Tournament: Valley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Jordan Antevy | Judge: Holden Bukowsky
fiat and state bad
Zoe Baker May 22nd 2019 youtuber personality working to spread radical theory related to anarchism, feminism and marxism. She is a disabled trans woman and is currently completing a PhD in the UK., "Means and Ends: The Anarchist Critique of Seizing State Power" https://blackrosefed.org/anarchopac-critique-of-seizing-state-power/ RL
Whoever sets out on the highroad and takes a wrong turning does not go where
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the state rather than appealing for state intervention and thereby reinforcing state power.
State and class society magnify oppression.
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin 1993 member of the black panther party, "Anarchism and the Black Revolution" https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin-anarchism-and-the-black-revolution~~#toc4 RL
Because of the way this nation has developed with the exploitation of African labor and
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. The victims of racism know best how to fight back against it.
Errico Malatesta 1920 "An Anarchist Programme" https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-an-anarchist-programme~~#toc2 RL
We have outlined under a number of headings our objectives and the ideal for which
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other limitation than that which arises naturally from the equal liberty of everybody.
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin 2008 "Community Control of the Poor Community" https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin-community-control-of-the-poor-community~~#toc2 RL
But there must also be some way to ensure economic survival, in addition to
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and turn them into community co-operatives and mutual aid banking societies.
Spanos 04 (William Spanos, 2004, Distinguished Professor of English and comparative literature at Binghamton University and kind of an asshole, "Spanos on debate," http://the3nr.com/2010/01/17/spanos-on-debate/)// RL
Dear Joe MIller, Yes, the statement about the American debate circuit you refer
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the blind arrogance of Bush Administration and his neocon policy makers is leading.
2.Fiat is bad cross apply the Baker card this shows that imposing your will on others through things like fiat corrupts people and makes them less effective at liberating groups as they focus more on controlling them. And cross apply the Spanos card fiat makes people disinterested in actual action
3.Under capitalism people are seen as means to profit with no moral consideration we see this with things like child labor and throwing away excess food. Thus my framework is a pre req to theirs no one can be morally considered under capitalism.
4. In the debate space wealth disparity harms low income debaters. They can't
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citizens who felt component to directly manage their own communities, or poleis.
6.Fiat obscures our view of what we can do making debaters complacent
Kappeler, 95 (Susanne, The Will to Violence, p. 10-11)RL
`We are the war' does not mean that the responsibility for a war is
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our values' according to the structures and the values of war and violence.
https://indivisible.org/groups
https://actionnetwork.org/groups/search?type=zip_codeandvalue=68118
Omaha Autonomous Action- https://www.facebook.com/OmahaAutonomous/
Feed The People- https://www.facebook.com/ftpomaha/
Collective For Omaha Youth Liberation(Not active right now but something to keep eye
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There's plenty more but getting involved in one exposes you to more!
My number is 402 594 1928, I'm involve with multiple orgs so chances are I know when the next protest is in Omaha. Alternatively just join a local org and chances are you will be informed when an action is coming up.
Sometimes the most accessible and effective methods come outside of organizations. This can come from finding a group of friends to go spike trees, practice mutual aid, or can even be as simple as learning how to garden or helping your neighbors. I work everyday I don't have debate so this is my preferred method. The point is just please do something!
Things like TDC are forms of mutual aid that help alleviate wealth disparities. There's no way I would be able to compete at this level if it wasn't for TDC. Thus you can try practicing mutual aid in debate. Things as big as creating a free camp experience for low income debaters to small things like helping a small school debater do some drills. Anything helps.