Here's what some exporters in China say about Trump's trade war

> “Do you know 90% of Christmas-related goods in the U.S. are from China?” said Ding, who often sells to the U.S. market via intermediaries in third countries such as #Mexico.

> “If #China does not export them, the U.S. will not be able to import such large amount of goods from elsewhere, right?” https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/exporters-china-trumps-trade-war-120707785 #DonaldTrump #TradeWar

Earlier: While “restoring the rule of law” to the U.S.-Mexico border has been a resonant and repeated talking point for successive administrations, it is the border walls that they have built, not the border itself, that are lawless. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-lawless-border-wall/

New translation up on @igd_news: First Call for the Mesoamerican Caravan for the Climate and Life

"The climate crisis advances unstoppably, and with it, the devastation of our territories, our cultures, and our very lives. Dispossession, extractive megaprojects, and structural violence stalk us with greater intensity every day. In the face of this planetary emergency, we respond with unity, resistance, and hope.

"This caravan will be a space of encounter and mobilization for the peoples and communities that fight in defense of Mother Earth and of territories. We will unite our voices and forces to resist violence, make visible the biodiversity and cultural plurality of our peoples, and denounce the financial system that perpetuates destruction and dispossession."

https://itsgoingdown.org/mesoamerican-caravan-climate-life

"Now, an exhibit published in the court document shows exactly in what countries 1,223 specific victims were located when they were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.

The country breakdown is a rare insight into which NSO Group customers may be more active, and where their victims and targets are located.

The countries with the most victims of this campaign are Mexico, with 456 individuals; India, with 100; Bahrain with 82; Morocco, with 69; Pakistan, with 58; Indonesia, with 54; and Israel, with 51, according to a chart titled “Victim Country Count,” that WhatsApp submitted as part of the case.

There are also victims in Western countries like Spain (21 victims), the Netherlands (11), Hungary (8), France (7), United Kingdom (2), and one victim in the United States."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/court-document-reveals-locations-of-whatsapp-victims-targeted-by-nso-spyware/

AMERICA, TRUMP IS HITLER. THE SOONER YOU UNDERSTAND THIS DEPRESSING FACT, THE BETTER YOU ARE ARMED TO OVERTHROW, AND DESTROY THAT FASCIST TYRANT. #uspol #ukpol #Canada #Mexico #Panama #Greenland #Stauffenberg #TheHague #GOP

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2496828/ トランプ氏、メキシコへの追加関税と制裁措置を警告－水利権巡り – Bloomberg #cojp #Government #México #science #メキシコ

https://www.walknews.com/860296/ トランプ氏、メキシコへの追加関税と制裁措置を警告－水利権巡り – Bloomberg #cojp #Government #Mexico #Science #メキシコ

At least one thing is clear. The world now has a poster boy for the cliche ‘ugly American’. And that’s Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is now saying that he’s imposing tariffs so the world will start treating America fairly.

This is the same guy who, for decades, stiffed contractors, employees, business partners, lawyers, ex wives and family without a second thought.

#Colonialism in a nutshell!

“Colonialism demands history begin past the point of colonization precisely because, under those narrative conditions, the colonist’s every action is necessarily one of self-defense. The story begins not when the wagons arrive, but only after they are circled." - Omar El Akkad

c: @keposjaj

From dried-up riverbeds to beavers and birds, Mexico's delta revival shows nature can bounce back — if given the chance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/04/10/wildlife/mexico-river-delta/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #environment #rivers #mexico #drought #water

Today in Labor History April 10, 1919: Mexican troops ambushed and assassinated Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary indigenous and peasant leader. Zapata’s Rebel Army of the South played a major role in the overthrow of the dictator, Porfirio Diaz, defeating the federal army in the Battle of Cuautla in 1911. Also in 1911, Zapata began implementing the Plan de Ayala, redistributing land in the regions controlled by his army to peasant farmers. However, when former revolutionary Madero took over, he disavowed the Zapatistas, calling them simple bandits. He implemented a scorched earth policy, burning villages and imprisoning survivors in forced labor camps, in his quest to hunt down Zapata. Madero’s successor, Venustiano Carranza, continued his scorched earth policies and finally succeeded in killing Zapata in 1919.