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| Apple Valley | 2 | Opponent: McNeil AG | Judge: Lawrence Zhou 1AC - climate strikes |
| Apple Valley | 4 | Opponent: Saratoga AG | Judge: Shweta Kondapi 1AC - climate strikes |
| Apple Valley | 5 | Opponent: Lynbrook MD | Judge: Noah Gallagher 1AC - climate strikes |
| Apple Valley | Triples | Opponent: Iowa City West NW | Judge: Chris Castillo, Saianurag Karavadi, Rafael Li 1AC climate strikes |
| Glenbrooks | 2 | Opponent: James Logan KL | Judge: VIshan Chaudhary 1AC - egypt |
| Glenbrooks | 3 | Opponent: Dwight-Englewood EK | Judge: Gordon Krause 1AC - egypt |
| Glenbrooks | 6 | Opponent: Marlborough WR | Judge: Margaret Strong 1ac - egypt |
| Grapevine | 2 | Opponent: McNeil SC | Judge: Chris Castillo ac - biocolonialsm |
| Grapevine | 4 | Opponent: Clements AK | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin 1AC - biocol |
| Grapevine | 5 | Opponent: Valley JS | Judge: Becca Traber 1ac - bio colonialism |
| Grapevine | Triples | Opponent: Strake JW | Judge: Margaret Strong ac - innovation |
| Greenhill | 1 | Opponent: Harrison AC | Judge: Jyleesa Hampton 1AC - biocolonialism |
| Greenhill | 4 | Opponent: Saratoga AG | Judge: Samantha McLoughlin 1ac - biocolonialism |
| Greenhill | 5 | Opponent: Lexington AT | Judge: Chris Castillo 1ac - biocolonialism |
| Meadows | 2 | Opponent: Canyon Crest ED | Judge: Nathan Frenkel 1AC biocol |
| Meadows | 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart ES | Judge: John Sims 1ac - biocl |
| Meadows | 6 | Opponent: Canyon Crest SZ | Judge: heaven montague 1ac - biocol |
| St Marks | 1 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SS | Judge: Dillon Johnson 1AC - biocol |
| St Marks | 3 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart JL | Judge: Kristina Baez 1AC - biocol |
| St Marks | 6 | Opponent: Strake VJ | Judge: Emmiee Malyugina 1AC - biocol |
| St Marks | Octas | Opponent: Lex AK | Judge: David Herrera, Danielle Dosch, David Dosch 1AC - biocol |
| UT | 2 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VM | Judge: Jack Quisenberry 1AC - Egypt |
| UT | 3 | Opponent: Garland DA | Judge: Colton Gilbert 1AC - Egypt |
| UT | 6 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart RR | Judge: Aaron Garcia 1AC - Turtle Island |
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0 -- Contact InfoTournament: Any | Round: Finals | Opponent: any | Judge: any | 9/10/21 |
1 -- Agent CP badTournament: Grapevine | Round: Triples | Opponent: Strake JW | Judge: Margaret Strong | 9/12/21 |
1 -- Theory -- Condo BadTournament: Grapevine | Round: Triples | Opponent: Strake JW | Judge: Margaret Strong | 9/12/21 |
1 -- Theory -- Consult CPs badTournament: Meadows | Round: 2 | Opponent: Canyon Crest ED | Judge: Nathan Frenkel | 10/30/21 |
1 -- Theory -- Definitions Need CitesTournament: Grapevine | Round: 5 | Opponent: Valley JS | Judge: Becca Traber | 9/11/21 |
1 -- Theory -- ROTB and Standard Text BadTournament: St Marks | Round: Octas | Opponent: Lex AK | Judge: David Herrera, Danielle Dosch, David Dosch | 10/18/21 |
1 --Theory -- CPs need solvency advocatesTournament: Grapevine | Round: 5 | Opponent: Valley JS | Judge: Becca Traber | 9/11/21 |
ND -- AC -- Climate StrikesTournament: Apple Valley | Round: 2 | Opponent: McNeil AG | Judge: Lawrence Zhou FrameworkI value morality. Pleasure and pain are intrinsic value and disvalueBlum et al. 18 Actor Spec— States must use util. Any other standard dooms the moral theoryGoodin 90. Robert Goodin 90, ~professor of philosophy at the Australian National University college of arts and social sciences~, "The Utilitarian Response," pgs 141-142 RS Extinction comes first under any framework.Pummer 15 ~Theron, Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. "Moral Agreement on Saving the World" Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. May 18, 2015~ AT 1AC – Advantage – Climate ChangeLack of a "right to strike" means the UK makes it near impossible for workers to climate strike.Aspinall '19 ~Georgia, acting features editor at Grazia UK, formerly at The Debrief, "How Do You Strike For A Social Issue Without Getting In Trouble At Work?", 09-02-2019, https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/how-to-strike-climate-crisis/~~//pranav Collective action incentivizes policy change, but status quo sustains science as usual which embraces climate skep.Green '19 ~Matthew, Reuters Journalist, "Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action", 10-12-2019, Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-scientists/scientists-endorse-mass-civil-disobedience-to-force-climate-action-idUSKBN1WS01K~~//pranav Climate strikes spill over and cause corporate policy change – empirically proven in tech – that bypasses politicians and avoids legal disputes.Ghaffary '19 ~Shirin Ghaffary, 9-20-2019, "Here's why the Amazon climate walkout is a big deal," Vox, https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/9/20/20874497/amazon-climate-change-walkout-google-microsoft-strike-tech-activism~~//pranav Warming causes extinction and turns every impact – no adaptation and each degree is worseKrosofsky '21 ~Andrew, Green Matters Journalist, "How Global Warming May Eventually Lead to Global Extinction", Green Matters, 03-11-2021, https://www.greenmatters.com/p/will-global-warming-cause-extinction~~//pranav 1AC – Advantage - DemocracyUK democracy is declining right now – Johnson's levelling up agenda is a disguise for masking dissentMacfarlane 5/12 ~Laurie is a Research Associate at IIPP. Prior to this Laurie was a Senior Economist at the New Economics Foundation. Open Democracy "The UK government is using 'levelling up' to hide a crackdown on political dissent" https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/the-uk-government-is-using-levelling-up-to-hide-a-crackdown-on-political-dissent/ ~ aaditg Strikes are the internal link to uphold democracy – empirics provePope 18 ~ Before joining Rutgers in 1986, James Gray Pope worked in a shipyard and represented labor unions at the Boston law firm of Segal, Roitman and Coleman. He has a doctorate in politics from Princeton and specializes in constitutional law, constitutional theory, and labor law. "Labor's right to strike is essential" Sept 2018 https://www.psc-cuny.org/clarion/september-2018/laborE28099s-right-strike-essential~~ aaditg Climate strikes are a form of environmental, civil mobilization that creates the emergence of a democratic impetus legitimizing democracy and reformSzolucha 20 ~ Anna Szolucha works at Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK Sage Pub "Why is everyone talking about climate change ... again?" Feb 19, 2020 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0791603520908188 ~ aaditg Democracy solves climate change but we need an increase in pace of actionCasas-Zamora 21 ~Dr. Kevin Casas-Zamora is the Secretary-General of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), with over 25 years of experience in democratic governance as a researcher, analyst, educator, consultant and public official. Here he discusses the role that democracy plays in mitigating climate change. 06/29/2021 Why democracy is the key ingredient to battling climate change" https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/29/why-democracy-is-the-key-ingredient-to-battling-climate-change ~ aaditg 1AC – Solvency – PlanThus the plan – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should recognize an unconditional right for workers to strike.Clarion 19 ~ The Clarion is a magazine for labor activitists. 9/09/2019 "Workers need the right to strike for climate justice" https://theclarionmag.org/2019/09/09/workers-need-the-right-to-strike-for-climate-justice/ ~ aaditg Coordinated civic engagement and strikes is key to comprehensive climate action globally.Fisher and Nasrin 20 ~Dana R; Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on questions related to democracy, activism, and environmentalism — most recently studying climate activism, protests, and the American Resistance. Her research employs a mixed-methods approach that integrates data collected through open-ended semi-structured interviews and participant observation with various forms of survey data; Sohana; University of Maryland, College Park, UMD, UMCP, University of Maryland College Park · Philip Merrill College of Journalism Master of Arts; "Climate activism and its effects," Wiley Interdisciplinary Review; October 2020; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345455893_Climate_activism_and_its_effects~~ UK seeking climate leadership now, and climate reform gets modeled by other T15 fossel fuel financiersLaFortune 10/29 ~Rachel, Researcher, Environment and Human Rights, "UK Needs to Provide Genuine Leadership on Fossil Fuel Financing", 10-29-2021, https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/30/uk-needs-provide-genuine-leadership-fossil-fuel-financing~~//pranav Climate strikes spur business and government climate reform – ambitions are high, but sustained strikes are keyDiggle '19 ~James, Head of Energy and Climate Change, CBI, "How the UK can compete as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy", 11-05-2019, UKSPA, https://www.ukspa.org.uk/how-the-uk-can-compete-as-the-world-transitions-to-a-low-carbon-economy/~~//pranav UK Business action is critical for climate change and reductions don't effect economic growthColback 20 ~Lucy Colback is Asia Lex editor for the Financial Times. She joined the Financial Times' Lex column in June 2014. Dec 17, 2020 Financial times "The role of business in climate change" https://www.ft.com/content/7ab0bfb0-b37c-463d-b132-0944b6fe8e8b ~ aaditg Resurgences in democracy are vital in the fight against climate changeWhiteley 11/4 ~Paul Whiteley is Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. LSE British Politics and Policy "Why a resurgence of democracy around the world would greatly help in the battle against climate change" 11/4/2021 https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/climate-change-trap/~~ aaditg | 11/5/21 |
ND -- AC -- Climate Strikes v2Tournament: Apple Valley | Round: 4 | Opponent: Saratoga AG | Judge: Shweta Kondapi Pleasure and pain are intrinsic value and disvalueBlum et al. 18 Actor Spec— States must use util. Any other standard dooms the moral theoryGoodin 90. Robert Goodin 90, ~professor of philosophy at the Australian National University college of arts and social sciences~, "The Utilitarian Response," pgs 141-142 RS Extinction comes first under any framework.Pummer 15 ~Theron, Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. "Moral Agreement on Saving the World" Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. May 18, 2015~ AT 1AC – Advantage – Climate ChangeLack of a "right to strike" means the UK makes it near impossible for workers to climate strike.Aspinall '19 ~Georgia, acting features editor at Grazia UK, formerly at The Debrief, "How Do You Strike For A Social Issue Without Getting In Trouble At Work?", 09-02-2019, https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/how-to-strike-climate-crisis/~~//pranav Collective action incentivizes policy change, but status quo sustains science as usual which embraces climate skep.Green '19 ~Matthew, Reuters Journalist, "Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action", 10-12-2019, Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-scientists/scientists-endorse-mass-civil-disobedience-to-force-climate-action-idUSKBN1WS01K~~//pranav Climate strikes spill over and cause corporate policy change – empirically proven in tech – that bypasses politicians and avoids legal disputes.Ghaffary '19 ~Shirin Ghaffary, 9-20-2019, "Here's why the Amazon climate walkout is a big deal," Vox, https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/9/20/20874497/amazon-climate-change-walkout-google-microsoft-strike-tech-activism~~//pranav Warming causes extinction and turns every impact – no adaptation and each degree is worseKrosofsky '21 ~Andrew, Green Matters Journalist, "How Global Warming May Eventually Lead to Global Extinction", Green Matters, 03-11-2021, https://www.greenmatters.com/p/will-global-warming-cause-extinction~~//pranav 1AC – Advantage - DemocracyUK democracy is declining right now – Johnson's levelling up agenda is a disguise for masking dissentMacfarlane 5/12 ~Laurie is a Research Associate at IIPP. Prior to this Laurie was a Senior Economist at the New Economics Foundation. Open Democracy "The UK government is using 'levelling up' to hide a crackdown on political dissent" https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/the-uk-government-is-using-levelling-up-to-hide-a-crackdown-on-political-dissent/ ~ aaditg Strikes are the internal link to uphold democracy – empirics provePope 18 ~ Before joining Rutgers in 1986, James Gray Pope worked in a shipyard and represented labor unions at the Boston law firm of Segal, Roitman and Coleman. He has a doctorate in politics from Princeton and specializes in constitutional law, constitutional theory, and labor law. "Labor's right to strike is essential" Sept 2018 https://www.psc-cuny.org/clarion/september-2018/laborE28099s-right-strike-essential~~ aaditg Climate strikes are a form of environmental, civil mobilization that creates the emergence of a democratic impetus legitimizing democracy and reformSzolucha 20 ~ Anna Szolucha works at Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK Sage Pub "Why is everyone talking about climate change ... again?" Feb 19, 2020 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0791603520908188 ~ aaditg Democracy solves climate change but we need an increase in pace of actionCasas-Zamora 21 ~Dr. Kevin Casas-Zamora is the Secretary-General of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), with over 25 years of experience in democratic governance as a researcher, analyst, educator, consultant and public official. Here he discusses the role that democracy plays in mitigating climate change. 06/29/2021 Why democracy is the key ingredient to battling climate change" https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/29/why-democracy-is-the-key-ingredient-to-battling-climate-change ~ aaditg The alternative to democracy is violent civil wars, ethnic cleansing, and genocide—-the best research confirmsCortright 13, David Cortright is the director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Fourth Freedom Forum, and author of 17 books, Kristen Wall is a Researcher and Analyst at the Kroc Institute, Conor Seyle is Associate Director of One Earth Future, Governance, Democracy, and Peace How State Capacity and Regime Type Influence the Prospects of War and Peace, http://oneearthfuture.org/sites/oneearthfuture.org/files//documents/publications/Cortright-Seyle-Wall-Paper.pdf 1AC – Solvency – PlanThus the plan – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should recognize an unconditional right for workers to climate strike.Clarion 19 ~ The Clarion is a magazine for labor activitists. 9/09/2019 "Workers need the right to strike for climate justice" https://theclarionmag.org/2019/09/09/workers-need-the-right-to-strike-for-climate-justice/ ~ aaditg Coordinated civic engagement and strikes is key to comprehensive climate action globally.Fisher and Nasrin 20 ~Dana R; Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on questions related to democracy, activism, and environmentalism — most recently studying climate activism, protests, and the American Resistance. Her research employs a mixed-methods approach that integrates data collected through open-ended semi-structured interviews and participant observation with various forms of survey data; Sohana; University of Maryland, College Park, UMD, UMCP, University of Maryland College Park · Philip Merrill College of Journalism Master of Arts; "Climate activism and its effects," Wiley Interdisciplinary Review; October 2020; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345455893_Climate_activism_and_its_effects~~ UK seeking climate leadership now, and climate reform gets modeled by other T15 fossel fuel financiersLaFortune 10/29 ~Rachel, Researcher, Environment and Human Rights, "UK Needs to Provide Genuine Leadership on Fossil Fuel Financing", 10-29-2021, https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/30/uk-needs-provide-genuine-leadership-fossil-fuel-financing~~//pranav Climate strikes spur business and government climate reform – ambitions are high, but sustained strikes are keyDiggle '19 ~James, Head of Energy and Climate Change, CBI, "How the UK can compete as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy", 11-05-2019, UKSPA, https://www.ukspa.org.uk/how-the-uk-can-compete-as-the-world-transitions-to-a-low-carbon-economy/~~//pranav UK Business action is critical for climate change and reductions don't effect economic growthColback 20 ~Lucy Colback is Asia Lex editor for the Financial Times. She joined the Financial Times' Lex column in June 2014. Dec 17, 2020 Financial times "The role of business in climate change" https://www.ft.com/content/7ab0bfb0-b37c-463d-b132-0944b6fe8e8b ~ aaditg Engagement with climate debates develops understanding of continuous climate evolution – current climate curriculum bad- we epistemologically straight turn ground level clean tech movements pragmatically necessary to solve climate.Mehling et al. '20 ~Michael, Deputy Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA; Professor of Practice, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. (mmehling@mit.edu) Harro van Asselt, Professor of Climate Law and Policy, Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), University of Eastern Finland Law School, Joensuu, Finland. Kati Kulovesi, Professor of International Law, Centre for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), University of Eastern Finland Law School, Joensuu, Finland. Elisa Morgera, Professor of Global Environmental Law, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, "Teaching Climate Law: Trends, Methods and Outlook", Journal of Environmental Law, https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=analytical-materialsandid=urn:contentItem:62H0-BSY1-JFSV-G3J9-00000-00andcontext=1516831, 11/1/2020, LexisNexis, NDawson~ | 11/6/21 |
ND -- AC -- Egypt v1Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: James Logan KL | Judge: VIshan Chaudhary 1AC — Advantage 1 – Civil WarNew Egyptian laws are set in place to silence and punish workers for strikingBoukhari 10/11~Jamal Boukhari is an Egyptian journalist. Equal Times "A dangerous new law in Egypt allows for the dismissal of any public employee who opposes the regime" Oct 11 2021 https://www.equaltimes.org/a-dangerous-new-law-in-egypt?lang=en~~#.YZVH3mDMJEY~~ aaditg Lack of right to strike kills al-Sisi's popularity and devastates state legitimacy AND shuts down protests that confront injustice – the plan materializes that sentiment into movements.Galal '15 ~Rami, contributor for Al-Monitor's Egypt Pulse and works as an investigative reporter for the Rosa el-Youssef website, "Egypt outlaws workers' right to strike", 05-12-2015, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2015/05/egypt-court-ruling-strike-right-sharia-law-sisi-badawi-labor.html~~//pranav *BRACEKTS IN ORIGINAL* That's good – sustained Egyptian repression and brutal 'counter-terror' strategies fuel terrorism, conflict escalation, and will cause civil war – alternative readings get it wrong.Saferworld '17 ~Saferworld is an international non-governmental organisation with conflict prevention and peacebuilding programmes in over 20 countries and territories in the Horn of Africa, the African Great Lakes region, Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, "We need to talk about Egypt: how brutal 'counter-terrorism' is failing Egypt and its allies", October 2017, Saferworld, https://saferworld-indepth.squarespace.com/we-need-to-talk-about-egypt/~~//pranav Egyptian civil war kills Israeli safety, causes middle eastern instability and devastates relationships with the US.Digital First Media and the Contra Costa Times '13 (updated in 2016 though) ~Digital First Media and the Contra Costa times, "Egyptian civil war would be a catastrophe", 08-16-2013, The Denver Post, https://www.denverpost.com/2013/08/16/egyptian-civil-war-would-be-a-catastrophe/~~//pranav Egypt specifically is key to negotiating treaties between Iran and IsraelFrance24 News '21 ~France24 News, "Gaza ceasefire takes effect after Egypt-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas", 05-20-2021, France 24 News, https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210520-israel-confirms-unconditional-gaza-ceasefire-agreed-with-hamas~~//pranav That goes nuclear.Silverstein 4/23 "Iran-Israel tensions: The threat of nuclear disaster looms large," Richard Silverstein ~writes the Tikun Olam blog, devoted to exposing the excesses of the Israeli national security state~, 23 April 2021 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iran-israel-tensions-threat-nuclear-war-looms-large SM It's uniquely likely now – sliding oil prices and COVID.Wright '20 ~Robin, distinguished fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She has been a fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as well as at Yale, Duke, Dartmouth, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, "Can the Middle East Recover from the Coronavirus and Collapsing Oil Prices?", 05-08-2020, The New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/can-the-middle-east-recover-from-the-coronavirus-and-collapsing-oil-prices~~//pranav Nuke war causes extinction – Ice Age, famines, and war won't stay limitedEdwards 17 ~Paul N. Edwards, CISAC's William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Being interviewed by EarthSky. How nuclear war would affect Earth's climate. September 8, 2017. earthsky.org/human-world/how-nuclear-war-would-affect-earths-climate~ Note, we are only reading parts of the interview that are directly from Paul Edwards — MMG 1AC – Advantage 2 - USAidStatus quo USAid is declining because of human rights violations exacerbating US– Egypt tensionsPamuk 9/15 ~ Humeyra Pamuk is a senior correspondent and a writer for Reuters, currently covering U.S. foreign policy and the State Department. Reuters "U.S. to hold $130 mln of Egypt's military aid over human rights -State Dept" 9/.15/2021(article was published 9/14 but updated 9/15) https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-hold-130m-egypts-military-aid-over-human-rights-sources-2021-09-14/ ~ aaditg Aid void causes Russia pivotWood 18 ~ David Wood is a professor of practice at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations.8/28/2018 "Egypt Loves China's Deep Pockets Increased Russian Sales creates multipolar competition in the Middle East and expands Russian influence throughout the regionBorshchevskaya, Ira Weiner Fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East, 2017 (Anna, "The Tactical Side of Russia's Arms Sales to the Middle East." The Jamestown Foundation, 12/20/17, https://jamestown.org/program/tactical-side-russias-arms-sales-middle-east/, Accessed 5/30/19, JMoore) recut aaditg A multipolar system and increased Russian influence escalate to nuclear great power warBrands, Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs in the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, AND Edel, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, 2019 (Hal Brands and Charles Edel, "The End of Great Power Peace." The National Interest, 3/6/19, https://nationalinterest.org/feature/end-great-power-peace-46282, Accessed 5/31/19, JMoore) recut aaditg Strikes are key to correcting Egyptian governance – set the groundwork, open humanitarian discussions, and increase publicity – Mubarak's usurpation proves.Janice Jayes 18 ~Dr. Jayes writes on current security and humanitarian challenges in the Middle East and Latin America., The Real War in Egypt: the Labor Struggle. The Public (May 2018 ) http://publici.ucimc.org/2018/05/the-real-war-in-egypt-the-labor-struggle/~~//anop PlanPlan: The Arab Republic of Egypt should recognize an unconditional right for workers to strike.Constitutional amendment is normal means.Brudney 20 Brudney, J. J. (2020). The Right to Strike is Recognised as Customary International Law. Yale Law, 10–11. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509933587.ch-011/SJKS The government is cracking down on strikes to deter worker mobilization and is planning to further restrict labor rights which violates IHL.Amnesty International '17 ~Amnesty International, an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom, "Egypt: Relentless assault on rights of workers and trade unionists", 04-30-2017, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2017/04/egypt-relentless-assault-on-rights-of-workers-and-trade-unionists/~~//pranav Unconditionality is key – conditional strikes cause circumvention and allow for state crackdowns which destroys efficacyCrépon '19 ~Marc Crépon, Professor of Philosophy at the Ecole Normale Superieure and director of research at the Archives Husserl, National Center for Scientific Research, "The Right to Strike and Legal War in Walter Benjamin's 'Toward the Critique of Violence'." Translation by Micol Bez. Critical Times (2019) 2 (2): 252–260, https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical times/article/2/2/252/141479/The Right to Strike and Legal War in Walter~pranav FramingThe standard is minimizing material violence.Prefer: ~1~ Pleasure and pain are intrinsic value and disvalueBlum et al. 18 ~2~ Actor Spec— States must use util. Any other standard dooms the moral theoryGoodin 90. Robert Goodin 90, ~professor of philosophy at the Australian National University college of arts and social sciences~, "The Utilitarian Response," pgs 141-142 RS ~3~ Focus on large scale catastrophes is good and they outweigh – appeals to social costs, moral rules, and securitization play into cognitive bias and flawed risk calculus – 2020 is living proofWeber 20 (ELKE U. WEBER is Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University.), November-December 2020 Issue, "Heads in the Sand," Foreign Affairs, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2020-10-13/heads-sand mvp | 11/20/21 |
ND -- AC -- Egypt v2Tournament: UT | Round: 2 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VM | Judge: Jack Quisenberry 1AC – Adv – Civil War SNew anti-strike laws worsen unemployment, the poverty crisis, threaten the sanctity of unions, and will collapse EgyptBoukhari 10/11 — (Jamal Boukhari, Jamal Boukhari is an Egyptian journalist., "A dangerous new law in Egypt allows for the dismissal of any public employee who opposes the regime", 10-11-2021, https://www.equaltimes.org/a-dangerous-new-law-in-egypt?lang=en~~#.YZQnPL3MJ6d, accessed 11-16-2021, HKR-AR) Right to strike kills al-Sisi's popularity and devastates state legitimacy – the plan materializes anti-al-Sisi sentiment into movements to oust him.Galal '15 ~Rami, contributor for Al-Monitor's Egypt Pulse and works as an investigative reporter for the Rosa el-Youssef website, "Egypt outlaws workers' right to strike", 05-12-2015, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2015/05/egypt-court-ruling-strike-right-sharia-law-sisi-badawi-labor.html~~//pranav *BRACEKTS IN ORIGINAL* Decreased state legitimacy is good – sustained Egyptian repression and brutal 'counter-terror' strategies fuel terrorism, conflict escalation, and will cause civil war – alternative readings get it wrong.Saferworld '17 ~Saferworld is an international non-governmental organisation with conflict prevention and peacebuilding programmes in over 20 countries and territories in the Horn of Africa, the African Great Lakes region, Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, "We need to talk about Egypt: how brutal 'counter-terrorism' is failing Egypt and its allies", October 2017, Saferworld, https://saferworld-indepth.squarespace.com/we-need-to-talk-about-egypt/~~//pranav Egyptian civil war kills Israeli safety, causes middle eastern instability and devastates relationships with the US.Digital First Media and the Contra Costa Times '13 (updated in 2016 though) ~Digital First Media and the Contra Costa times, "Egyptian civil war would be a catastrophe", 08-16-2013, The Denver Post, https://www.denverpost.com/2013/08/16/egyptian-civil-war-would-be-a-catastrophe/~~//pranav Egypt specifically is key to negotiating treaties between Iran and IsraelFrance24 News '21 ~France24 News, "Gaza ceasefire takes effect after Egypt-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas", 05-20-2021, France 24 News, https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210520-israel-confirms-unconditional-gaza-ceasefire-agreed-with-hamas~~//pranav That goes nuclear.Silverstein 4/23 "Iran-Israel tensions: The threat of nuclear disaster looms large," Richard Silverstein ~writes the Tikun Olam blog, devoted to exposing the excesses of the Israeli national security state~, 23 April 2021 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iran-israel-tensions-threat-nuclear-war-looms-large SM Nuke war causes extinction – Ice Age, famines, and war won't stay limitedEdwards 17 ~Paul N. Edwards, CISAC's William J. Perry Fellow in International Security at Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Being interviewed by EarthSky. How nuclear war would affect Earth's climate. September 8, 2017. earthsky.org/human-world/how-nuclear-war-would-affect-earths-climate~ Note, we are only reading parts of the interview that are directly from Paul Edwards — MMG 1AC – Advantage 2 - USAidStatus quo USAid is declining because of human rights violations exacerbating US– Egypt tensionsPamuk 9/15 ~ Humeyra Pamuk is a senior correspondent and a writer for Reuters, currently covering U.S. foreign policy and the State Department. Reuters "U.S. to hold $130 mln of Egypt's military aid over human rights -State Dept" 9/.15/2021(article was published 9/14 but updated 9/15) https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-hold-130m-egypts-military-aid-over-human-rights-sources-2021-09-14/ ~ aaditg History proves aid void causes Russia pivot, Al Sisi knows that and tests US tolerance for rights abuses – regime change keyAl-Anani 21 (Growing Relations between Egypt and Russia: Strategic Alliance or Marriage of Convenience? Sep 27, 2021 Khalil Al-Anani, Arab Center Washington DC, https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/growing-relations-between-egypt-and-russia-strategic-alliance-or-marriage-of-convenience/)//ww pbj Increased Russian Sales creates multipolar competition in the Middle East and expands Russian influence throughout the regionBorshchevskaya, Ira Weiner Fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East, 2017 (Anna, "The Tactical Side of Russia's Arms Sales to the Middle East." The Jamestown Foundation, 12/20/17, https://jamestown.org/program/tactical-side-russias-arms-sales-middle-east/, Accessed 5/30/19, JMoore) recut aaditg A multipolar system and increased Russian influence escalate to nuclear great power warBrands, Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs in the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, AND Edel, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, 2019 (Hal Brands and Charles Edel, "The End of Great Power Peace." The National Interest, 3/6/19, https://nationalinterest.org/feature/end-great-power-peace-46282, Accessed 5/31/19, JMoore) recut aaditg PlanPlan: The Arab Republic of Egypt should recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike.A worker is someone who works for a company or organization but does not have a powerful position.Cambridge (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/worker)//ww pbj Constitutional amendment is normal means.Brudney 20 Brudney, J. J. (2020). The Right to Strike is Recognised as Customary International Law. Yale Law, 10–11. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509933587.ch-011/SJKS The government is cracking down on strikes to deter worker mobilization and is planning to further restrict labor rights which violates IHL.Amnesty International '17 ~Amnesty International, an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom, "Egypt: Relentless assault on rights of workers and trade unionists", 04-30-2017, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2017/04/egypt-relentless-assault-on-rights-of-workers-and-trade-unionists/~~//pranav Strikes are key to correcting Egyptian governance – set the groundwork, open humanitarian discussions, and increase publicity – Mubarak's usurpation proves.Janice Jayes 18 ~Dr. Jayes writes on current security and humanitarian challenges in the Middle East and Latin America., The Real War in Egypt: the Labor Struggle. The Public (May 2018 ) http://publici.ucimc.org/2018/05/the-real-war-in-egypt-the-labor-struggle/~~//anop Unconditionality is key – conditional strikes cause circumvention and allow for state crackdowns which destroys efficacyCrépon '19 ~Marc Crépon, Professor of Philosophy at the Ecole Normale Superieure and director of research at the Archives Husserl, National Center for Scientific Research, "The Right to Strike and Legal War in Walter Benjamin's 'Toward the Critique of Violence'." Translation by Micol Bez. Critical Times (2019) 2 (2): 252–260, https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical times/article/2/2/252/141479/The Right to Strike and Legal War in Walter~pranav FramingThe standard is minimizing material violence.Prefer: ~1~ Pleasure and pain are intrinsic value and disvalueBlum et al. 18 ~2~ Actor Spec— States must use util. Any other standard dooms the moral theoryGoodin 90. Robert Goodin 90, ~professor of philosophy at the Australian National University college of arts and social sciences~, "The Utilitarian Response," pgs 141-142 RS | 12/4/21 |
SO -- AC -- BiocolonialismTournament: Grapevine | Round: 2 | Opponent: McNeil SC | Judge: Chris Castillo 1ACBiocolonialism is an institutionalized global form of "dispossession and conquest" perpetuated at the will of multinational corporations through the piracy of traditional knowledge and resources in the name of "intellectual property rights" and "international patents".Breske '18 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Traditional patent law and IPP legitimize biopiracy's control over dominated subjects, turning them into capital.Breske 2 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav This represents a form of cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples in line with the notion of terra nullius – anything else relies on Western preoccupations with objectivity that ignores the communal nature of Indigenous "ownership".Diver '04 ~Alice, Dr Alice Diver is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Liverpool John Moores University, who publishes in the areas of adoption, human rights, property law, and law in literature. She joined LJMU in September 2018, having worked as a Senior Law Lecturer and Programme Leader for the LLB (Law and Criminology) and as a Senior (Faculty) Fellow for Land T at EHU (2015-2018). Prior to that she was employed as a Lecturer in Law/TJI Associate Researcher, and Course Director for the LLB programmes (Magee campus) at Ulster University, N Ireland (2000-2015). She previously worked as a Solicitor in N Ireland in private practice (1989-1995) and as an Associate Lecturer in Law at NWRC (1993-2004). She is an alumna of Queen's University Belfast (LLB, 1984; LLM (Dist.), 2004) and gained a First class BA Hons in English Literature from Ulster University in 2017. She is the author of a 2013 monograph on origin deprivation, closed records and familial contact in adoption and surrogacy entitled 'A Law of Blood-ties: The 'Right' to Access Genetic Ancestry' (Springer) which is based upon her PhD (Ulster, 2012). She was co-editor of an international collection of essays on socio-economic rights: 'Justiciability of Human Rights Law in Domestic Jurisdictions'' (Springer, 2015). She has served as an EU-funded country reporter (UK, NI) for the Asser Inst./Utrecht University on matters of cross-border family law, in 2008 and 2017, contributing to an EU-wide guide for family law practitioners (2018). She was a co-convenor of the International Society of Family Law's Regional Conference in Derry, N Ireland (2010). She was a trustee of Londonderry Inner City Trust from 2012 -2016, and has been a trustee for Kinship Care NI since 2014, and a board member for Apex Housing NI since 2013. She has served as an external examiner for a number of LLB and LLM programmes throughout the UK and Ireland, since 1999, "'A Just War' - Protecting Indigenous Cultural Property", 2004, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2004/43.html~~//pranav The TRIPS agreement is forged in a biocolonial exclusion of indigenous communities through a false belief of indigenous peoples as merely holders. This is inextricably tied to global demand for medicine and MNCs surge in biopiracy.Breske 3 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Plan: The member nations of the World Trade Organization should exclude patent applications for medicines based on Indigenous knowledge from patentability.IPW '06 ~Intellectual Property Watch quoting Debra Harry — executive director of the Indigenous Peoples' Council on Biocolonialism, and a member of the Paiute tribe in the United States, "Inside Views: Indigenous Groups Tell WIPO, 'Don't Patent Our Traditional Knowledge'", https://www.ip-watch.org/2006/12/06/inside-views-indigenous-groups-tell-wipo-dont-patent-our-traditional-knowledge/~~//pranav This invalidates the IPRs of western pharmaceutical companies and terminates their 'ethical right' to Indigenous knowledge.Breske 4 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Compensation tactics fail – they take too long and don't end up benefitting Indigenous peoples.McGonigle '16 ~Ian Vincent, Assistant Professor of Global Science, Technology, and Society at Nanyang Technological University. Was previously a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He has published over a dozen original research articles in top academic journals, such as: Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology; the Journal of Law and the Biosciences (including the most-read article, with over 30,000 reads); Anthropology Today (cover feature); Journal of Neuroscience; Biophysical Journal; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; and Biochemistry., "Patenting nature or protecting culture? Ethnopharmacology and indigenous intellectual property rights", Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 217–226, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsw003~~//pranav The role of the judge is to vote for the debater that endorses the best form of epistemic subsidiarity.McGonigle 3 ~Ian Vincent, Assistant Professor of Global Science, Technology, and Society at Nanyang Technological University. Was previously a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He has published over a dozen original research articles in top academic journals, such as: Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology; the Journal of Law and the Biosciences (including the most-read article, with over 30,000 reads); Anthropology Today (cover feature); Journal of Neuroscience; Biophysical Journal; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; and Biochemistry., "Patenting nature or protecting culture? Ethnopharmacology and indigenous intellectual property rights", Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 217–226, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsw003~~//pranav The logics of settler colonialism have not disappeared, but merely reformulated extinction discourse to justify the biocolonial exploitation of natural resources and Indigenous knowledge in the west's "global resource frontier" through narratives of inevitable Indigenous extinction.Barker '19 ~Clare, Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Leeds and their research focuses on postcolonial literatures and cultures, and it engages centrally with disability studies and medical humanities, "Biocolonial Fictions: Medical Ethics and New Extinction Discourse in Contemporary Biopiracy Narratives", 2019, 19(2): 94–109, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116577/~~//pranav Research paradigms are not static, but rather in a constant fluidity that mandates the deployment of mixed methods to create effective change. The 1AC is NOT western pragmatism, but a radical and unsettling form of decolonizing research practices as the starting point for the broader project of decolonization.Held '19 ~Mirjam, PhD student @ Dalhousie University, "Decolonizing Research Paradigms in the Context of Settler Colonialism: An Unsettling, Mutual, and Collaborative Effort", 01-23-2019, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, DOI:10.1177/1609406918821574~pranav Progress for Indigenous peoples is slow, but history proves it is possible – every small change matters.Ecohawk and Drew '20 ~John Ecohawk is executive director of the Boulder, Colorado-based Native American Rights Fund and is a member of the Pawnee people, Kevin Drew is the assistant managing editor for international news, "Native Americans' Slow Path to Progress", 07-15-2020, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-07-15/supreme-court-ruling-puts-focus-on-slow-path-to-progress-for-native-americans~~//pranav You should not view the 1AC as a policy action as separate from the 1AC as a resistance project – only through embracing counter-hegemonic legal projects can we create new discourse and social meaning.Mukuka 10 ~George Sombe Mukuka holds two PhD degrees: in History from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and in Archaeology from the University of Witwatersrand. "Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Intellectual Property Laws in South Africa" Feb 20,2010 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/39667211.pdf~~ aaditg Traditional Knowledge is the origin for innovation, but current formal systems are built to harm Indigenous peoples – only effective policy outcomes solve.Bagley et al. '17 ~Margo Bagley is a CIGI Senior fellow and is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law @ the Emory University School of Law, Ruth Okediji is the Traditional Knowledge Expert Group Chair and Jerimiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law @ Harvard Law School, Kathy Hodgson Smith is a Canadian Indigenous Lawyer and a member of the Métis Communities, Jerome Reichman is a CIGI Senior Fellow and the Bunyan S Womble Professor of Law @ Duke Law School, Graham Dutfield is a Professor of International Governance and Faculty of Law at Leeds University, the video is titled "What is Traditional Knowledge?", the article is titled "What If a Patent Is Based on Traditional Knowledge?", 06-12-2017, Centre for International Governance Innovation, evidence is transcribed from the video using the written subtitles , 0:00 – 1:45 ,https://www.cigionline.org/multimedia/what-if-patent-based-traditional-knowledge/~~//pranav | 9/11/21 |
SO -- AC -- Biocolonialism v2Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 1 | Opponent: Harrison AC | Judge: Jyleesa Hampton 1AC — BiocolonialismBiocolonialism is an institutionalized global form of "dispossession and conquest" perpetuated at the will of multinational corporations through the piracy of traditional knowledge and resources in the name of "intellectual property rights" and "international patents".Breske '18 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Traditional patent law and IPP legitimize biopiracy's control over dominated subjects, turning them into capital.Breske 2 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav This represents a form of cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples in line with the notion of terra nullius – anything else relies on Western preoccupations with objectivity that ignores the communal nature of Indigenous "ownership".Diver '04 ~Alice, Dr Alice Diver is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Liverpool John Moores University, who publishes in the areas of adoption, human rights, property law, and law in literature. She joined LJMU in September 2018, having worked as a Senior Law Lecturer and Programme Leader for the LLB (Law and Criminology) and as a Senior (Faculty) Fellow for Land T at EHU (2015-2018). Prior to that she was employed as a Lecturer in Law/TJI Associate Researcher, and Course Director for the LLB programmes (Magee campus) at Ulster University, N Ireland (2000-2015). She previously worked as a Solicitor in N Ireland in private practice (1989-1995) and as an Associate Lecturer in Law at NWRC (1993-2004). She is an alumna of Queen's University Belfast (LLB, 1984; LLM (Dist.), 2004) and gained a First class BA Hons in English Literature from Ulster University in 2017. She is the author of a 2013 monograph on origin deprivation, closed records and familial contact in adoption and surrogacy entitled 'A Law of Blood-ties: The 'Right' to Access Genetic Ancestry' (Springer) which is based upon her PhD (Ulster, 2012). She was co-editor of an international collection of essays on socio-economic rights: 'Justiciability of Human Rights Law in Domestic Jurisdictions'' (Springer, 2015). She has served as an EU-funded country reporter (UK, NI) for the Asser Inst./Utrecht University on matters of cross-border family law, in 2008 and 2017, contributing to an EU-wide guide for family law practitioners (2018). She was a co-convenor of the International Society of Family Law's Regional Conference in Derry, N Ireland (2010). She was a trustee of Londonderry Inner City Trust from 2012 -2016, and has been a trustee for Kinship Care NI since 2014, and a board member for Apex Housing NI since 2013. She has served as an external examiner for a number of LLB and LLM programmes throughout the UK and Ireland, since 1999, "'A Just War' - Protecting Indigenous Cultural Property", 2004, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2004/43.html~~//pranav The TRIPS agreement is forged in a biocolonial exclusion of indigenous communities through a false belief of indigenous peoples as merely holders. This is inextricably tied to global demand for medicine and MNCs surge in biopiracy.Breske 3 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Plan: The member nations of the World Trade Organization should eliminate patents on medicines based on Indigenous knowledge from patentability.IPW '06 ~Intellectual Property Watch quoting Debra Harry — executive director of the Indigenous Peoples' Council on Biocolonialism, and a member of the Paiute tribe in the United States, "Inside Views: Indigenous Groups Tell WIPO, 'Don't Patent Our Traditional Knowledge'", https://www.ip-watch.org/2006/12/06/inside-views-indigenous-groups-tell-wipo-dont-patent-our-traditional-knowledge/~~//pranav This invalidates the IPRs of western pharmaceutical companies and terminates their 'ethical right' to Indigenous knowledge.Breske 4 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Compensation tactics fail – they take too long and don't end up benefitting Indigenous peoples.McGonigle '16 ~Ian Vincent, Assistant Professor of Global Science, Technology, and Society at Nanyang Technological University. Was previously a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He has published over a dozen original research articles in top academic journals, such as: Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology; the Journal of Law and the Biosciences (including the most-read article, with over 30,000 reads); Anthropology Today (cover feature); Journal of Neuroscience; Biophysical Journal; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; and Biochemistry., "Patenting nature or protecting culture? Ethnopharmacology and indigenous intellectual property rights", Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 217–226, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsw003~~//pranav The role of the judge is to vote for the debater that endorses the best form of epistemic subsidiarity.McGonigle 3 ~Ian Vincent, Assistant Professor of Global Science, Technology, and Society at Nanyang Technological University. Was previously a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He has published over a dozen original research articles in top academic journals, such as: Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology; the Journal of Law and the Biosciences (including the most-read article, with over 30,000 reads); Anthropology Today (cover feature); Journal of Neuroscience; Biophysical Journal; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; and Biochemistry., "Patenting nature or protecting culture? Ethnopharmacology and indigenous intellectual property rights", Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 217–226, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsw003~~//pranav The logics of settler colonialism have not disappeared, but merely reformulated extinction discourse to justify the biocolonial exploitation of natural resources and Indigenous knowledge in the west's "global resource frontier" through narratives of inevitable Indigenous extinction.Barker '19 ~Clare, Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Leeds and their research focuses on postcolonial literatures and cultures, and it engages centrally with disability studies and medical humanities, "Biocolonial Fictions: Medical Ethics and New Extinction Discourse in Contemporary Biopiracy Narratives", 2019, 19(2): 94–109, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116577/~~//pranav Research paradigms are not static, but rather in a constant fluidity that mandates the deployment of mixed methods to create effective change. The 1AC is NOT western pragmatism, but a radical and unsettling form of decolonizing research practices as the starting point for the broader project of decolonization.Held '19 ~Mirjam, PhD student @ Dalhousie University, "Decolonizing Research Paradigms in the Context of Settler Colonialism: An Unsettling, Mutual, and Collaborative Effort", 01-23-2019, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, DOI:10.1177/1609406918821574~pranav Progress for Indigenous peoples is slow, but history proves it is possible – every small change matters.Ecohawk and Drew '20 ~John Ecohawk is executive director of the Boulder, Colorado-based Native American Rights Fund and is a member of the Pawnee people, Kevin Drew is the assistant managing editor for international news, "Native Americans' Slow Path to Progress", 07-15-2020, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-07-15/supreme-court-ruling-puts-focus-on-slow-path-to-progress-for-native-americans~~//pranav You should not view the 1AC as a policy action as separate from the 1AC as a resistance project – only through embracing counter-hegemonic legal projects can we create new discourse and social meaning.Mukuka 10 ~George Sombe Mukuka holds two PhD degrees: in History from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and in Archaeology from the University of Witwatersrand. "Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Intellectual Property Laws in South Africa" Feb 20,2010 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/39667211.pdf~~ aaditg The plan IS indigenous IR – it establishes Indigenous advocacy diplomatically within global forums.Corntassel and Woons '18 ~Jeff Corntassel is an Associate Professor and Director of Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Marc Woons is a Doctoral Fellow with the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen (Research Foundation – Flanders) and the Research in Political Philosophy Leuven (RIPPLE) Institute at the University of Leuven in Belgium, "Indigenous Perspectives on International Relations Theory", 01-23-2018, https://www.e-ir.info/2018/01/23/indigenous-perspectives-on-international-relations-theory/~~//pranav Traditional Knowledge is the origin for innovation, but current formal systems are built to harm Indigenous peoples – only effective policy outcomes solve.Bagley et al. '17 ~Margo Bagley is a CIGI Senior fellow and is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law @ the Emory University School of Law, Ruth Okediji is the Traditional Knowledge Expert Group Chair and Jerimiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law @ Harvard Law School, Kathy Hodgson Smith is a Canadian Indigenous Lawyer and a member of the Métis Communities, Jerome Reichman is a CIGI Senior Fellow and the Bunyan S Womble Professor of Law @ Duke Law School, Graham Dutfield is a Professor of International Governance and Faculty of Law at Leeds University, the video is titled "What is Traditional Knowledge?", the article is titled "What If a Patent Is Based on Traditional Knowledge?", 06-12-2017, Centre for International Governance Innovation, evidence is transcribed from the video using the written subtitles , 0:00 – 1:45 ,https://www.cigionline.org/multimedia/what-if-patent-based-traditional-knowledge/~~//pranav | 9/18/21 |
SO -- AC -- Biocolonialism v3Tournament: St Marks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Immaculate Heart SS | Judge: Dillon Johnson 1AC — BiocolonialismBiocolonialism is an institutionalized global form of "dispossession and conquest" perpetuated at the will of multinational corporations through the piracy of traditional knowledge and resources in the name of "intellectual property rights" and "international patents".Breske '18 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Traditional patent law and IPP legitimize biopiracy's control over dominated subjects, turning them into capital.Breske 2 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav This represents a form of cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples in line with the notion of terra nullius – anything else relies on Western preoccupations with objectivity that ignores the communal nature of Indigenous "ownership".Diver '04 ~Alice, Dr Alice Diver is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Liverpool John Moores University, who publishes in the areas of adoption, human rights, property law, and law in literature. She joined LJMU in September 2018, having worked as a Senior Law Lecturer and Programme Leader for the LLB (Law and Criminology) and as a Senior (Faculty) Fellow for Land T at EHU (2015-2018). Prior to that she was employed as a Lecturer in Law/TJI Associate Researcher, and Course Director for the LLB programmes (Magee campus) at Ulster University, N Ireland (2000-2015). She previously worked as a Solicitor in N Ireland in private practice (1989-1995) and as an Associate Lecturer in Law at NWRC (1993-2004). She is an alumna of Queen's University Belfast (LLB, 1984; LLM (Dist.), 2004) and gained a First class BA Hons in English Literature from Ulster University in 2017. She is the author of a 2013 monograph on origin deprivation, closed records and familial contact in adoption and surrogacy entitled 'A Law of Blood-ties: The 'Right' to Access Genetic Ancestry' (Springer) which is based upon her PhD (Ulster, 2012). She was co-editor of an international collection of essays on socio-economic rights: 'Justiciability of Human Rights Law in Domestic Jurisdictions'' (Springer, 2015). She has served as an EU-funded country reporter (UK, NI) for the Asser Inst./Utrecht University on matters of cross-border family law, in 2008 and 2017, contributing to an EU-wide guide for family law practitioners (2018). She was a co-convenor of the International Society of Family Law's Regional Conference in Derry, N Ireland (2010). She was a trustee of Londonderry Inner City Trust from 2012 -2016, and has been a trustee for Kinship Care NI since 2014, and a board member for Apex Housing NI since 2013. She has served as an external examiner for a number of LLB and LLM programmes throughout the UK and Ireland, since 1999, "'A Just War' - Protecting Indigenous Cultural Property", 2004, http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IndigLawB/2004/43.html~~//pranav The TRIPS agreement is forged in a biocolonial exclusion of indigenous communities through a false belief of indigenous peoples as merely holders. This is inextricably tied to global demand for medicine and MNCs surge in biopiracy.Breske 3 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Plan: The member nations of the World Trade Organization should eliminate patents on medicines based on Indigenous knowledge from patentability.IPW '06 ~Intellectual Property Watch quoting Debra Harry — executive director of the Indigenous Peoples' Council on Biocolonialism, and a member of the Paiute tribe in the United States, "Inside Views: Indigenous Groups Tell WIPO, 'Don't Patent Our Traditional Knowledge'", https://www.ip-watch.org/2006/12/06/inside-views-indigenous-groups-tell-wipo-dont-patent-our-traditional-knowledge/~~//pranav This invalidates the IPRs of western pharmaceutical companies and terminates their 'ethical right' to Indigenous knowledge.Breske 4 ~Ashleigh, visiting assistant professor of international studies in the global politics and societies (GPS) department @ Hollins University. She earned her Ph.D. in planning, governance, and globalization at Virginia Tech, her M.A.L.S. in social sciences with a focus on Roman history from Hollins University, and her B.S. in biology with a concentration in classical studies and chemistry. Her current research explores how institutions and cultural values mediate changes in repatriation policy for indigenous cultural property, "Biocolonialism: Examining Biopiracy, Inequality, and Power", Spectra, 6(2), pp.58–73. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v6i2.a.6~~//pranav Compensation tactics fail – they take too long and don't end up benefitting Indigenous peoples.McGonigle '16 ~Ian Vincent, Assistant Professor of Global Science, Technology, and Society at Nanyang Technological University. Was previously a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He has published over a dozen original research articles in top academic journals, such as: Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology; the Journal of Law and the Biosciences (including the most-read article, with over 30,000 reads); Anthropology Today (cover feature); Journal of Neuroscience; Biophysical Journal; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; and Biochemistry., "Patenting nature or protecting culture? Ethnopharmacology and indigenous intellectual property rights", Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 217–226, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsw003~~//pranav The role of the judge is to vote for the debater that endorses the best form of epistemic subsidiarity.McGonigle 2 ~Ian Vincent, Assistant Professor of Global Science, Technology, and Society at Nanyang Technological University. Was previously a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Middle East Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. He has published over a dozen original research articles in top academic journals, such as: Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology; the Journal of Law and the Biosciences (including the most-read article, with over 30,000 reads); Anthropology Today (cover feature); Journal of Neuroscience; Biophysical Journal; ACS Chemical Neuroscience; and Biochemistry., "Patenting nature or protecting culture? Ethnopharmacology and indigenous intellectual property rights", Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2016, Pages 217–226, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsw003~~//pranav The logics of settler colonialism have not disappeared, but merely reformulated extinction discourse to justify the biocolonial exploitation of natural resources and Indigenous knowledge in the west's "global resource frontier" through narratives of inevitable Indigenous extinction.Barker '19 ~Clare, Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Leeds and their research focuses on postcolonial literatures and cultures, and it engages centrally with disability studies and medical humanities, "Biocolonial Fictions: Medical Ethics and New Extinction Discourse in Contemporary Biopiracy Narratives", 2019, 19(2): 94–109, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116577/~~//pranav Research paradigms are not static, but rather in a constant fluidity that mandates the deployment of mixed methods to create effective change. The 1AC is NOT western pragmatism, but a radical and unsettling form of decolonizing research practices as the starting point for the broader project of decolonization.Held '19 ~Mirjam, PhD student @ Dalhousie University, "Decolonizing Research Paradigms in the Context of Settler Colonialism: An Unsettling, Mutual, and Collaborative Effort", 01-23-2019, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, DOI:10.1177/1609406918821574~pranav Progress for Indigenous peoples is slow, but history proves it is possible – every small change matters.Ecohawk and Drew '20 ~John Ecohawk is executive director of the Boulder, Colorado-based Native American Rights Fund and is a member of the Pawnee people, Kevin Drew is the assistant managing editor for international news, "Native Americans' Slow Path to Progress", 07-15-2020, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2020-07-15/supreme-court-ruling-puts-focus-on-slow-path-to-progress-for-native-americans~~//pranav You should not view the 1AC as a policy action as separate from the 1AC as a resistance project – only through embracing counter-hegemonic legal projects can we create new discourse and social meaning.Mukuka 10 ~George Sombe Mukuka holds two PhD degrees: in History from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and in Archaeology from the University of Witwatersrand. "Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Intellectual Property Laws in South Africa" Feb 20,2010 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/39667211.pdf~~ aaditg Traditional Knowledge is the origin for innovation, but current formal systems are built to harm Indigenous peoples – only effective policy outcomes solve.Bagley et al. '17 ~Margo Bagley is a CIGI Senior fellow and is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law @ the Emory University School of Law, Ruth Okediji is the Traditional Knowledge Expert Group Chair and Jerimiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law @ Harvard Law School, Kathy Hodgson Smith is a Canadian Indigenous Lawyer and a member of the Métis Communities, Jerome Reichman is a CIGI Senior Fellow and the Bunyan S Womble Professor of Law @ Duke Law School, Graham Dutfield is a Professor of International Governance and Faculty of Law at Leeds University, the video is titled "What is Traditional Knowledge?", the article is titled "What If a Patent Is Based on Traditional Knowledge?", 06-12-2017, Centre for International Governance Innovation, evidence is transcribed from the video using the written subtitles , 0:00 – 1:45 ,https://www.cigionline.org/multimedia/what-if-patent-based-traditional-knowledge/~~//pranav | 10/16/21 |
SO -- AC -- InnovationTournament: Grapevine | Round: Triples | Opponent: Strake JW | Judge: Margaret Strong | 9/12/21 |
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