Ziwonetsero Zasokoneza Kutsegulidwa kwa Chiwonetsero Chachikulu Kwambiri cha Zida Zankhondo ku North America

By World BEYOND War, May 31, 2023

Zowonjezera zithunzi ndi makanema ndi World BEYOND War ndi zilipo kutsitsa apa. Zithunzi za Koozma Tarasoff Pano.

OTTAWA - Anthu opitilira zana asokoneza kutsegulidwa kwa CANSEC, msonkhano waukulu kwambiri wa zida zankhondo ku North America ku Ottawa, pomwe anthu 10,000 akuyembekezeka kusonkhana.

Omenyera nkhondo onyamula zikwangwani 50 zonena kuti "Lekani Kupindula ndi Nkhondo," "Ogulitsa Zida Sakulandiridwa" komanso atanyamula "Zolakwa Zankhondo Ziyambire Pano" zikwangwani zotsekereza khomo la magalimoto ndi oyenda pansi pomwe opezekapo amayesa kulembetsa ndikulowa mgawo la msonkhano, kuchedwetsa chitetezo cha Canada. Nkhani yotsegulira ya Minister Anita Anand kwa ola limodzi. Poyesa kuchotsa anthu ochita ziwonetserozo, adagwira zikwangwani, ndikumanga unyolo ndi kumanga wochita ziwonetsero, yemwe pambuyo pake adatulutsidwa popanda mlandu.

The zotsutsa adayitanidwa kuti "atsutsane ndi CANSEC komanso kupindula ndi nkhondo ndi ziwawa zomwe zidapangidwa kuti zithandizire", ndikulonjeza "kupangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kuti aliyense abwere pafupi ndi zida zawo popanda kuthana ndi ziwawa komanso kukhetsa magazi omwe akuchita nawo zida zankhondo."

"Tili pano lero mogwirizana ndi aliyense yemwe adayang'anizana ndi mbiya ya chida chogulitsidwa ku CANSEC, aliyense yemwe wachibale wake waphedwa, omwe madera awo adasamutsidwa ndikuvulazidwa ndi zida zomwe zikugulitsidwa ndikuwonetsedwa pano" adatero Rachel Small. , wokonza ndi World BEYOND War. "Ngakhale othawa kwawo opitilira 2022 miliyoni athawa ku Ukraine kuyambira chiyambi cha 400,000, pomwe anthu wamba opitilira XNUMX aphedwa m'zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zankhondo ku Yemen, pomwe osachepera 24 Ana aku Palestine adaphedwa ndi asitikali aku Israeli kuyambira chiyambi cha chaka chino, makampani opanga zida omwe amathandizira ndikuwonetsa ku CANSEC akupeza mabiliyoni ambiri phindu. Ndi anthu okhawo amene amapambana nkhondo zimenezi.”

Lockheed Martin, m'modzi mwa othandizira akuluakulu a CANSEC, awona kuti masheya ake akukwera ndi 37% kumapeto kwa 2022, pomwe mtengo wagawo wa Northrop Grumman udakwera 40%. 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 zankhondo komanso kugulitsa zina kwa kampaniyo. Greg Hayes, CEO wa Raytheon, wothandizira wina wa CANSEC, adanena osunga ndalama chaka chatha kuti kampaniyo ikuyembekeza kuwona "mwayi wogulitsa mayiko" pakati pa chiwopsezo cha Russia. Iye anawonjezera: "Ndikuyembekeza kuti tidzapindula nazo." Hayes adalandira chipukuta misozi pachaka cha $ 23 miliyoni mu 2021, chiwonjezeko 11% kuposa chaka chatha, ndi $ 22.6 miliyoni mu 2022.

"CANSEC ikuwonetsa momwe kupindulira kwachinsinsi kumakhazikika mu mfundo zakunja ndi zankhondo zaku Canada" adagawana Shivangi M, loya wapadziko lonse lapansi waufulu wachibadwidwe komanso wapampando wa ILPS ku Canada. "Chochitikachi chikuwonetsa kuti anthu ambiri apamwamba m'boma ndi mabungwe amawona nkhondo osati ngati chinthu chowononga, chowononga, koma ngati mwayi wamabizinesi. Tikuwonetsa lero chifukwa anthu ku CANSEC sakuchita zofuna za anthu wamba ogwira ntchito. Njira yokhayo yowaletsera ndiyo kusonkhana anthu ogwira ntchito n’kuwauza kuti malonda a zida zankhondo athetsedwe.”

Canada yakhala m'modzi mwa ogulitsa zida zapamwamba padziko lonse lapansi, pomwe zida zankhondo zaku Canada zidatumizidwa kunja zidakwana $2.73 biliyoni mu 2021. akulandira zoposa theka la zida zonse za Canada zomwe zimatumizidwa kunja chaka chilichonse.

"Boma la Canada likuyenera kupereka lipoti lake lapachaka la Exports of Military Goods lero," atero a Kelsey Gallagher, wofufuza ndi Project Plowshares. "Monga momwe zakhalira m'zaka zaposachedwa, tikuyembekeza kuti zida zambiri zidasamutsidwa padziko lonse lapansi mchaka cha 2022, kuphatikiza ena ophwanya ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso mayiko opondereza."

Kanema wotsatsira wa CANSEC 2023 ali ndi asitikali aku Peruvia, Mexico, Ecuadorean, ndi Israeli ndi azitumiki omwe abwera kumsonkhanowu.

Asilikali achitetezo aku Peru anali adatsutsidwa padziko lonse lapansi chaka chino chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito zida zakupha, kuphatikiza kupha anthu mopanda chilungamo, zomwe zidapha anthu osachepera 49 paziwonetsero zomwe zidachitika kuyambira Disembala mpaka February pakati pamavuto andale.

"Osati Peru yokha koma Latin America ndi anthu padziko lonse lapansi ali ndi udindo woyimira mtendere ndikudzudzula onse omwe akuwopseza nkhondo," adatero Héctor Béjar, yemwe kale anali nduna yakunja ya Peru, mu uthenga wa kanema kwa otsutsa. ku CANSEC. "Izi zingobweretsa kuvutika ndi kufa kwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri kuti adyetse phindu lalikulu la ogulitsa zida."

Mu 2021, Canada idatumiza katundu wankhondo wopitilira $26 miliyoni ku Israeli, chiwonjezeko cha 33% kuposa chaka chatha. Izi zinaphatikizapo zosachepera $ 6 miliyoni muzophulika. Kulanda kwa Israeli ku West Bank ndi madera ena kwadzetsa kuyimba kwa mabungwe okhazikika mabungwe ndi maufulu a anthu odalirika Oyang'anira kwa chiletso chochuluka cha zida zolimbana ndi Israeli.

"Israel ndi dziko lokhalo lomwe lili ndi malo oyimira akazembe ku CANSEC," atero Sarah Abdul-Karim, wokonza chaputala cha Ottawa cha Palestinian Youth Movement. "Chochitikacho chimakhalanso ndi mabungwe ankhondo aku Israeli - monga Elbit Systems - omwe amayesa ukadaulo watsopano wankhondo kwa anthu aku Palestine ndiyeno nkuwagulitsa ngati 'oyesedwa m'malo' powonetsa zida ngati CANSEC. Monga achinyamata aku Palestine ndi Arabu tikukana kuyimilira pomwe maboma ndi mabungwe a zida zankhondo akupanga mgwirizano wankhondo kuno ku Ottawa zomwe zikuwonjezera kuponderezana kwa anthu athu kwawo. "

Mu 2021, Canada idasaina mgwirizano wogula ma drones kuchokera kwa opanga zida zazikulu kwambiri ku Israeli komanso wowonetsa CANSEC Elbit Systems, yomwe imapereka 85% ya ma drones omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi asitikali aku Israeli kuyang'anira ndikuukira anthu aku Palestine ku West Bank ndi Gaza. Kampani ya Elbit Systems, IMI Systems, ndiyomwe ikupereka zipolopolo za 5.56 mm, ndipo ndi akukayikira kukhala wawo chipolopolo zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi gulu lankhondo la Israeli kupha mtolankhani waku Palestina Shireen Abu Akleh. Patatha chaka chimodzi atawomberedwa pomwe akuwombera gulu lankhondo la Israeli ku West Bank mzinda wa Jenin, abale ake ndi abwenzi ake akuti omwe adamupha akuyenera kuyimbidwa mlandu, ndipo Ofesi ya Advocate General's Military Advocate General wa Israeli yanena kuti sichikufuna. kutsata milandu kapena kuimbidwa mlandu aliyense wa asirikali okhudzidwa. United Nations ikuti Abu Akleh anali m'modzi mwa iwo 191 Palestine anaphedwa ndi asitikali aku Israeli komanso okhala achiyuda mu 2022.

Indonesia ndi dziko lina lomwe lili ndi zida za Canada zomwe zida zake zachitetezo zidatsutsidwa kwambiri chifukwa chophwanya nkhanza zandale komanso kupha anthu popanda chilango ku Papua ndi West Papua. Mu Novembala 2022, kudzera mu ndondomeko ya Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ku United Nations, Canada adalimbikitsa kuti Indonesia “ifufuze zonena za kuphwanyidwa kwa ufulu wa anthu ku Indonesian Papua, ndi kuika patsogolo chitetezo cha anthu wamba, kuphatikizapo akazi ndi ana.” Ngakhale izi, Canada idatero kutumizidwa kunja $30 miliyoni mu "katundu wankhondo" kupita ku Indonesia pazaka zisanu zapitazi. Pafupifupi makampani atatu omwe amagulitsa zida ku Indonesia aziwonetsa ku CANSEC kuphatikiza Thales Canada Inc, BAE Systems, ndi Rheinmetall Canada Inc.

"Zinthu zankhondo zomwe zimagulitsidwa ku CANSEC zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo, komanso ndi magulu achitetezo popondereza omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe, zionetsero za mabungwe aboma komanso ufulu wachibadwidwe," atero a Brent Patterson, wogwirizira wa Peace Brigades International-Canada. "Tikukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kusowa kwa zinthu zowonekera pa $ 1 biliyoni ya katundu wankhondo wotumizidwa ku United States kuchokera ku Canada kupita ku United States chaka chilichonse zomwe zina zitha kutumizidwanso kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito ndi achitetezo popondereza mabungwe, oteteza ndi madera aku Guatemala, Honduras. , Mexico, Colombia ndi kwina.”

RCMP ndi kasitomala wofunikira ku CANSEC, makamaka kuphatikiza gulu lake lankhondo lomwe lili ndi mikangano - Gulu la Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG). Airbus, Teledyne FLIR, Colt ndi General Dynamics ndi owonetsa a CANSEC omwe adakonzekeretsa C-IRG ndi ma helikoputala, ma drones, mfuti ndi zipolopolo. Pambuyo mazana a madandaulo munthu ndi angapo madandaulo onse adatumizidwa ku Bungwe la Civil Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC), CRCC tsopano yakhazikitsa ndondomeko yowonongeka ya C-IRG. Komanso, atolankhani pa Fairy Creek ndi pa Wet'suwet'en madera abweretsa milandu motsutsana ndi C-IRG, oteteza nthaka ku Gidimt'en abweretsa zonena zaboma ndi kufunafuna a kukhalapo kwa milandu pakuphwanya Charter, komanso omenyera ufulu ku Fairy Creek adatsutsa lamulo pazifukwa kuti ntchito ya C-IRG imabweretsa utsogoleri wachilungamo kunyozedwa ndikuyambitsa a chikhalidwe cha anthu kuneneza kuphwanya Charter mwadongosolo. Poganizira kuopsa kwa zomwe zanenedwa zokhudza C-IRG, mayiko osiyanasiyana a First Nations ndi mabungwe a anthu m'dziko lonselo akufuna kuti athetsedwe nthawi yomweyo.

MALANGIZO

Anthu 10,000 akuyembekezeka kupita ku CANSEC chaka chino. Zowonetsera zida zidzasonkhanitsa owonetsa pafupifupi 280, kuphatikiza opanga zida, ukadaulo wankhondo ndi makampani ogulitsa, zoulutsira nkhani, ndi mabungwe aboma. Nthumwi 50 zapadziko lonse lapansi zikuyembekezekanso kupezekapo. CANSEC imadzikweza yokha ngati "malo oyimilira omwe amayankha koyamba, apolisi, malire ndi mabungwe achitetezo ndi magawo apadera ogwirira ntchito." Zowonetsera zida zakonzedwa ndi Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI), "liwu la mafakitale" la makampani oteteza ndi chitetezo a 650 omwe amapanga $ 12.6 biliyoni pachaka, pafupifupi theka la izo zimachokera kunja.

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 a boma, 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 malo ena a 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 lodziwikanso kuti Kusunga Mtendere '93. Pambuyo poyang'anizana ndi ziwonetsero 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.

Pakati pa owonetsa 280+ omwe azikhala ku CANSEC:

• Elbit Systems - imapereka 85% ya ma drones omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi asitikali aku Israeli kuyang'anira ndikuukira anthu aku Palestine ku West Bank ndi Gaza, komanso moyipa chipolopolo chomwe chidagwiritsidwa ntchito kupha mtolankhani waku Palestine Shireen Abu Akleh.
• General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada - imapanga mabiliyoni a madola a Light Armored Vehicles (akasinja) Canada akutumiza ku Saudi Arabia
• L3Harris Technologies - ukadaulo wawo wa drone umagwiritsidwa ntchito poyang'anira malire ndikuloza mivi yoyendetsedwa ndi laser. Tsopano akufuna kugulitsa ma drones okhala ndi zida ku Canada kuti agwetse mabomba kutsidya lina ndikuyang'ana ziwonetsero zaku Canada.
• Lockheed Martin - yemwe amapanga zida zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, amadzitamandira kuti ali ndi zida zopitilira mayiko a 50, kuphatikiza maboma ambiri opondereza komanso opondereza.
• Colt Canada - amagulitsa mfuti ku RCMP, kuphatikiza mfuti za C8 carbine ku C-IRG, gulu lankhondo la RCMP lomwe likuwopseza oteteza dziko lakwawo pogwira ntchito zamakampani odula mitengo.
• Raytheon Technologies - amamanga zida zoponya zomwe zidzagwire ndege zankhondo zaku Canada za Lockheed Martin F-35
• BAE Systems - imamanga ndege zamtundu wa Typhoon zomwe Saudi Arabia amagwiritsa ntchito pophulitsa Yemen
• Bell Textron - adagulitsa ma helikoputala ku Philippines mu 2018 ngakhale purezidenti wake nthawi ina adadzitamandira kuti adaponya munthu pa helikopita ndikumuchenjeza kuti achita zomwezo kuti achite zachinyengo ogwira ntchito m'boma.
• Thales - kugulitsa zida zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi kuphwanya ufulu wa anthu ku West Papua, Myanmar ndi Yemen.
• Palantir Technologies Inc (PTI) - imapereka njira yolosera za Artificial Intelligence (AI) kwa asilikali a chitetezo cha Israeli, kuti azindikire anthu omwe ali ku Palestina. Amapereka zida zowunikira zomwezo kwa mabungwe azamalamulo ndi m'madipatimenti apolisi, kulepheretsa njira zovomerezeka.