KUPAMBANA KWAMBIRI ku Canada: Scotiabank Yasiya Kaya Kusiya Elbit Systems

By World BEYOND War, February 20, 2026

Lolemba tinagwirizana ndi ogwirizana nawo kuti kulengeza kupambana kwakukulu kwa kayendetsedwe kake - Scotiabank's zonse kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa kampani yopanga zida ku Israeli ya Elbit Systems. Bankiyi inali ndi gawo mu Elbit lalikulu kuwirikiza nthawi 60 kuposa mabanki ena akuluakulu aku Canada, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti Scotiabank Elbit ikhale ndi gawo lalikulu kwambiri lakunja. Pakadali pano alibe magawo mu kampaniyo, yomwe ndi kampani yayikulu kwambiri yopanga zida ku Israeli.

Kupambana kwakukulu kumeneku ndi chigonjetso cha kampeni ya zaka zambiri World BEYOND War yalemekezedwa kukhala m'gulu limodzi ndi mabwenzi ofunikira. Kuchotsedwa kwakukulu ngati kumeneku kwa munthu wofunika kwambiri mu kampani yayikulu yankhondo ku Israeli sikukanachitika popanda kukonzekera kodabwitsa komanso kosalekeza komwe kumachitika ndi magulu ndi anthu ambiri, m'njira zokhazikika komanso zogawikana, mdziko lonselo.

Monga momwe bwenzi lathu Jody Chan wa No Arms in the Arts akufotokozera, "nkhani iyi yabwera pambuyo pa zaka zambiri za kukakamizidwa kosalekeza mdziko lonselo, ndi zikwizikwi akuchita ziwonetsero ku nthambi za Scotiabank, mazana a ojambula akukana kulola ntchito yawo kubisa mgwirizano wa bankiyo, ndi ena ambiri kutseka maakaunti awo. Potsutsa kuyesera kwa boma lathu kugwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe a kuyimitsa moto kuti Israeli akhazikitse ku Gaza, izi zikuwonetsa mphamvu zathu zonse kuti tifotokoze zomwe timaona kuti sizovomerezeka mwamakhalidwe ndikukakamiza kusintha kwenikweni." 

Kuyambira bungwe la Canadian BDS Coalition ndi Just Peace Advocates lomwe linakonza ndi kufufuza za ndalama zomwe Scotiabank idayika ku Elbit kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2023; mpaka kusokoneza kuwulutsa kwa pompopompo kwa 2023 Giller Prize komwe kunathandizidwa ndi Scotiabank, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti anthu angapo amangidwe ndi Scotiabank adule mgwirizano ndi mphoto ya Giller; mpaka kutenga likulu la Scotiabank mobwerezabwereza ndi Ayuda kuti asaphedwe; mpaka masiku ogwirizana adziko lonse okhudzana ndi ntchito yolimbana ndi nthambi zodutsa dziko lonse, kukana kwathu kwakhala kosalekeza komanso kosalekeza.

Dziwani zambiri kudzera pa mawu lofalitsidwa ndi wokonza wamkulu wa No Arms in the Arts komanso nkhani zowunikira za atolankhani ndi Kuphwanya ndi The Mapulo.