Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Liberal Arts and Science | Judge: Sam Shore
Observation One is the Status of Economic Engagement:
US economic engagement is a vehicle for neoliberal exploitation
Jacobs ‘4 (Jamie Elizabeth, Assistant Prof of Polisci at West Virginia U, "Neoliberalism and Neopanamericanism: The View from Latin America," Latin American Politics and Society 46.4 (2004) 149-152, MUSE)
The advance of neoliberalism... sovereignty in the south
And, the system of neoliberalism shapes unethical policies and directs how we understand politics in the first place
Meszaros ‘95 (Istavan, Prof. Emeritus @ U of Sussex, Beyond Capital: Towards a Theory of Transition, p 409-410)
Politics and morality... to be built
Resolved: Gabi and I affirm solidarity with the Zapatista Army of Liberation (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico.
Observation Two is Political Pragmatism.
Solidarity with the EZLN allows for acknowledgement of the struggle against neoliberal globalization on a local and global level.
Paulson 1 (Justin, assistant professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Carleton, 2001, “PEASANT STRUGGLES AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY: THE CASE OF CHIAPAS,” Socialist Register 2001, pg. 285-286)
Nor should one... within the struggle
And, the revolutionary strategy of the Zapatistas in their refusal to assume the political strategies of the state is necessary to challenge current conceptions of power and reject globalized capitalism.
Wagner and Moreira 3 (Valeria, professor of Hispanic studies at the University of Geneva, and Alejandro, Fall 2003, “Toward a Quixotic Pragmatism: The Case of the Zapatista Insurgence”, boundary 2, Volume 30, Number 3, pg. 194-196)
The economy is...by the imagery
And, ordering with obedience is a political praxis that allows for a pragmatic politics of the now – questions of long-term solvency frame systemic impacts as normalized functions of institutions. Only the aff can allow for critical analysis that interrogates institutions of domination.
Wagner and Moreira 3 Valeria, professor of Hispanic studies at the University of Geneva, and Alejandro, Fall 2003, “Toward a Quixotic Pragmatism: The Case of the Zapatista Insurgence”, boundary 2, Volume 30, Number 3, pg. 205-207)
The principle cannot... wheel of fortune
And, solidarity and collective agreement is necessary for an ideological shift in political praxis to occur – only by assuming a pragmatic form of revolutionary politics like that of the Zapatistas can we begin to change the capitalist status quo.
Wagner and Moreira 3 (Valeria, professor of Hispanic studies at the University of Geneva, and Alejandro, Fall 2003, “Toward a Quixotic Pragmatism: The Case of the Zapatista Insurgence”, boundary 2, Volume 30, Number 3, pg. 192-193)
The principle of...the imagery it's self
And, prefer the systemic impacts of the 1ac over improbable disad claims and utilitarian scenarios
Menand 5 (Louis Phd from Columbia, December 2005 in The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/05/051205crbo_books1?printable=true)
It is the...the three choices
And, ignoring systemic impacts allows deadly, faceless, objective violence to continue; only embracing an impact framework that gets rid of a focus on directly visible, subjective violence solves
Zizek 8Slavoj, senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology @ Univ. of Ljubljana, Violence, p. 1-2
If there is...of subjective violence