By World BEYOND War, August 10, 2021
CANADA - Baitseki ho pholletsa le Canada ba tšoaea sehopotso sa boraro sa polao ea libese tsa sekolo sa Yemen ka Mantaha ka boipelaetso ho baetsi ba libetsa le liofising tsa mmuso, ba kopa Canada ho emisa thepa eohle ea libetsa e isang Saudi Arabia. Ho phatloha ha bomo ea Saudi ea bese ea sekolo 'marakeng o tletseng batho ka leboea ho Yemen ka la 9 Phato 2018 ho bolaile bana ba 44 le batho ba baholo ba leshome mme ea lematsa ba bang ba bangata.
Ha baitseki ba Nova Scotia ba ipelaetsa ka ntle ho setsi sa Lockheed Martin's Dartmouth. Bomo e sebelisitsoeng lebaleng la lifofane ka beseng ea sekolo sa Yemeni e entsoe ke moetsi oa libetsa Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin Canada ke ts'ehetso e felletseng ea k'hamphani ea US Lockheed Martin.
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“Lilemong tse tharo tse fetileng kajeno bese eohle ea sekolo ea bana e ile ea bolaoa ke bomo ea Lockheed Martin ea likilo tse 500. Ke mona setsing sa Lockheed Martin kajeno le ngoana oa ka e monyane, ea lekanang le bana ba bangata ka beseng eo, ho etsa hore k'hamphani ena e ikarabelle bakeng sa lefu la bana bana ba 44 le ho netefatsa hore ha ba lebalehe, ”ho boletse Rachel Small oa World BEYOND War.
London, baitseki ba Ontario ba ile ba penta lipina tsa litanka tse khubelu tse lebisang lapeng la Danny Deep, Mopresidente oa General Dynamics Land Systems, k'hamphani e sebakeng sa London e etsang likoloi tse bobebe tsa ntoa bakeng sa 'Muso oa Saudi Arabia. Lipina li ile tsa pentoa hape liofising tsa Litho tsa Liberal tsa lehae Peter Fragiskatos (London North Center) le Kate Young (London West). People for Peace London le Labor Against the Arms Trade ba kopile hore ho fetoloe liindasteri tsa ntoa joalo ka setsi sa GDLS se London ho hlahisa tlhahiso e tala ea khotso ho boloka mesebetsi e metle e sebetsanang le litlhoko tsa batho ho fapana le ho khothaletsa ntoa.
Bekeng e fetileng, ho ile ha utulloa hore mmuso oa Canada o amohetse tumellano e ncha ea ho rekisa liqhomane tsa boleng ba $ 74 milione ho Saudi Arabia ka 2020. Ho tloha qalong ea seoa sena, Canada e romelletse Saudi Arabia lihlomo tse fetang limilione tse likete tse 1.2. Ho 2019, Canada e romelletse ntle lihlomo tsa boleng ba $ 2.8 billion ho 'Muso - makhetlo a fetang a 77 boleng ba dolara ea lithuso tsa Canada ho Yemen selemong sona seo. Ho romelloa ha lihlomo ho Saudi Arabia joale ho ikarabella ho feta 75% ea kantle ho naha ea sesole sa Canada se seng US.
Vancouver, litho tsa sechaba sa Yemeni le balekane ba ile ba khobokana ofising ea mabatooa ea Letona la Ts'ireletso Harjit Sajjan. Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO), Yemeni Community Association of Canada le Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice ba hlophisitse kopano e reng ho felisoe thekiso ea Canada ea libetsa tse bolaeang ho koporasi e etelletsoeng pele ke Saudi. Batho ba fetang ka tsela ba ile ba ela hloko litselana tsa litanka tse khubelu tse tlohang tseleng ea maoto ho ea monyako oa ofisi ea Letona la Ts'ireletso Sajjan, hammoho le li-banner le lipontšo tse batlang ho emisoa ha ts'ehetso ea Canada ea litlolo tsa molao tsa ntoa tsa Saudi Arabia ho la Yemen.
"Kajeno re hopola bana ba fetang 40 le batho ba baholo ba 11 ba bolailoeng ke sefofane sa Saudi ka bese ea bona ea sekolo, lilemong tse tharo tse fetileng ka la 9 Phato 2018," ho boletse Azza Rojbi, mohanyetsi oa Tunisia, mongoli le setho se phahameng sa Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO). "Ha rea lokela ho lebala hore bomo e tataisitsoeng ka laser e bolaileng bana bana e entsoe United States, le hore libetsa tse tsoelang pele ho bolaea batho ba Yemen letsatsi le leng le le leng li rekisoa ke Canada le US ho mokhatlo o etelletsoeng pele ke Saudi."
Motseng oa St. Catharines litho tsa sechaba li ile tsa khokhothela bana khaolong ea Setho sa Paramente Chris Bittle ho emela ngoana e mong le e mong oa bana ba bolailoeng ka bomo ea libese ea sekolo.
Hona joale selemong sa eona sa botšelela, ntoa e etelletsoeng pele ke Saudi Arabia ho Yemen e bolaile batho ba ka bang kotara ea milione, ho latela Ofisi ea UN bakeng sa Khokahano ea Litaba tsa Botho. E boetse e lebisitsoe ho seo mokhatlo oa Machaba a Kopaneng o se bitsitseng "koluoa e mpe ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng ea liphallelo."
“Ngoana Yemen o tla shoa metsotsoana e meng le e meng e 75 selemong sena ka lebaka la ntoa e tsoelang pele, ho latela World Food Program. Joaloka motsoali, nke ke ka emela feela hore Canada e tsoele pele ho etsa phaello ntoeng ena ka ho rekisetsa Saudi Arabia libetsa, ”ho boletse Sakura Saunders, setho sa boto ea World BEYOND War. "Ke ntho e soabisang hore Canada e ntse e tsoela pele ho hlohlelletsa ntoa e lebisitseng tlokotsing e mpe ka ho fetesisa ea batho lefatšeng le mahlatsipa a maholo a baahi Yemen."
Hoetla hoa ho qetela, Canada e bile lekhetlo la pele ho phatlalatsoa phatlalatsa e le e 'ngoe ea linaha tse thusang ho hlohlelletsa ntoa Yemen ke sehlopha sa litsebi tse ikemetseng tse shebileng ntoa ea UN le ho fuputsa litlolo tsa molao tsa ntoa tse ka bang teng ho bahlabani, ho kenyeletsoa Saudi Arabia.
"Hore Trudeau a kene likhethong tsena a ipolela hore o tsamaisitse 'leano la basali la kantle ho naha' ke ntho e sa utloahaleng ho latela boitlamo ba mmuso ona ba ho romela lihlomo tse libilione ho Saudia Arabia, naha e tummeng hampe ka rekoto ea eona ea litokelo tsa botho le khatello e hlophisehileng ea basali. Ts'ebetso ea lihlomo tsa Saudi e khahlanong hantle le mokhoa oa basali ho latela leano la kantle ho naha, "ho boletse Joan Smith oa Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace.
Batho ba fetang limilione tse 4 ba tlohile mahaeng a bona ka lebaka la ntoa, mme 80% ea baahi, ho kenyeletsoa le bana ba limilione tse 12.2, ba hloka thuso e kholo. Thuso eona ena e nyopisitsoe ke moeli oa moea oa kopano e etelletsoeng pele ke Saudi le naha. Ho tloha 2015, thibelo ena e thibetse lijo, mafura, thepa ea khoebo le thuso ho kena Yemen.
Mecha ea litaba:
World BEYOND War: Rachel Small, Mohlophisi oa Canada, canada@worldbeyondwar.org
Tsamaiso Khahlano le Ntoa le Mosebetsi: Azza Rojbi, rojbi.azza@gmail.com
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Karabo e le 'ngoe
Ho monate ho bona liketso tse nkuoeng Canada khahlano le Lockheed Martin le likhoebo tse ling tsa linaha tse ling (TNCs) li ikemiselitse lefu le timetso. Mona Aotearoa / NZ re bone mecha ea litaba e fuoa likhamphani tse ling tsa NZ tse kang Air NZ tse 'nileng tsa fana ka tšehetso ea sesole ho Saudis ha a khokhotheloa thupeng Yemen.
Empa ho bile le khutso e pharalletseng boikarabelong ba puso ea Manyesemane le Maamerika bakeng sa ntoa ena ea morabe. Hase feela hore mecha ea litaba ea lehae e ne e khetha haholo empa li-TNC tse kang Lockheed Martin li ne li sa angoa.
Lockheed Martin o na le boteng bo atileng mona, a sebeletsa sesole sa rona. Ke motseteli ea ka sehloohong ho Rocket Lab ea Amerika, e leng karolo ea seo ho thoeng ke American Space Force.
Hona joale ho na le lets'olo le ntseng le hola khahlano le Rocket Lab mobung oa NZ. Re hlile re eme 'moho re le bonngoeng khahlanong le moferefere le bokhopo bo etsoang lefatšeng ka bophara.