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Cheyenne East | Finals | Opponent: Cherry Creek YL | Judge: Wyoming debaters 1AC Cocaine 1NC Neolib T EE Iran strike politics |
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1AC GTMOTournament: Mile High | Round: Semis | Opponent: GW AS | Judge: Larue Even though prisoners are being released, the prison won’t close, and Obama needs support to move them to the USAljazeera ’13 (Aljazeera, a Qatari broadcaster, "Obama Urges Stronger Action on Guantanamo Bay", December 27, 2013, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/12/obama-urges-stronger-action-guantanamo-bay-2013122703436804598.html) Contention 2 is the PlanThe United States federal government should transfer all financial assets operated by the United States of America on the island of Cuba to the republic of Cuba Contention 3 is biopower
2. Continued support for Guantanamo perpetuates a state of exception which renders infinite war inevitable and turns their impacts 3. Treatment of detainees at Guantanamo justifies endless torture and suffering I would suggest that theorising on biopower and biopolitics can provide useful insights not only 4. Our impacts come before theirs – challenging the discursive framework of the war on terror counters the foundations of the war 5. By framing the detainees as enemies of the sovereign, Guantanamo destroys all basic human rights and validates biopolitical manipulation and torture.(Cary Federman, 2011, received Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Virginia and has taught at the University of Virginia and at James Madison College (Michigan State University). Recipient of two Fulbright scholarships, taught law and political science at the University of Zagreb, Croatia and criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Has lectured at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, the University of Graz (Faculties of Law and Social Sciences), and taught American Politics and Law at Palacky University, the Czech Republic, "Guantanamo Bodies: Law, Media, and Biopower" http://www.academia.edu/1051667/Guantanamo_Bodies_Law_Media_and_Biopower-http://www.academia.edu/1051667/Guantanamo_Bodies_Law_Media_and_Biopower 6. Continuation of torture renders every individual vulnerable to state violence and is the root cause of their impacts 7. Each time we deem torture permissible that justifies its spread – we have to reject torture in every instance Contention 4 is Imperialism
The continued operation of the GTMO detention center is a shameful indictment of a backward 4. American exceptionalism justifies extermination of the other In this context, talking about the Bush administration appears to be almost an obligation The US imposing its will on the world renders economically vulnerable societies disposable-creates structural violence and warGiroux, McMaster cultural studies professor, 2008 5. Guantanamo is the root of modern militarism – it’s the base of media racism in the context of the War on Drugs and War on Terror Although most U.S. wars have remained remote to the shores of the 6. Returning Gitmo starts the retractions of US imperialism in Iberian America GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA — President Fidel Castro wages a silent protest against the U Iraq had long been a central concern for the neoconservatives, but the difficulty was Imperialist ambitions pushed for the economic exploitation of colonized nations to benefit the mother country 9. Attempts to maintain American superiority show paranoia manifesting itself throughout politics – the inevitable result is imperial violence Why paranoia? Can we fully understand the proliferating circuits of imperial violence—the | 3/26/14 |
1AC Venezuela CocaineTournament: Cheyenne East | Round: Finals | Opponent: Cherry Creek YL | Judge: Wyoming debaters Contention 1 is the planThe United States Federal Government should substantially increase its economic engagement over cocaine trafficking, by investing in engagement between the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and Venezuelan counter-narcotic agencies.Contention 2 is solvency
The INL is specifically key to international counter-narcoticsDepartment of State, 12 (US Department of State, May 4, 2012, "Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs’ Counternarcotics Programs in Afghanistan-Fact Sheet-Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs", http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/fs/189317.htm) 2. Venezuela is key to cocaine trafficking There are three independent reasons why Venezuela says yes-first, drugs are a unique starting point for cooperation – both countries trying to find common groundNew York Daily Sun, 13 (1/29/2013, "Venezuela Open To Discussion On Improving Ties With The US," http://www.newyorkdailysun.com/venezuela-open-to-discussion-on-improving-ties-with-the-us/, JMP) Second, Maduro is reversing Chavez’s position on the issueSullivan, Latin America Specialist at the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of CRS, 4-9-’13 (Mark, "Hugo Chávez’s Death: Implications for Venezuela and U.S. Relations" Congressional Research Service, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42989.pdf) JAG Third, the Ortega appointment makes US-Venezuela counter narcotics deal possibleDMANEWS ’13 Contention 3 Russia
Intelligence officials say computers belonging to the Farc proved they had been trying to obtain 6. Groups That Receive Weapons from the Russian Mafia Are the biggest Nuclear Threats Contention 4 is Africa
Venezuelan cocaine is key-it’s already spilling overPichon et al. 11 profits from West African drug trafficking are funding terrorist operations in the regionBrice ’09 (Arthur Brice is a CNN staff writer specializing in Latin America. "Latin American drug cartels find home in West Africa", 9/21/09, http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/21/africa.drug.cartels/-http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/21/africa.drug.cartels/) Terrorists operating in Africa will deploy nuclear weapons against the U.S.Dempsey, Director of African Studies at Army War College, 6 (Thomas, Director of African Studies @ U.S. Army War College and served as a strategic intelligence analyst for Africa at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and as Chief of Africa Branch for the Defense Intelligence Agency, Counterterrorism in African Failed States: Challenges and Potential Solutions, April, http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub649.pdf-http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub649.pdf) Raising the Stakes:The Nuclear Dimension of the Terrorist Threat. The threat that Contention 5 is the environment
3. Biodiversity in specific hotspots checks extinction. Key to ag, health, and ecosystemsMittermeier ’11 Extinction is the gravest consequence of the biodiversity crisis, since it is¶ irreversible 5. Climate change escalates all wars that are already happening | 3/26/14 |
1ac ZapatistasTournament: UNLV | Round: 2 | Opponent: Juan Diego AC | Judge: Ogata That state hegemonic discourse has created a global empire, which is distinct from imperialism-this is a universalizing culture that leads to inequality That Empire enables a single power and makes police action, war, neoliberalism, racism, and economies of life inevitable and ubiquitous Economic globalization creates the empire and restricts democracy making it oppressive-it should be rejected- systems of autonomy are the only way to do that Continuing the mission of the Zapatistas is a key part of solving. Even if the movement fails, endorsement means that Zapatismo becomes a success. Mexican neoliberalism is uniquely bad-it disintegrates traditional societies and marginalizes “dirty” indigenous populations. Zapatismo challenges that. Neoliberalism reduces existence itself to property to be exchanged, producing a drive to a single way of knowing and being – that causes massive structural violence and environmental destruction-autonomy solves Neoliberalism undermines small farmers and leads to starvation- Economic rationality prioritizes short term profit over the well-being of environment and human life-makes exploitatino inevitable Generation of wealth was an important part of the Scientific Revolution and its modern society | 3/26/14 |
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