Will Liberation Day transform the world? The Nixon Shock set a radical precedent
by Yanis Varoufakis

https://unherd.com/2025/04/will-liberation-day-transform-the-world/#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=ebaa54aa-e581-4b3e-abb9-96a5d8780000

“My philosophy, Mr President, is that all foreigners are out to screw us and it’s our job to screw them first.” With these words, the #US Treasury Secretary convinced the President to deliver a colossal shock to the global economy. In the words of one of the President’s men, the objective was to trigger “a controlled disintegration of the world economy”.

No, those words were not spoken by members of President #Trump ’s team in advance of their “Liberation Day” tariff splurge. While the “foreigners are out to screw us” certainly has a Trumpian ring, it was uttered in the summer of 1971 by then Treasury Secretary John Connally, who succeeded in convincing his President to unleash the infamous #Nixon Shock a couple of days later.

Will the Trump Shock prove as momentous as the #Nixon Shock? Interview of Yanis #Varoufakis on new #Trump tariffs On BBC tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cqqu2WSONQ

Irre ich mich, oder steckt in dem #Wahnsinn von #USDiktator #Trump auch eine unfassbare Chance diesen ganzen neoliberalen Ideologie-Geschwätz den Todesstoß zu versetzen, den er sich seit 20 Jahren schon verdient hat?!

Man muss kein Prophet sein, um die Katastrophe vorher zu sehen, die ein Friedrich #Merz anrichten wird, wenn man ihn libertär als #MiniTrump bei uns wüten lässt.

Was wir brauchen ist der Ausstieg aus dem blinden #Konsum und #Wachstumswahn.

But: "Only #Nixon could go to #China"..

"Trump is therefore not the first President to seek the controlled disintegration of the world economy by means of a devastating blow. Nor is he the first to purposely damage America’s allies to renew and prolong US hegemony. Nor the first who was prepared to hurt Wall Street in the short run in the process of strengthening US capital accumulation in the long term. Nixon had done all that half a century earlier.

And the irony is that the world the Western liberal establishment is grieving over today came into being as a result of the Nixon Shock. While admonishing the idea of a US President delivering a rude shock to the world economy, they are lamenting the passing of what only came into being because of another President’s readiness to deliver an even ruder shock. That is, the Nixon Shock gave birth to the darlings of today’s liberal establishment: neoliberalism, financialisation and globalisation."

https://unherd.com/2025/04/will-liberation-day-transform-the-world/

This bunch of #crooks can give #Nixon a run for his money. #Traitors, the whole lot. Actually, #MAGA is the synonym for #traitor. What else can one expect from a #criminal #administration led by a #felon!

#government #Congress #USPolitics #opposeGOP #OpposeFascism #hypocrite

https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-intel-chair-calls-us-143011315.html

Today in Labor History March 23, 1970: President Richard Nixon declared a national emergency and sent 30,000 troops to New York City to serve as scabs to break the first nationwide postal strike.

#Trump is not the first president to try to deport someone for their political views. https://www.salon.com/2025/03/22/imagine-deportation-when-nixon-tried-to-pull-a-on-john-lennon/

Now you’ve got *two* desperado fraudsters hiding out in the Oval Office behind “prez immunity,” a definitely real thing #Nixon’s lawyers didn’t make up.

Le réseau nazi aux #USA ne date pas d'hier mais cette photo de #Nixon aux côtés de l'ex Roi nazi d'angleterre Edouard VII en constitue une belle illustration
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_VIII#/media/Fichier:Nixon_and_the_Windsors.jpg

Today in Labor History March 18, 1970: The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the U.S. Postal Service began on this date in New York City. The walkout was illegal, giving President Richard Nixon the excuse to send in federal troops to sort the mail. But the strike succeeded in forcing Congress to raise wages and reorganize the postal system and marked a new militancy among postal employees.

After that #MAGA Rally Speech at the #DOJ
It is 100% clear that #DonTheCON AKA #ConvictedFelon47 Has His New Modern day #RoyCohn that He wanted since #Nixon Exploited the System.

#itsNOSECRET that #DonOLDCHUMP would Love to Be As #Blonde as Pam Bondi-Cohn.

#PamBondi = #PamCohn

Targeting Anyone the #OrangeFelon #DonOLD Commands Her to

#PartyOfLawAndOrder
#47PardonedVIOLENTCriminals
#LawAndDisorder
#WeaponizationOfAgencies
#Project2025 #UsPolitics
#CONVICTEDFELONTRUMP

Ich habe zwar schon viel und oft vom #Watergate-#Skandal gehört, aber zu meinem Beschämen nie wirklich gewusst, worum es da eigentlich ging. Nun... allen, den es genauso geht wie mir, hier ist eine spannende und ausführliche Doku über dieses interessante Thema. Und nebenbei, es ist so aktuell wie eh und je!

#POTUS #Nixon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfeX75kVxXU

The Day Hobie Made Nixon a Surfboard

https://www.surfer.com/culture/the-day-hobie-made-nixon-a-surfboard

Today in Labor History September 4, 1970: Socialist Salvador Allende was elected President of Chile. As president, he tried to nationalize major industries, expand education and improve conditions for the working class. On September 11, 1973 (the other 9/11), he was ousted in a coup by Augusto Pinochet, leading to a dictatorship that lasted until 1990. Thousands of workers, socialists, union members and activists were killed, including folk singer Victor Jara, who continued to sing, as his torturers mashed his fingers and demanded that he play his guitar. The coup and dictatorship were supported by the CIA, and by President Nixon, and by the Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, who later won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Here's is an interview & rare live footage of Jara singing his classic: El Derecho de Vivir en Paz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZ5bC0WIGw