déclaré Xinhua dans un article de mars 2025. Ceux qui cèdent aujourd’hui en imaginant un pacte zéro zéro seront obligés de résister ou de voir anéantis tous les efforts de lutte contre le sous développement. On peut ajouter pour la France que faire payer leur monstrueuse dette par la classe ouvrière et les couches populaires grâce à la complicité d’une bourgeoisie compradore n’a que deux issues, la lutte ou le fascisme. (note et traduction de Danielle Bleitrach pour histoireetsociete)

par Yong Jian 8 avril 2025

Les tensions entre Pékin et Washington se sont intensifiées après la menace du président américain Donald Trump d’imposer des droits de douane supplémentaires de 50 % sur les produits chinois le 9 avril si la Chine ne respecte pas son échéance et retire ses 34 % annoncés sur les produits américains d’ici le 8 avril.

« Si la Chine ne retire pas son augmentation de 34 % par rapport à ses abus commerciaux déjà à long terme d’ici demain, le 8 avril 2025, les États-Unis imposeront à la Chine des droits de douane supplémentaires de 50 %, à compter du 9 avril », a déclaré Trump dans un message sur son compte Truth Social lundi. « De plus, toutes les discussions avec la Chine concernant les réunions demandées avec nous seront terminées ! »

Dans un autre message, Trump a déclaré que la Chine était le plus grand pays qui abuse des droits de douane. Il a critiqué la Chine pour avoir augmenté ses droits de douane de 34 % sur les produits américains, en plus de ses « droits de douane ridiculement élevés à long terme », et pour ne pas avoir tenu compte de son avertissement aux pays abuseurs de ne pas riposter.

Le 2 avril, Trump a déclaré que les États-Unis imposeraient des droits de douane de 34 % sur les produits chinois, comme la Chine avait imposé des droits de douane de 69 % sur les produits américains au cours des dernières années. (Ses calculs sont pour le moins controversés.) En plus des droits de douane de 20 % dévoilés en février et mars, Trump a augmenté les droits de douane américains sur les produits chinois de 54 % depuis son investiture le 20 janvier.

Le 4 avril au soir, la Chine a annoncé 11 mesures de rétorsion, dont des droits de douane de 34 % sur tous les produits américains, des sanctions contre 11 entreprises américaines et un contrôle des exportations de terres rares vers les États-Unis.

Lundi, le ministère chinois du Commerce a organisé une table ronde avec des représentants de plus de 20 entreprises américaines, dont Tesla, les exhortant à « faire entendre leur voix rationnellement et à prendre des mesures pragmatiques pour maintenir conjointement la stabilité de la production mondiale et des chaînes d’approvisionnement et promouvoir la coopération gagnant-gagnant ».

Pékin a également appelé les pays touchés par les tarifs réciproques de Trump à s’unir et à lutter contre l’unilatéralisme des États-Unis.

« L’imposition aveugle de droits de douane par les États-Unis équivaut à priver tous les pays, en particulier les pays du Sud, de leur droit au développement », a déclaré lundi Lin Jian, porte-parole du ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères, lors d’un point de presse.

« L’analyse des données de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce montre qu’en cas de développement économique et de force économique inégaux, la hausse des droits de douane américains creusera le fossé entre les pays riches et les pays pauvres, et les pays moins développés subiront un impact plus important », a-t-il déclaré. « Il s’agit d’un acte typique d’unilatéralisme, de protectionnisme et d’intimidation économique. »

« Les pays doivent défendre le principe de la consultation approfondie, de la contribution conjointe et des avantages partagés, adhérer à un multilatéralisme véritable, s’opposer conjointement à toutes les formes d’unilatéralisme et de protectionnisme, sauvegarder le système international avec les Nations Unies comme noyau et sauvegarder le système commercial multilatéral avec l’OMC comme noyau. »

Les commentaires de Lin sont intervenus alors que l’indice Hang Seng, l’indice boursier de référence du marché boursier de Hong Kong, a chuté de 3 021 points, soit 13,2 %, pour clôturer à 19 828 lundi. Il s’agit de la plus forte baisse en une journée à Hong Kong depuis 1997.

L’indice composite chinois de Shanghai a baissé de 245 points ou 7,34 % à 3 096 lundi, tandis que le Taiex, l’indice pondéré de la Bourse de Taïwan, a plongé de 2 065 points ou 9,8 % à 19 232.

L’indice Dow Jones a chuté de 4 010 points, soit 9,4 %, à 38 274 dans les deux jours qui ont suivi l’annonce des « tarifs réciproques » de Trump le 2 avril.

Lorsqu’un journaliste lui a demandé de commenter le « seuil de douleur » des consommateurs américains et la baisse du marché boursier américain, Trump a déclaré dimanche : « Je ne veux pas que quelque chose baisse, mais parfois il faut prendre des médicaments pour réparer quelque chose. »

Il a ajouté que les pays européens et asiatiques « mouraient d’envie de conclure un accord » avec les États-Unis.

Depuis le 2 avril, des pays comme le Vietnam et Israël ont promis d’annuler tous les droits de douane imposés sur les produits américains. Lundi, la présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, a déclaré que l’UE avait proposé aux États-Unis un accord « zéro pour zéro » pour supprimer les droits de douane sur tous les produits industriels dans le cadre des négociations commerciales.

« Former une alliance »

Les commentateurs chinois ont également appelé les « victimes des tarifs douaniers de Trump » à s’unir et à dévoiler conjointement des contre-mesures robustes.

« Il est vrai que certains pays cherchent à faire des compromis avec les États-Unis en proposant des tarifs zéro pour zéro. Mais c’est une décision très imprudente », a déclaré Pan Helin, un économiste chinois, dans un article. « Les droits de douane zéro pour zéro n’aideront pas à réduire le déficit commercial des États-Unis. Les États-Unis veulent seulement que les entreprises des pays ciblés s’installent aux États-Unis ».

Pan dit que la Chine doit former et diriger une alliance anti-américaine pour étendre l’influence de la Chine dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement mondiale ; si les États-Unis veulent toujours affronter la Chine, l’alliance expulsera les États-Unis du système commercial mondial.

Xiao Zhifu, chercheur à l’Institut Kunlunce, un groupe de réflexion chinois, affirme dans un article que les tarifs douaniers de Trump semblent inorganisés mais sont en fait des attaques précises contre la Chine.

« En 2024, les États-Unis ont vu leur déficit commercial augmenter considérablement de 14 % pour atteindre 1,21 billion de dollars. La Chine s’est classée au premier rang en termes d’excédent commercial vis-à-vis des États-Unis, suivie de l’UE et du Mexique », a-t-il déclaré. « Trump veut gagner 600 milliards de dollars avec les nouveaux droits de douane, dont un quart proviendra de la Chine. »

Il a déclaré que même s’il est peu probable que Washington assouplisse les droits de douane pour la Chine, Pékin doit former une alliance avec autant de pays que possible pour lutter contre les États-Unis.

Zhou Xiaoming, chroniqueur pour Guancha.cn, a déclaré que la Chine pouvait s’allier avec les membres de l’Organisation de coopération de Shanghai et les pays BRICS contre les droits de douane de Trump. Il a déclaré qu’il était important pour la Chine de renforcer ses liens commerciaux avec la Russie, le Brésil, l’Inde, l’Indonésie, la Malaisie et l’Arabie saoudite.

Lors de la première guerre commerciale entre les États-Unis et la Chine qu’il a initiée en 2018, Trump avait déjà imposé des droits de douane moyens de 20 % sur tous les produits chinois. Cette décision a incité de nombreux fabricants chinois à délocaliser leurs installations de production dans les pays d’Asie du Sud-Est et au Mexique ou à transborder leurs produits vers les États-Unis via des pays tiers.

« Une part croissante des fournisseurs sur les marchés étrangers appartiennent à des entités chinoises, qui cherchent également à contourner les restrictions commerciales en établissant des installations à l’étranger, en particulier dans d’autres parties de l’Asie et du Mexique », a déclaré la Commission d’examen de l’économie et de la sécurité américano-chinoise (USCC), une agence indépendante du gouvernement américain, dans un rapport présenté au Congrès en novembre 2023. « L’exposition des États-Unis à la Chine a également augmenté en raison du transbordement de marchandises via des pays tiers. »

Les médias et les commentateurs chinois ont déclaré que les entreprises chinoises avaient réussi à minimiser l’impact négatif de la guerre commerciale américaine de 2018 sur eux en établissant des « bases de bains » à l’étranger pour assembler leurs produits semi-finis ou en y collant des étiquettes « Made in Vietnam » et en les réexportant vers les États-Unis.

Pour y remédier, Trump a lancé les « tarifs réciproques », surnommés « Canon à cartes » (attaques régionales) par les médias de Hong Kong, sur 180 pays, dont certaines îles volcaniques inhabitées près de l’Antarctique.

L’expression « Canon à carte » est un jargon de jeu vidéo pour une situation dans laquelle un joueur attaque un ennemi avec une frappe aveugle dans une grande zone sur une carte. C’est aussi un terme d’argot d’Internet utilisé pour critiquer les commentaires irresponsables d’un internaute qui stéréotypent une communauté.

Les journaux de Hong Kong ont utilisé cette phrase alors que les derniers droits de douane de Trump frappaient les alliés militaires de Washington, tels que l’UE (20 %) et le Royaume-Uni (10 %), des partenaires technologiques, tels que le Japon (24 %), la Corée du Sud (25 %) et Taïwan (32 %) et les fournisseurs de biens manufacturés, tels que le Cambodge (49 %), le Vietnam (46 %), la Thaïlande (36 %), l’Inde (26 %), le Sri Lanka (44 %) et le Pakistan (29 %).

Yong Jian est un collaborateur de l’Asia Times. C’est un journaliste chinois spécialisé dans la technologie, l’économie et la politique chinoises.

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