Wolemba Brent Patterson, rabble.ca, May 25, 2022
World Beyond War ndipo ogwirizana nawo akukonzekera ziwonetsero Lachitatu, Juni 1 kuti atsutse chiwonetsero chamalonda cha CANSEC chomwe chikubwera ku Ottawa pa Juni 1-2. Chiwonetsero chachikulu kwambiri chamakampani opanga zida ku Canada, CANSEC idakonzedwa ndi Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI).
"Owonetsa ndi owonetsa adalembapo kawiri ngati Rolodex wa zigawenga zoyipa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Makampani onse ndi anthu omwe amapindula kwambiri ndi nkhondo ndi kukhetsa magazi adzakhalapo, "inatero mawu kuchokera World Beyond War.
Ziwonetserozi zidzachitika ku EY Center ku Ottawa kuyambira 7am pa June 1.
CADSI imayimira makampani aku Canada oteteza ndi chitetezo omwe amapanga pamodzi $ 10 biliyoni muzopeza zapachaka, pafupifupi 60 peresenti zomwe zimachokera ku zogulitsa kunja.
Kodi makampaniwa amapindula ndi nkhondo?
Titha kuyamba kuyankha izi poyang'ana Lockheed Martin, kontrakitala wamkulu kwambiri wachitetezo padziko lonse lapansi komanso m'modzi mwa omwe adathandizira nawo chiwonetsero cha zida za CANSEC chaka chino.
Kutangotsala pang'ono kuwukira kwa Russia ku Ukraine, Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Officer James Taiclet anati pakuitana kopeza kuti "mpikisano wamphamvu wopangidwanso" upangitsa kuti ndalama zachitetezo zichuluke komanso kugulitsa zina.
Otsatsa malonda akuwoneka kuti akugwirizana naye.
Pakadali pano, gawo ku Lockheed Martin ndilofunika USD $ 435.17. Tsiku lotsatira nkhondo ya Russia inali USD $ 389.17.
Ndiwowonanso akuwoneka kuti adagawidwa ndi Raytheon, wothandizira wina wa CANSEC.
CEO wawo Greg Hayes 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."
Ngati apindula ndi nkhondo, ndi zingati?
Yankho lalifupi ndilochuluka.
William Hartung, wofufuza wamkulu ku New York City-based Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Ndemanga: “Pali zotheka zambiri za njira zimene makontrakitala angapindule nazo [ndi nkhondo ya ku Ukraine], ndipo m’kanthaŵi kochepa tingakhale tikulankhula za madola mabiliyoni ambiri, chimene sichinthu chaching’ono, ngakhale kwa makampani aakulu ameneŵa. ”
Makampani amapindula osati kunkhondo kokha, komanso ku "mtendere" wowopsa wa zida zomwe nkhondo isanayambe. Amapanga ndalama kuchokera kuzomwe zilipo zomwe zimadalira zida zowonjezera nthawi zonse, m'malo mwa kukambirana ndi kumanga mtendere weniweni.
Mu 2021, Lockheed Martin adalemba ndalama zonse (phindu) za $ 6.32 biliyoni kuchokera $ 67.04 biliyoni mu ndalama chaka chimenecho.
Izi zidapatsa Lockheed Martin phindu lokwana 9 peresenti pazopeza zake.
Ngati phindu lomwelo la 9 peresenti pa chiwongola dzanja chapachaka chikagwiritsidwa ntchito kumakampani omwe CADSI akuyimira, kuwerengeraku kungawonetse kuti apanga pafupifupi $ 900 miliyoni pamapindu apachaka, omwe pafupifupi $ 540 miliyoni amachokera kunja.
Ngati mitengo yamasheya ndi malonda apadziko lonse akwera panthawi yamavuto ndi mikangano, kodi izi zikutanthauza kuti nkhondo ndiyabwino pabizinesi?
Kapenanso, mtendere umenewo ndi woipa kwa makampani a zida zankhondo?
Mosangalatsa, woyambitsa nawo CODEPINK Medea Benjamin ali anatsutsana: "Makampani a zida [akuda] nkhawa ndi kutha kwa nkhondo za US ku Afghanistan ndi ku Iraq. [Boma] likuwona uwu ngati mwayi wofooketsa dziko la Russia…. Kuthekera kosokoneza chuma cha Russia ndikuchepetsa kufikira kwake kumatanthauzanso kuti dziko la US likulimbitsa udindo wake padziko lonse lapansi.”
Mwachiyembekezo mwina, Arundhati Roy adachitapo kale Ndemanga kuti mphamvu zamabizinesi zomwe zikubweretsa ndikuchepetsa miyoyo yathu zitha kugwa ngati sitigula zomwe akugulitsa, kuphatikiza "nkhondo zawo, zida zawo".
Kwa milungu ingapo, omenyera ufulu akhala akukonzekera ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi CANSEC.
Mwina mouziridwa ndi Roy, okonza amakana nkhondo ndi zida zamakampani omwe adzakhale ku Ottawa pa June 1-2.
Zomwe zimachitika pamene maiko awiriwa - omwe amafunafuna phindu ndi omwe amafuna mtendere weniweni - amakumana ku EY Center zikuwonekerabe.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri za ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi chiwonetsero cha zida za CANSEC Lachitatu Juni 1 kuyambira 7 am, chonde onani izi World Beyond War tsamba la webu.
