Hundreds Protests, Block Enters to North America Largest Weapons Fair

By World BEYOND War, June 1, 2022

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OTTAWA - Mazana a anthu atsekereza mwayi wotsegulira CANSEC, zida zazikulu kwambiri zaku North America ndi msonkhano wa "chitetezo chachitetezo" ku EY Center ku Ottawa. Zikwangwani za 40 zonena kuti "Magazi M'manja Mwanu," "Lekani Kupindula Ndi Nkhondo," ndi "Ogulitsa Zida Sakulandiridwa" adatsekereza njira zolowera ndi anthu oyenda pansi pomwe opezekapo amayesa kulembetsa ndikulowa mchipinda chamsonkhano atangotsala pang'ono nduna ya chitetezo ku Canada Anita Anand. kuti apereke nkhani yotsegulira.

"Mikangano yomweyi padziko lonse lapansi yomwe yadzetsa mavuto kwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri yabweretsa phindu lalikulu kwa opanga zida zankhondo chaka chino," atero a Rachel Small, wolinganiza ndi. World BEYOND War. "Othandizira pankhondowa ali ndi magazi m'manja mwawo ndipo tikupangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kuti aliyense apite nawo pachiwonetsero cha zida zawo popanda kukumana ndi ziwawa komanso kukhetsa magazi komwe akuchita. Tikusokoneza CANSEC mogwirizana ndi mamiliyoni a anthu padziko lonse lapansi akuphedwa, omwe akuvutika, omwe akuchotsedwa pokhala chifukwa cha zida zogulitsidwa ndi mapangano ankhondo opangidwa ndi anthu ndi mabungwe mkati mwa msonkhano uno. Pomwe othawa kwawo opitilira 400,000 miliyoni adathawa ku Ukraine chaka chino, pomwe anthu wamba opitilira XNUMX aphedwa pazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zankhondo ku Yemen, pomwe osachepera 13 Ana aku Palestina Anaphedwa ku West Bank kuyambira chiyambi cha 2022, makampani a zida zankhondo omwe amathandizira ndikuwonetsa ku CANSEC akupeza mabiliyoni ambiri phindu. Ndi anthu okhawo amene amapambana nkhondo zimenezi.”

Lockheed Martin, m'modzi mwa othandizira akulu a CANSEC, awona kuti masheya awo akukwera pafupifupi 25 peresenti kuyambira chiyambi cha chaka chatsopano, pomwe Raytheon, General Dynamics ndi Northrop Grumman aliyense adawona mitengo yawo ikukwera pafupifupi 12 peresenti. Kutangotsala pang'ono kuwukira kwa Russia ku Ukraine, Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Officer James Taiclet anati pa foni yolandila yomwe adaneneratu kuti mkanganowu ubweretsa ndalama zodzitchinjiriza komanso kugulitsa zina kwa kampaniyo. Greg Hayes, CEO wa Raytheon, wothandizira wina wa CANSEC, adanena osunga ndalama koyambirira kwa chaka chino kuti kampaniyo ikuyembekeza kuwona "mipata yogulitsa padziko lonse lapansi" pakati pa chiwopsezo cha Russia. Iye anawonjezera: "Ndikuyembekeza kuti tidzapindula nazo." Hayes adalandira chipukuta misozi pachaka cha $ Miliyoni 23 mu 2021, chiwonjezeko cha 11% kuposa chaka chatha.

Brent Patterson, Mtsogoleri wa Peace Brigades International Canada, anati: "Zida, magalimoto ndi matekinoloje omwe amalimbikitsidwa pawonetsero ya zida zankhondo akukhudza kwambiri ufulu wa anthu mdziko muno komanso padziko lonse lapansi. "Zomwe zimakondwerera ndikugulitsidwa pano zikutanthauza kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu, kuyang'anira ndi imfa."

Canada yakhala m'modzi mwa ogulitsa zida zapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo ndiye wachiwiri wamkulu wogulitsa zida ku dera la Middle East. Zida zambiri zaku Canada zimatumizidwa ku Saudi Arabia ndi mayiko ena omwe akuchita ziwawa ku Middle East ndi North Africa, ngakhale makasitomalawa amakhudzidwa mobwerezabwereza kuphwanya kwakukulu malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi.

Chiyambireni kulowererapo motsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen koyambirira kwa 2015, Canada idatumiza zida za $ 7.8 biliyoni ku Saudi Arabia, makamaka magalimoto okhala ndi zida opangidwa ndi CANSEC owonetsa GDLS. Tsopano m'chaka chake chachisanu ndi chiwiri, nkhondo ku Yemen yapha anthu opitilira 400,000, ndikuyambitsa vuto lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kusanthula kwathunthu ndi mabungwe a ku Canada awonetsa kuti kusamutsidwa kumeneku kukuphwanya udindo wa Canada pansi pa Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), yomwe imayang'anira malonda ndi kutumiza zida zankhondo, kupatsidwa milandu yodziwika bwino ya nkhanza za Saudi kwa nzika zake komanso anthu. Yemen. Magulu apadziko lonse lapansi ngati aku Yemen Mwatana kwa Ufulu Wachibadwidwe, komanso Amnesty International ndi Human Rights Watch, khalani komanso zolembedwa Kuwonongeka kwa mabomba opangidwa ndi othandizira a CANSEC monga Raytheon, General Dynamics, ndi Lockheed Martin pakuwombera ndege ku Yemen komwe kunachitika, pakati pa zolinga zina za anthu wamba, msika, ukwatindipo basi yasukulu.

"Kunja kwa malire ake, mabungwe aku Canada amabera mayiko omwe akuponderezedwa padziko lonse lapansi pomwe ufumu wa ku Canada umapindula ndi gawo lawo lothandizirana nawo pankhondo zazikulu zankhondo ndi zachuma zomwe zimatsogozedwa ndi US," adatero Aiyanas Ormond, ndi International League of Peoples. Kulimbana. "Kuchokera ku zofunkha za chuma cha Philippines, kuthandizira kulanda kwa Israeli, tsankho ndi zigawenga zankhondo ku Palestine, mpaka pakuchita zigawenga pa kulanda ndi kulanda dziko la Haiti, mpaka ku chilango chake ndi kusintha kwa maboma ku Venezuela, ku zida zankhondo. kutumiza kunja kwa mayiko ena a imperialist ndi maboma a kasitomala, Imperialism yaku Canada imagwiritsa ntchito asitikali ndi apolisi kuti aukire anthu, kupondereza mikangano yawo yodziyimira pawokha komanso ufulu wadziko ndi chikhalidwe komanso kusunga ulamuliro wake wozunza ndi kufunkha. Tiyeni tigwirizane kuti titseke zida zankhondozi!

Mu 2021, Canada idatumiza katundu wankhondo wopitilira $26 miliyoni ku Israeli, chiwonjezeko cha 33% kuposa chaka chatha. Izi zinaphatikizapo zosachepera $ 6 miliyoni muzophulika. Chaka chatha, dziko la Canada linasaina mgwirizano wogula ma drones kuchokera kwa opanga zida zazikulu kwambiri za Israeli ndi CANSEC chiwonetsero cha Elbit Systems, chomwe chimapereka 85% ya drones yogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi asilikali a Israeli kuyang'anira ndi kuukira Palestina ku West Bank ndi Gaza. Kampani ya Elbit Systems, IMI Systems, ndiyomwe ikupereka zipolopolo za 5.56 mm, mtundu womwewo wa zipolopolo zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi gulu lankhondo la Israeli kupha mtolankhani waku Palestine Shireen Abu Akleh.

CANSEC chiwonetsero cha Canadian Commercial Corporation, bungwe la boma lomwe limathandizira mgwirizano pakati pa ogulitsa zida zaku Canada ndi maboma akunja posachedwa adachita mgwirizano wa $ 234 miliyoni kuti agulitse ma helikoputala 16 a Bell 412 kwa asitikali aku Philippines. Chiyambireni chisankho chake mu 2016, boma la Purezidenti wa Philippines Rodrigo Duterte wadziwika ndi ulamuliro wa zoopsa zomwe zapha anthu masauzande ambiri monyengerera kuti ndi kampeni yolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, kuphatikiza atolankhani, atsogoleri a ogwira ntchito, ndi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe.

Opezekapo 12,000 akuyembekezeka kusonkhana pachiwonetsero cha zida za CANSEC chaka chino, kubweretsa owonetsa pafupifupi 306, kuphatikiza opanga zida, ukadaulo wankhondo ndi makampani ogulitsa, zoulutsira nkhani, ndi mabungwe aboma. Nthumwi 55 zapadziko lonse lapansi zikuyeneranso kupezekapo. Zowonetsera zida zankhondo zimakonzedwa ndi Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI), yomwe imayimira makampani opitilira 900 aku Canada oteteza ndi chitetezo.

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Mazana a anthu olandirira anthu ku Ottawa akuyimira ogulitsa zida osati kungopikisana nawo pamakontrakitala ankhondo, koma kulimbikitsa boma kuti likonze zomwe zikufunika kuti zigwirizane ndi zida zankhondo zomwe akugulitsa. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, BAE, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Airbus, United Technologies ndi Raytheon onse ali ndi maofesi ku Ottawa kuti athe kupeza akuluakulu aboma, ambiri a iwo mkati mwa midadada yochepa kuchokera ku Nyumba yamalamulo. CANSEC ndi omwe adatsogolera, ARMX, atsutsidwa kwambiri kwazaka zopitilira makumi atatu. Mu Epulo 1989, Khonsolo ya Mzinda wa Ottawa idayankha zotsutsana ndi chiwonetsero cha zida povotera kuti aletse chiwonetsero cha zida za ARMX chomwe chikuchitika ku Lansdowne Park ndi katundu wina wa City. Pa May 22, 1989, anthu oposa 2,000 anaguba kuchokera ku Confederation Park kukwera ku Bank Street kukatsutsa zachitetezo cha zida ku Lansdowne Park. Tsiku lotsatira, Lachiwiri May 23, bungwe la Alliance for Non-Violence Action linakonza zionetsero zazikulu pomwe anthu 160 anamangidwa. ARMX sinabwerere ku Ottawa mpaka Marichi 1993 pomwe idachitikira ku Ottawa Congress Center pansi pa dzina lotchedwanso Kusunga Mtendere '93. Pambuyo poyang'anizana ndi zionetsero zazikulu za ARMX sizinachitikenso mpaka Meyi 2009 pomwe zidawoneka ngati chiwonetsero choyamba cha zida za CANSEC, zomwe zidachitikanso ku Lansdowne Park, yomwe idagulitsidwa kuchokera ku mzinda wa Ottawa kupita ku Regional Municipality ya Ottawa-Carleton mu 1999.