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2019 Halifax International Security Forum The "Davos of the Defence Industry"The 11th annual Halifax International Security Forum (HISF) is being held from November 22 to 24. No Harbour for War is organizing a rally on November 23 at 1:00 pm and a panel discussion and meeting at 6:30 pm to express opposition to this warmongering gathering. The HISF represents narrow private interests that are linked to U.S. wars and striving for world domination through its association with partners, sponsors and media "thought leaders," which Canada brings together in Halifax once a year.
The HISF is well camouflaged by the media. The techniques of the U.S.-led Halifax war conference being used to sell war are familiar disinformation strategies, known to the peoples of the world from before and during the Anglo-U.S. invasion of Iraq. This is when the phrase "weapons of mass deception" -- referring to the state-organized disinformation about Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction -- came into vogue.[#note1-1">1] The HISF and the monopoly media go out of their way to obscure their war aims through gushing descriptions of how these philanthropic monopolies support "collaborative efforts" "towards global prosperity" and a "firm commitment every day to building a more secure world," which favour the war aims of the U.S. imperialists and their striving for world domination. Individual panelists from the think tanks bear faux academic titles like "Senior Non-Resident Fellow" and "Junior Adjunct Fellow," "human rights experts" and the like. Selectively invited journalists are described as "thought leaders." Their main mission is to provide arguments for wars based on imperialist doctrines, such as "responsibility to protect," which favour the U.S. imperialists and their allies. The aim is to make sure the Canadian people and especially the working class do not look into, analyze and soberly discuss the actual forces involved, their connection to the economy and its reality and what is the way forward to secure their own interests and rights.
Canadians should demand that the HISF be banned, along with demanding that Canada get out of NATO and NORAD and that they be dismantled. No foreign troops should be permitted to operate on Canadian territory and Canadian forces should be brought home to operate only in defence of Canada based on how the Canadian people define that need, not the U.S. imperialists, NATO and their so-called intelligence agencies. No foreign warships, whether or not they carry nuclear weapons, should be permitted to use our harbours. All foreign think tanks and NATO-sponsored Canadian academic institutions should be dismantled. All front groups and non-governmental organizations which promote imperialist war aims must be rejected by the people. Oppose the Halifax War Conference and
the Government of Canada's War Aims! Notes1. Hill+Knowlton Canada was represented by Peter Donolo, Vice-Chairman. Hill+Knowlton is a U.S. multinational public relations monopoly known for its fraudulent and corrupt practices. It is the same outfit that staged the infamous "fake news" in which a 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl was reported to have seen invading Iraqi soldiers ripping Kuwaiti babies out of incubators and killing them by throwing them on the ground. This sensational "news story" was used to legitimate the U.S. imperialists' 1991 invasion of Iraq. Hill+Knowlton was paid U.S.$10 million for services rendered.
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When it was launched in 2009 from
Washington, DC, with the sponsorship of NATO, the Halifax International
Security Forum (HISF) immediately began to tout itself as the "Davos of
the defence industry." At the time, the U.S. imperialist policy, based
on the brinkmanship of the Bush presidency, was in deep crisis. Obama
set about re-tasking the U.S. agenda as well as NATO -- which had
expanded from 16 to 28 full members -- with a new strategic doctrine,
as part of its imperial agenda to justify it as a global power superior
even to the United Nations. The HISF, which now brings together
representatives from 90 countries, an increase from 17 in 2009, has
become an important tool to this end. The list of its sponsors shows it
is clearly an instrument of giant arms and energy monopolies and
oligopolies and international finance capital involved in the business
of war, the most profitable business of all. To this end, it functions
as a political and ideological mechanism for enforcing U.S. control,
for integrating Canada and other countries into the U.S. war machine
and for nation-wrecking. Behind the backs of the Canadian people,
governments of Canada -- first the Harper government and now the
Trudeau government -- participate in it to adjust to the U.S. demands
and further tailor Canada's decision-making process to NATO demands.
Information can be traced about the
sponsors and partners while no explanation is available on what
sponsorship entails. Details of the "partnerships" are kept secret.
Furthermore, two-thirds of the sessions are secret, held behind closed
doors. But facts speak for themselves. [See the items in the
Supplement to this issue of TML Weekly -- Editor].