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Guantanamo 1ACTournament: Santa Fe | Round: 1 | Opponent: Moore MW | Judge: Guantanamo 1ACInherencyThe historical possession of Guantanamo Bay is an imperialist remnant of U.S. imperialism; one in which every American is responsible. This reminder holds us hostage to militaristic interventionism which must be absolved.Hansen 12 (Jonathan M. Hansen, a lecturer in social studies at Harvard, is the author of "Guantánamo: An American History."AUTOS OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Give Guantánamo Back to Cuba By JONATHAN M. HANSEN Published: January 10, 2012 RECOMMEND TWITTER LINKEDIN SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/opinion/give-guantanamo-back-to-cuba.html?_r=0 ) JH IN the 10 years since the Guantánamo detention camp opened, the anguished debate over Thus, Alex and I advocate the dissolution of the Guantanamo Bay Facility.Advantage 1 is TortureThe ability to lock detainees out of the sight reflects the Muselmann in concentration camps. This logic is not merely a violation of jurisdiction or legal norms, it is the reduction of a being to a bundle of physical mass, one that doesn’t even deserve the right to life. Guantanamo is the site of convergence for the U.S. biopolitical control-one that justifies a state of exceptionalism.(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 (NOTE-THE MUSSELMAN IS A BEING THAT HAS BEEN SO SEVERELY DEGRADED TO SEEM TO BE ON THE EDGE OF DEATH, THE ZOE IS A BEING THAT IS CONDEMNED IN A SPIRITUAL OR PHYSICAL SENSE) DS) There is, for Foucault, a clear movement in history and philosophy awayfrom concerns State sanctioned torture normalizes the right to life by how much pain can be inflicted on the body—the essence of bare life existence. One that when justified in the utilitarian calculus, allows all any amount of punishment to be possible.Volha Piotukh, Edinburgh, 6 June 2008, PhD student, School of Politics and International Studies, (POLIS) The University of Leeds, Supervisors: Dr. Deiniol Jones and Prof. Alice Hills, "Humanitarian Action and the War on Terror: Some Preliminary Thoughts on a New Biopolitical Nexus" www.pol.ed.ac.uk/data/assets/word_doc/0004/.../Piotukh_Paper.doc? DS) I would suggest that theorising on biopower and biopolitics can provide useful insights not only Continued policy support for Guantanamo uniquely perpetuates a state of exception which renders infinite war inevitable – turns their impacts(Fleur Johns 2005, Lecturer, University of Sydney Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia. "Guantanamo Bay and the annihilation of the exception, http://www.ejil.org/pdfs/16/4/311.pdf, DS) Our discourse shapes how we treat the Other—framing the other as a "terrorist" who "doesn’t value life" denies the hypocrisy of the sovereign who does the same when torturing detainees. Our impacts will come before all DAs—challenging the discursive framework of violence counters the very foundations of war. Continuation of torture renders every individual vulnerable to state violence and is the root cause of their impactsSlavoj Zizek 2005, Slavoj Zizek is a senior researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, "BIOPOLITICS: BETWEEN ABU GHRAIB AND TERRI SCHIAVO." http://www.egs.edu/faculty/slavoj-zizek/articles/biopolitics-between-abu-ghraib-and-terri-schiavo/ DS) Each time we deem torture permissible that justifies its spread – we have to reject torture in every instanceSlavoj Zizek2005, Slavoj Zizek is a senior researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, "BIOPOLITICS: BETWEEN ABU GHRAIB AND TERRI SCHIAVO." http://www.egs.edu/faculty/slavoj-zizek/articles/biopolitics-between-abu-ghraib-and-terri-schiavo/ DS) Failure to discuss the affirmative allows torture to be the "Dark Chamber" of imperialist policy. We have an obligation to break the pornographic space of the oppressor-our rejection of the dark chamber delegitimizes imperialist policies that preserve the value to life.Gorelick 2008(Nathan, Imagining Extraordinary Renditions: Terror, Torture and the Possibility of an Excessive Ethics in Literature, Theory 26 Event What had been revealed in these images was what J.M. Coetzee has ImperialismAdvantage 2 is ImperialismThe function of returning Guantanamo shouldn’t be done to restore international credibility to the United States, instead it is a pre-requisite to challenging American Imperialism. The aff seeks to destroy the reformation of exceptionalism striking directly against the ethics of America.Mariela Cuadro, PhD in International Relations from Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Licensed in Sociology at Universidad de Buenos Aires, coordinator and investigator for the Middle East department of the Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales (Institute of International Relations), 2011, "Universalisation of liberal democracy, American exceptionalism and¶ racism," http://www2.hu-berlin.de/transcience/Vol2_Issue2_2011_30_43.pdf Returning Gitmo starts the retractions of US imperialism in Latin AmericaWilliams 2007 (Carol J. Williams Los Angeles Times international affairs writer. Former foreign correspondent, 25 years covering Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2007-04-18/news/0704180417_1_cuba-guantanamo-bay-latin-america Accessed 7/19/13TS) GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA — President Fidel Castro wages a silent protest against the U Imperialism causes serial policy failureHarvey, 2003 (David Harvey is the Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Clarendon Lectures in Geography and Environmental Studies : New Imperialism. Iraq had long been a central concern for the neoconservatives, but the difficulty was Attempts to maintain American superiority and security are symptomatic of paranoia manifesting itself throughout politics – the inevitable result of which is flashpoint imperial violenceMcClintock 09 Why paranoia? Can we fully understand the proliferating circuits of imperial violence—the Imperialist domination leads to lost of value to life – that outweighsPerez 8 (Pepito Perez published Semptember 2008 "A short essay on the overall negative consequences of 19th century European imperialism." http://www.scribd.com/doc/6289110/The-Consequences-of-Imperialism Imperialist ambitions pushed for the economic exploitation of colonized nations to benefit the mother country Politics of the affirmative seeks not just political reformation, but instead an epistemological examination that gives the rights to life and death back to subjects, rather than defining it for them.Gorelick 2008(Nathan, Imagining Extraordinary Renditions: Terror, Torture and the Possibility of an Excessive Ethics in Literature, Theory 26 Event Extraordinary rendition, torture, the war on terror and the security of the state | 3/31/14 |
Mexico Renewable Energy 1ACTournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: idk | Judge: PlanThe United States federal government should substantially increase its investment in Mexican energy infrastructure.1AC InherencyInherency: American investment in Mexican energy infrastructure is low in the status quo – more economic engagement is keyWood ’13 1AC Renewables AdvantageAdvantage 1 is Renewable Energy:First, Increasing Mexican consumption has created the demand for alternative energy – investment’s keyMarks ’8 Two Impacts – first is competitiveness:Renewable energy cooperation is key to cross-border growthWood 12 The plan generates innovation and human capitalWood ’12 Latin America’s keyNoriega ’12 The US economic model is a firewall – great power wars are impossible because of it and inevitable without itGelb ’10 The perception of US economic decline is immediate and causes warLieberthal and O’Hanlon ’12 The second impact is green energy:The plan’s key to harness the potential of alternative energy in Mexico – it creates broader momentum toward efficiencyWood 12 It also solves global climate leadershipBurwell ’10 The plan creates effective renewable energy strategiesWood ’10 And positive feedbacks cause extinction.Hansen 2009, heads the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University (James, December, Storms of My Grandchildren, 236) Climate change is a trump card – it’s an existential threat.Goldgeier 6-9 1AC China AdvantageAdvantage 2 is China:Chinese influence is expanding in Mexico – outpacing the USFunaro 6-4 The plan re-asserts US influence in Latin AmericaShaiken et al ’13 The plan links the US and Mexican economies and reverses the trendFischer ’12 The signal of the plan is keyEllis ’11 Mexico determines the direction and effectiveness of overall US leadershipBarshefsky et al ’8 The alternative to US leadership is great power wars – they result in extinctionBWI ’13 1AC SolvencyThe plan’s investment in Mexican energy infrastructure drives growth and a stable energy partnershipWood ’13 Investment and economic engagement are key – the plan is a pre-requisite to any successful energy cooperationWood ’13 | 3/31/14 |
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