Westwood Yaksh Aff
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| Glenbrooks | 1 | Homestead SL | Joseph Barquin |
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| Glenbrooks | 6 | Harrison JP | Derek Ying |
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| Heart of Texas | 6 | Harvard Westlake NL | Joshua Martin |
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| Heart of Texas | 5 | Marlborough GA | David Dosch |
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| Heart of Texas | 2 | Westlake MR | James Stuckert |
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| Jack Howe | 2 | Mount Vernon TK | Lukas Krause |
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| Jack Howe | 4 | Perry JA | Brett Boelkens |
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| Jack Howe | 6 | Yerba Buena KN | Scott Brown |
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| UT | 1 | Claudia Taylor Johnson MR | Elmer Yang |
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| UT | 3 | Strake Jesuit VC | Holden Bukowsky |
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| Glenbrooks | 1 | Opponent: Homestead SL | Judge: Joseph Barquin 1ac- climate strikes |
| Glenbrooks | 4 | Opponent: Brophy TJ | Judge: Danielle Dosch 1ac- climate |
| Glenbrooks | 6 | Opponent: Harrison JP | Judge: Derek Ying 1ac- climate |
| Heart of Texas | 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake NL | Judge: Joshua Martin 1ac - |
| Heart of Texas | 5 | Opponent: Marlborough GA | Judge: David Dosch 1ac - innovation |
| Heart of Texas | 2 | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: James Stuckert 1ac - innovation |
| Jack Howe | 2 | Opponent: Mount Vernon TK | Judge: Lukas Krause 1ac - innovation |
| Jack Howe | 4 | Opponent: Perry JA | Judge: Brett Boelkens 1ac - |
| Jack Howe | 6 | Opponent: Yerba Buena KN | Judge: Scott Brown 1ac - |
| UT | 1 | Opponent: Claudia Taylor Johnson MR | Judge: Elmer Yang 1ac- egypt |
| UT | 3 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit VC | Judge: Holden Bukowsky 1ac- egypt |
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0 - PLS READTournament: Jack Howe | Round: 2 | Opponent: Mount Vernon TK | Judge: Lukas Krause | 9/18/21 |
0 - contact infoTournament: Anya | Round: Finals | Opponent: Anya | Judge: Anya text is preferred | 12/6/21 |
nd - ac - climateTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Homestead SL | Judge: Joseph Barquin 1AC – FrameworkStandard is maximizing expected well beingActor 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 AND notion of legal standing will outstrip the power relations that ground Pettit’s theory. Extinction first~a~ magnitude – it will kill billions~b~ forecloses any opportunity for future improvement –ontology args are premised on civil society rn but letting everyone die takes out the chance ti can go away in the future~c~ body count is the most objective way to weigh suffering1AC – 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 AND it could go on your record – it’s not typically grounds for dismissal. 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 AND urgent scale," she said. "We can’t allow science as usual." 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 AND don’t like but that you think is the right thing to do.’ 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 AND increase will also mean more pandemics, devastating storms, and uncontrollable wildfires. 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 AND task of defending our democracy and civil liberties from a creeping new authoritarianism. 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 AND kale chips, she will call in the National Guard and the Pinkertons." 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 AND liveable climate may need to go hand in hand with fighting for democracy. 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 AND stuff democratic governance agendas should be made of in the climate crisis era. 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 AND welcome the motion to the TUC Congress submitted by the Fire Brigades Union. 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 AND the worst climate outcomes and their impact on human rights the world over. 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 AND we must use for our other challenges, including transport and heat decarbonisation. 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 AND on a questionnaire; in 2020, 9,600 companies took part. Crackdowns on strikes leaves companies unaccountable for emissions which exacerbates climate changeRushton 8 -1 ~Steve Rushton, 8-1-2021, "As the UK prepares to host COP26, some of the world's most industrialised countries are cracking down on environmental protests," https://www.equaltimes.org/as-the-uk-prepares-to-host-cop26?lang=en~~#.YYNWFGDMIUF~~// ww ap AND likely to disproportionately impact Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities by criminalising trespass. 1AC – MethodEngagement 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~ AND and how learning can be further improved to reflect evolving needs and circumstances. | 11/20/21 |
nd - ac - egyptTournament: UT | Round: 1 | Opponent: Claudia Taylor Johnson MR | Judge: Elmer Yang Egyptian laws silence workers and crackdown on strikes, but anti-state sentiment is impossible to materialize. Right to strike kills al-Sisi’s popularity and destroys state legitimacy which is good bc Sisi’s sustained repression fuels terrorism and will cause civil war which destroys middle eastern stability and causes Israel-Iran nuclear war.The plan solves – puts economic strain on the government which incentivizes resignation and materializes anti-state sentiment into movements which ends rights abuses.Framework – the CROTB is to determine if the aff is a good policy option.~a~ fairness –weighing consequences is vital to fair and predictable engagement. They can criticize an infinite number of assumptions, which makes the plan a necessary stasis point anything else moots 6 min of the ac.Reject alts are a voting issue for ground – I lose link turn ground because the alt doesn’t do anything other than say no to the aff and can’t leverage case against the alt which kills clash – that’s key to engagement which turns your ROB and ctrls the i/l to edu. specificity outweighs their links – none of their ev assumes the intricacies of the situation in Egypt–1~ hold the 2NR to an extreme threshold for explanation and grant us new 2AR weighing to account for vagueness.2~ their links are to the status quo – treat them as non-unique as well as alt causes to their impacts.3~ they have the burden of rejoinder – winning risk of solvency is sufficient to beat because it proves the aff is an exception – Egypt is enabling strike crackdowns – the burden is on them to prove why disavowing that is specifically bad.1AC – Egypt1AC – Adv – Civil War SNew 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 AND repressive laws to silence employees, but this oppression always leads to disaster." 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* AND of rights and freedoms, providing a possible signal of impending popular anger. 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 AND the long term rather than stave off the threat posed by violent groups. 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 AND very unstable region. What happens there will have impact throughout the globe. 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 AND international stakeholders to provide rapid humanitarian assistance" for Gaza and its reconstruction. 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 AND will fight with F-35s, ballistic missiles and possibly nuclear weapons. Nuke war causes extinction –ice Age, famines, and war won’t stay limited AND two nuclear powers would stay limited to these smaller, less destructive bombs. 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 AND tens of thousands have been detained, including Brotherhood leaders and secular activists. 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 AND path, hoping that it will serve its interests in the long run. 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 AND an opportunity arises. Arms exports are a major component of these efforts. 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 AND historical norm of great-power struggle, with all the associated dangers. PlanPlan: The Arab Republic of Egypt should recognize an unconditional right of 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 AND articles in terms that are consistent with ILO application of that convention.49 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 AND will make it virtually impossible to establish or join an independent trade union. 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 AND public they purport to represent. Egyptian labor deserves our attention and support. FramingThe standard is minimizing material violence.Prefer: ~1~ Pleasure and pain are the starting point for moral reasoning—they’re our most baseline desires and the only things that explain the intrinsic value of objects or actionsMoen 16, Ole Martin (PhD, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo). "An Argument for Hedonism." Journal of Value Inquiry 50.2 (2016): 267. AND notion of legal standing will outstrip the power relations that ground Pettit’s theory. ~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 AND want to use it at all – to choose general rules or conduct. ~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 AND to dislodge it, even when cost-benefit analysis argues for change. | 12/4/21 |
reject alts badTournament: UT | Round: 1 | Opponent: Claudia Taylor Johnson MR | Judge: Elmer Yang | 12/4/21 |
so - ac - innovationTournament: Heart of Texas | Round: 2 | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: James Stuckert | 10/31/21 |
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