Mazana Kuratidzira, Kuvharira Mapindiro kuNorth America's Largest Weapons Fair

By World BEYOND War, June 1, 2022

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OTTAWA - Mazana avanhu akavharira mukana wekuvhurwa kweCANSEC, North America zvombo zvikuru uye "indasitiri yekudzivirira" gungano kuEY Center muOttawa. 40 tsoka mabhena anoti "Ropa Pamaoko Ako," "Rega Kubatsirwa Nehondo," uye "Vatengesi Vezvombo Havakugamuchirike" zvakavharira nzira nemigwagwa yevanofamba netsoka apo vaivepo vaiyedza kunyoresa uye kupinda munzvimbo yegungano nguva pfupi yapfuura Gurukota rezvekudzivirirwa reCanada Anita Anand asati arongwa. kupa kero inokosha yokutanga.

"Makakatanwa mamwe chete pasi rose ayo akaunza nhamo kumamiriyoni akaunza purofiti kune vagadziri vezvombo gore rino," akadaro Rachel Small, murongi wesangano. World BEYOND War. "Ava vatsigiri vehondo vane ropa mumaoko avo uye tiri kuita kuti zvisaite kuti chero ani zvake apinde mukuratidzira kwezvombo zvavo pasina kutarisana nemhirizhonga uye kudeura ropa kwavanenge vachiita. Tiri kukanganisa CANSEC mukubatana nemamiriyoni evanhu pasi rose vari kuurayiwa, vari kutambura, vari kutamiswa misha yavo nekuda kwezvombo zvinotengeswa uye zvibvumirano zvehondo zvakaitwa nevanhu nemasangano ari mukati megungano iri. Nepo vapoteri vanopfuura mamirioni matanhatu vakatiza Ukraine gore rino, nepo vanopfuura 400,000 vagari vakaurayiwa mumakore manomwe ehondo muYemen, nepo zvishoma. 13 Vana vePalestine vakaurayiwa muWest Bank kubva kutanga kwa2022, makambani ezvombo anotsigira uye kuratidzira muCANSEC ari kutora mabhiriyoni emadhora mupurofiti. Ndivo chete vanhu vanokunda muhondo idzi.”

Lockheed Martin, mumwe wevatsigiri vakuru veCANSEC, akaona masheya avo achikwira zvingangoita makumi maviri neshanu muzana kubva kutanga kwegore idzva, ukuwo Raytheon, General Dynamics naNorthrop Grumman mumwe nemumwe akaona mitengo yavo yemasheya ichikwira nezvikamu gumi nezviviri kubva muzana. Nguva pfupi isati yapinda neRussia kuUkraine, Lockheed Martin Chief Executive Officer James Taiclet akati parunhare rwemuhoro rwaakafanotaura kuti kunetsana kwaizotungamira mukukwira kwebhajeti rekudzivirira uye kumwe kutengesa kwekambani. Greg Hayes, CEO weRaytheon, mumwe mutsigiri weCANSEC, Akaudzwa vatengesi pakutanga kwegore rino kuti kambani yaitarisira kuona "mikana yekutengesa kune dzimwe nyika" pakati pekutyisidzira kweRussia. Iye akawedzera: "Ndinotarisira zvizere kuti tichaona kubatsirikana kubva pazviri." Hayes akawana mari yemuripo wepagore we $ Miriyoni 23 muna 2021, kuwedzera kwe11% kupfuura gore rapfuura.

"Zvombo, motokari uye matekinoroji zvinosimudzirwa pashoo yezvombo iyi zvine zvazvinoreva kukodzero dzevanhu munyika ino nepasirese," akadaro Brent Patterson, Director wePeace Brigades International Canada. "Zvinopembererwa nekutengeswa pano zvinoreva kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu, kuongororwa uye kufa."

Canada yave imwe yevatengesi vepamusoro vezvombo pasi rose, uye ndiyo mutengesi wechipiri mukuru wezvombo kunharaunda yeMiddle East. Mazhinji ezvombo zveCanada zvinotengeswa kuSaudi Arabia nedzimwe nyika dziri mukurwisana kunotyisa kuMiddle East neNorth Africa, kunyange zvazvo vatengi ava vaiwanzobatanidzwa mukutyorwa kwakakomba kwemutemo wepasi rose wevanhu.

Kubva pakatanga kupindira kunotungamirwa neSaudi muYemen mukutanga kwa2015, Canada yakatumira kunze kwenyika mari inosvika mabhiriyoni manomwe nemazana masere emadhora kuSaudi Arabia, kunyanya mota dzakashongedzerwa dzakagadzirwa neCANSEC muratidziri GDLS. Iye zvino mugore rechinomwe, hondo muYemen yauraya vanhu vanopfuura mazana mana ezviuru, uye yakagadzira dambudziko rakaipisisa revanhu pasi rose. Exhaustive analysis neCanadian masangano evagari vemo vakaratidza zvinotendeseka kuti kutamiswa uku kutyora zvisungo zveCanada pasi peArms Trade Treaty (ATT), iyo inodzora kutengeserana uye kutamiswa kwezvombo, zvichipihwa nyaya dzakanyatso nyorwa dzekushungurudzwa kweSaudi kune vagari vayo uye nevanhu Yemeni. Mapoka epasi rese seYemen-based Mwatana yeHuman Rights, naizvozvowo Amnesty International uye Human Rights Watch, have zvakare yakanyorwa basa rinoparadza remabhomba anogadzirwa neveCANSEC vanotsigira saRaytheon, General Dynamics, uye Lockheed Martin mukurova kwemhepo kuYemen kwakarova, pakati pezvimwe zvinangwa zvevanhu. pamusika, muchato, uye bhazi rechikoro.

"Kunze kwemiganhu yayo, makambani eCanada anobira nyika dzakadzvinyirirwa pasirese ukuwo mampiriyamu eCanada achibatsirwa nebasa rayo semubatsiri mudiki muhondo huru dzehondo nehupfumi dzinotungamirwa neUS," akadaro Aiyanas Ormond, neInternational League of Peoples. Kutamburira. "Kubva pakupambwa kwayo kwehupfumi hwemaminerari ePhilippine, kusvika pakutsigira kwayo kutorwa kweIsrael, rusaruraganda uye mhosva dzehondo muPalestine, kusvika pakuita kwayo mhosva mukubata nekupamba kweHaiti, kune zvirango zvayo uye hutongi hunochinja hunyanzvi hwekurwisa Venezuela, kuenda kuhondo. zvinotengeswa kunze kwenyika kune dzimwe nyika dzemaimpiriyasi uye hurumende dzevatengi, Imperialism yeCanada inoshandisa mauto nemapurisa kurwisa vanhu, kudzvinyirira kurwira kwavo kuzvitonga uye kusunungurwa kwenyika nemagariro uye kuchengetedza hutongi hwayo hwekubiridzira nekupamba. Ngatibatanei kuvhara muchina wehondo uyu!”

Muna 2021, Canada yakatumira kunze kwenyika inodarika mamirioni makumi maviri nematanhatu muzvinhu zvemauto kuIsrael, kuwedzera kwe26% kupfuura gore rapfuura. Izvi zvaisanganisira mari inosvika mamiriyoni matanhatu emadhora muzviputi. Gore rapfuura, Canada yakasaina kondirakiti yekutenga drones kubva kuIsrael mugadziri mukuru wezvombo uye CANSEC muratidziri Elbit Systems, iyo inopa 33% yemadrones anoshandiswa nemauto eIsrael kutarisa nekurwisa maPalestine muWest Bank neGaza. Imwe kambani yeElbit Systems, IMI Systems, ndiyo inonyanya kupa 6 mm mabara, rudzi rumwechete rwebara rakashandiswa nemauto eIsrael kuuraya mutori wenhau wePalestine Shireen Abu Akleh.

CANSEC muratidziri weCanadian Commercial Corporation, sangano rehurumende rinofambisa zvibvumirano pakati pevanotengesa zvombo veCanada nehurumende dzekunze nguva pfupi yadarika yakaparura chibvumirano chemamiriyoni mazana maviri nemakumi matatu nemana emadhora kutengesa 234 Bell 16 helicopters kumauto ePhilippine. Kubva paakasarudzwa muna 2016, hutongi hwemutungamiri wePhilippine Rodrigo Duterte kwakaratidzwa nekutonga kunotyisa izvo zvauraya zviuru nezviuru pasi pechirongwa chekurwisa zvinodhaka, kusanganisira vatori venhau, vatungamiriri vevashandi, uye vanorwira kodzero dzevanhu.

Vanosvika zviuru gumi nezviviri vari kutarisirwa kuungana kumusangano weCANSEC wezvombo gore rino, uchiunza varatidziri vanofungidzirwa kusvika mazana matatu nemazana matanhatu, kusanganisira vagadziri vezvombo, tekinoroji yemauto nemakambani ekupa, nhepfenyuro, uye masangano ehurumende. Nhume makumi mashanu neshanu dzedzimwe nyika dziri kutarisirwa kupindawo. Iyo expo yezvombo yakarongwa neCanadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI), iyo inomiririra anopfuura 12,000 eCanada makambani ekudzivirira uye ekuchengetedza.

MARARAMIRO

Mazana evamiriri muOttawa vanomiririra vatengesi vezvombo kwete chete kukwikwidza zvibvumirano zvechiuto, asi vachikurudzira hurumende kuti igadzirise zvinokosheswa kuti zvienderane nemidziyo yemauto yavari kukamba. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, BAE, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Airbus, United Technologies neRaytheon vese vane mahofisi muOttawa kufambisa mukana wevakuru vehurumende, vazhinji vacho mukati mezvivharo zvishoma kubva kuParamende. CANSEC nevakaitangira, ARMX, vakatarisana nekupikiswa kwakasimba kweanopfuura makumi matatu emakore. Muna Kubvumbi 1989, Kanzuru yeguta reOttawa yakadavidza kupokana nemutambo wezvombo nekuvhota kumisa shoo yezvombo yeARMX yaiitika kuLansdowne Park nedzimwe nzvimbo dzeguta. Musi waChivabvu 22, 1989, vanhu vanodarika zviuru zviviri vakafora kubva kuConfederation Park vachikwidza neBank Street vachitsutsumwa nezvekuratidzira kwezvombo kuLansdowne Park. Mangwana acho, Chipiri Chivabvu 2,000, sangano reAlliance for Non-Violence Action rakaronga kuratidzira kwakasungwa vanhu zana nemakumi matanhatu. ARMX haina kudzokera kuOttawa kusvika Kurume 23 pazvakaitika paOttawa Congress Center pasi pezita rakadzokororwa rekuchengetedza Runyararo '160. Mushure mekutarisana nekuratidzira kwakakosha, ARMX haina kuzoitika zvakare kusvika Chivabvu 1993 payakaita senge yekutanga CANSEC show show, yakaitirwa kuLansdowne Park, iyo yakanga yatengeswa kubva kuguta reOttawa kuenda kuDunhu reOttawa-Carleton muna 93.