From November 22nd to 25th, NATO's parliamentary assembly will be in Montreal for its mortifying circus. From a military alliance during the Cold War, NATO has today become the armed wing of Western countries, imposing its bellicose policies throughout the world. Faced with these war profiteers, it is imperative that we make our voices heard and combat their destructive logic. The impact of NATO on the world is huge: :
- Increases to military budgets: This summit comes at a time when NATO is pressuring the Canadian government to increase the share of its GDP devoted to the armed forces to 2%, a 50% increase, while the Canadian government has already increased its military investments by 41% from 2014 to 2021.
- Destruction in the name of United-Statesian imperialism: Let's not be fooled by the sterile language of Western forces; NATO's interventions, far from being strategic and precise, are rather excessively powerful, disproportionate and imprecise. NATO destroys everything in its path, spreading misery and encouraging the multiplication of armed groups, all to preserve the interests of its member states, principally the United States, pillar of the alliance and giant of the military-industrial complex. This imperialist logic keeps the peoples of the Global South poor and dependent on the Global North.
- Aiding and abetting the Palestinian genocide: So-called Canada is complicit in the genocide in Palestine by contributing to the supply of weapons, facilitating economic and academic partnerships and, above all, by its unwavering support for Israel, NATO's central ally. It is through military support for Zionist forces that NATO is able to maintain a strategic foothold in the Middle East, in order to advance the political and economic interests of its members.
C'est quoi dont ca l'impérialisme? L'impérialisme réfère à un empire, qui étend son emprise sur des territoires externes par le biais d'une domination politique, économique ou militaire. Au départ, les empires Ottoman et Romain visaient l'annexion directe des territoire sous le contrôle du gouvernement central, comme le font aujourd'hui la Russie ou Israël. Toutefois, les empires américains et britaniques on plutôt opté pour des stratégies de domination à dominante économique et politique, adossée à un pouvoir militaire potentiel ou réel. Alors que les conflits politiques se multiplient, les visées impérialistes aussi, au point où le terme peut être rattaché aux politiques de tellement de pays qu'il pourrait être vu comme une composante intégrale des États. En effet, l'impérialisme est la résultante d'États produits et influencés par le grand capital, où les intérêts économiques demandent l'expansion vers des territoires plus riches en ressources, ou sur lesquels les protections environnementales sont plus faibles ou ayant des salaires plus faibles.
Peace will not be won at the point of a gun, but by putting an end to imperialism and capitalism. It is in honor of all the colonized peoples of yesterday, today and tomorrow, here and elsewhere, that we call on your courage and determination to walk the streets with us!
On November 22, let's take it to the streets en masse to make our anger heard! Let's unite to remind States the world over that their hands will always be stained with the blood of the exploited, no matter how much they try to hide it in velvet gloves or laughable summits!
Together, let's block NATO and affirm our rejection of militarism, imperialism and colonialism!
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