Uqhanqalazo olujikeleze iGlobe ekujoliswe kulo lweyona Nkampani yeZixhobo yeHlabathi iLockheed Martin

By World BEYOND War, UEpreli 29, 2022

Ukusukela nge-21 ka-Epreli ukuya kwi-28th, izihlwele kunye namaqela amancinci abantu kwiindawo zehlabathi jikelele baye bazisa izikhalazo, iibhanile kunye noqhanqalazo kwiiofisi zomthengisi wezixhobo omkhulu wehlabathi, u-Lockheed Martin. Iinkcukacha, kubandakanywa iifoto kunye neevidiyo, zeGlobal Mobilization kwi #StopLockheedMartin zisaqokelelwa kwaye zithunyelwe https://worldbeyondwar.org/stoplockheedmartin

The isikhalazo zisiwe kwikomkhulu likaLockheed Martin eBethesda, eMaryland, nakwezinye iiofisi ezahlukeneyo, icela inkampani ukuba iqalise ukusebenza ekuguquleleni kumashishini anoxolo. Ukongeza kwindibano kunye nokuboniswa kweebhanile ezinkulu phezu kohola wendlela Bethesda, iintshukumo ziquka:

• imiboniso emibini kwi Isixeko saseKomaki, eJapan kuquka kwisango elikhulu leMitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works (Nagoya koukuu uchuu shisutemu seisakusho), apho i-Lockheed Martin's F-35As kunye nezinye iinqwelo-moya zidibene;
• uqhanqalazo kwi EMontréal, eCanada;
• ihanting street theatre Seoul, Korea;
• uMatshi wosuku lwerhafu kwaye ucule-kunye kwindawo ye-Lockheed Martin kwi IPalo Alto, eCalifornia;
• uqhanqalazo esitratweni Isiqithi saseJeju, eKorea;
• Uqhanqalazo kwindawo yase-Lockheed ejolise kumkhosi kwizitya zesathelayithi Sicily;
• Ukwenziwa kunye nokuboniswa kwe-quilt yokukhumbula amanye amaxhoba ka-Lockheed Martin ENova Scotia, Canada;
• ukuncamatheliswa kwebhilibhodi “elungisa” isibhengezo esilahlekisayo sika-Lockheed Martin kwisakhiwo se-ofisi kaSekela-Nkulumbuso yaseCanada e-Canada. EToronto, eCanada;
• uqhanqalazo kwi I-Bogotá, Colombia kwikomkhulu laseSikorsky, isebe laseLockheed Martin;
• isinxibo, umculo, umngcelele ojikelezayo EMelbourne, eOstreliya eyathatha indawo yophando lwe-Lockheed Martin i-SteLar lab, kwiYunivesithi yaseMelbourne;

Ehlabathini kude enkulu umthengisi izixhobo, Lockheed Martin uyaqhayisa malunga nokuxhobisa amazwe angaphezu kwama-50. Ezi ziquka uninzi lwabona rhulumente bacinezelayo kunye noozwilakhe, kunye namazwe akumacala ahlukeneyo eemfazwe. Abanye oorhulumente abaxhotyiswe nguLockheed Martin yiAlgeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Israel, Italy. , Japan, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.

Izixhobo zihlala ziza “nezivumelwano zenkonzo yobomi bonke” apho i-Lockheed kuphela inokusebenzisa izixhobo.

Izixhobo ze-Lockheed Martin zisetyenzisiwe ngokuchasene nabantu baseYemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, kunye namanye amazwe amaninzi. Ngaphandle kolwaphulo-mthetho iimveliso zayo zenzelwe, u-Lockheed Martin uhlala efunyaniswa enetyala ubuqhophololo kunye nokunye ukuziphatha kakubi.

U-Lockheed Martin ubandakanyeka e-US nase-UK nyukliya izixhobo, kunye nokuba ngumvelisi wezinto ezoyikekayo neziyintlekele F-35, kunye neenkqubo ze-missile ze-THAAD ezisetyenziselwa ukunyusa uxinzelelo kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye zenziwe ngaphakathi 42 I-US ithi ngcono ukuqinisekisa inkxaso yamalungu eCongress.

EUnited States kumjikelo wonyulo luka-2020, ngokutsho Iimfihlelo ezivulekileyo, Amaqabane kaLockheed Martin achithe phantse i-7 yezigidi zeedola kubaviwa, amaqela ezopolitiko, kunye neePACs, kwaye phantse i-13 yezigidi zeedola kwi-lobbying kubandakanya phantse isiqingatha sesigidi ngasinye kuDonald Trump noJoe Biden, i-197 lamawaka eerandi kuKay Granger, i-138 yeedola lamawaka kuBernie Sanders, kunye $ 114 lamawaka kwi Chuck Schumer.

Kuma-lobbyists e-Lockheed Martin a-US angama-70, angama-49 ngaphambili ayebambe imisebenzi karhulumente.

U-Lockheed Martin ucela urhulumente wase-US ukuba ahlawule imali enkulu yenkcitho yasemkhosini, eyathi ngo-2021 yafikelela kwi-778 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, apho i-75 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. wahamba ngqo kwi-Lockheed Martin.

Isebe laseMelika liyingalo yokuthengisa ye-Lockheed Martin, ekhuthaza izixhobo zayo koorhulumente.

Amalungu eCongress nawo isitokhwe sakho kwi kunye nenzuzo evela kwi-Lockheed Martin's profiting, kubandakanywa neyamva nje izikhali ukuthunyelwa eUkraine. Iimpahla ze-Lockheed Martin ephakamileyo nanini na kukho imfazwe enkulu entsha. Lockheed Martin uyaqhayisa ukuba imfazwe ilungele ishishini. Omnye uKhongolose kuthengwa Isitokhwe sika-Lockheed Martin ngoFebruwari 22, 2022, kwaye kusuku olulandelayo ku-tweeted "Imfazwe kunye namahemuhemu emfazwe inenzuzo enkulu ..."

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• Uxolo (Ostreliya)
• AbaPhathi beMfazwe beHlabathi (Kwihlabathi)
• World BEYOND War (Kwihlabathi)
• Hlabathi ngaphandle kweMfazwe (Emaznstie ekorea)