nguPrimo Davril, Washington Post apoc, ngoAprili 1, 2022
I-BETHESDA, MD - Umdyarho wonyaka ngaphambili uphawuleke kakhulu ngokuvelisa ingqumbo yendlela kwaye malunga neBethesda, eMaryland, ufumene igama elitsha, umxholo, kunye nomxhasi oxhaswa ngemali kakhulu.
Ukuqala kulo nyaka yiKeep It Going Marathon. Njengoko kuza kubakho uloyiko lothethathethwano eUkraine, abathabathi-nxaxheba kufuneka banxibe zombini ezi bhlowu natyheli “ezibonakala ngokucacileyo yaye kumgama ofanelekileyo nemibala echanekileyo yombala.”
Uchazile u-Emily d'Inferno, isithethi somdyarho omtsha u-Lockheed-Martin, “Sizakwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuvuyisa iimbaleki kunye nabantu base-Ukraine abakhaliphileyo, sikhwaza 'Qhubeka!' kuzo zombini.”
Ngelixa umxholo omtsha wogqatso ubonakala uthandwa phakathi kweklasi yabantu ekuye kwadliwan' indlebe nabo, omnye umhlali waseBethesda okhethe ukuhlala engaziwa ngenxa yezizathu zokhuseleko lwesizwe waphawula ukuba umntwana wabantwana bakhe uphawule mva nje ukuba iirhafu zakhe (kunye nabanye ') wanika uLockheed-Martin i-75 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunyaka ophelileyo. ngoko ke wayengoyena mxhasi we ubuhlanga.
Ehlabathini kude enkulu umthengisi izixhobo, Bethesda-based 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 ze-Lockheed Martin zihlala ziza kunye "nezivumelwano zenkonzo yobomi" 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 ..."
Indlavini engazi nto Uqhanqalazo olucwangcisiweyo lukaLockheed Martin eBethesda nakwihlabathi jikelele ngeveki ka-Epreli 21-28.
