Tournament: Berk | Round: 4 | Opponent: Cherry Creek DL | Judge: Bekah Boyer
FIRST OFF IS THE CP
TEXT: Developing countries should institute reforms recognizing and supporting small-scale artisanal mining over squo policies of mining
The counterplan solves issues of exploitation and oppression- already happening and modeled in the status quo, which means absent the AC solvency is inevitable. Community-managed small-scale mining has already created millions of jobs for Africans
Hilson Gavin Hilson, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading, "Small-scale mining, poverty and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: An Oveview, Resources Policy 34 (2009).
In the 1990s, however, the ... The Democratic Republic of Congo.

The counterplan solves institutional problems in the squo that stops artisanal mining from flourishing
Tschakert Petra Tschakert, Department of Geography and Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa, "Recognizing and nuturing artisanal mining as viable livelihood", Resources Policy 34 (2009).
What, then, are the processes ... democracy in the 21st century.

NEXT IS THE DA
Small scale mining plays a role in poverty reduction, but can only do so with a complete policy shift towards small-scale- that means the counterplan uniquely solves
Fischer et al Eleanor Fisher et al, Centre for Development Studies, Swansea University, "The ladder that sends us to wealth": Artisanal mining and poverty reduction in Tanzania," Resources Policy, 2009.
Economic policies for mineral sector ... (IDA/IMF/URT, 2005, p. 26).

And, solving poverty comes first: 2 warrants.
Structural violence comparatively outweighs- has 100 probability- systematically worse than thermonuclear war
Gilligan explains: Gilligan, 96 professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School 96 James, , Director of the Center for the Study of Violence, and a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the National Campaign Against Youth Violence, Violence: Our  Deadly Epidemic and its Causes, p 191-196
The deadliest form of violence ... every decade, throughout the world.

Structural violence is the largest proximate cause of war- creates priming that psychologically structures escalation
Scheper-Hughes and Bourgois ‘4 (Prof of Anthropology @ Cal-Berkely; Prof of Anthropology @ UPenn) (Nancy and Philippe, Introduction: Making Sense of Violence, in Violence in War and Peace, pg. 19-22)
This large and at first ...; and reversed feelings of victimization).

Tournament: VBT | Round: 7 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
Calls for biodiversity rely upon divisions in forms of life and ensures continued exploitation by humans.
Rowe 2K Stan, Professor of Plant Ecology at the University of Saskatchewan. “Natur und Kultur: TransdisciplinareZeitschrift fur okologischeNachhaltigkeit. It has been translated into German and published in Volume 1(2): 106-120. 2000. http://www.ecospherics.net/pages/RoweEarthEthics.html
Many human attitudes to the ... of such ideas is exposed. 

2. Human solutions to environmental problems reinforce human chauvinism and anthropocentrism—nature/culture binaries must be questioned before environmental degradation can be confronted.
Lintott’11Sheila Lintott. Fall 2011. “Preservation, Passivity, and Pessimism”. Ethics and the Environment.16:2. Pages 100-102.
Perhaps I am being too ... on which to base restorations.

Impact: Anthropocentrism is the root cause of every major environmental crisis. Resisting anthropocentrism is a prerequisite to having environmental protection; this turns the shit out of the aff.
Sivil, 2K (Richard Sivil studied at the University of Durban Westville, and at the University of Natal, Durban. He has been lecturing philosophy since 1996. “WHY WE NEED A NEW ETHIC FOR THE ENVIRONMENT”, 2000, http://www.crvp.org/book/Series02/II-7/chapter_vii.htm)
I argue that anthropocentric value ... the task of another paper.

Alt: I advocate endorsing deep ecology to break from the anthropocentric mindset and allow the environment to flourish.
Katz 2000 (Eric, assoc. professor of philosophy at New Jersey Institute of Technology. “Against the inevitability of Anthropocentrism,” in ¶ Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology, edited by Eric Katz, Andrew Light and David Rothenberg, p. 21) ¶
Deep ecology values the ecosphere... Self which are open to us.

The role of the ballot is to resist anthropocentrism. Critical pedagogy needs to challenge the human sphere—not doing so supports an educational practice that sustains anthropocentric ordering of world; resisting anthropocentrism is a prerequisite for any other critical pedagogy
Bell and Russell 2K(Anne C. by graduate students in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University and Constance L. a graduate student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Beyond Human, Beyond Words: Anthropocentrism, Critical Pedagogy, and the Poststructuralist Turn, http://www.csse-scee.ca/CJE/Articles/FullText/CJE25-3/CJE25-3-bell.pdf)//RSW
So far, however, such queries ... for a moment at least.

Tournament: Berk | Round: 1 | Opponent: idk | Judge: Judy
Note: I might run offs disclosed on Morven's or George's wiki. Just a heads up. All non-theory/T offs I read that aren't disclosed on their wikis will be up after the tournament.

Tournament: VBT | Round: 8 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any
UNIQUENESS: US-China war looming, any increased conflict will push it over the edge.
Topol 12/10Allan Topol co-authored a two-volume legal treatise entitled Superfund Law and Procedure. He wrote a weekly column for Military.com and has published articles in numerous periodicals, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Yale Law Journal. “War With China?” Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allan-topol/war-with-china_1_b_4412585.html, 12/10/13
The United States and China ... China's behavior toward its neighbor.

Spy boats off Hawaii prove intent
Watson 10/31 – Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars.com, 10/31, 2013, China Moves Spy Ship to Hawaiian Waters in “Retaliation” Against U.S. http://www.infowars.com/china-moves-spy-ship-to-hawaiian-waters-in-retaliation-against-u-s/
China has sent a surveillance ... declassified Xia-class submarine fleet below.

LINK: Resource extraction gives the US and China a reason to cooperate in Africa
Wenran Jiang, Political Science Professor-University of Alberta, 2009, "Fuelling the Dragon: China's Rise and Its Energy and Resources Extraction in Africa," The China Quarterly, Vol. 199, pp 585-609, p. 594-5
Others tend to treat China’s ... vital to China’s national interests.

INTERNAL: A lack of US China trade cooperation destroys the global economy and causes US-China war.
Droke 10 (Clif, Editor – Momentum Strategies Report) “America and the Next Major War’, Green Faucet, 3-29
It’s evident that as much ... anticipation of the coming conflict.”

IMPACT: China-US War goes nuclear
Straits Times 2000 The Straits Times, “No One Gains in War over Taiwan,” 6/25/00, Lexis
THE high-intensity scenario postulates a ... puts sovereignty above everything else.

Tournament: Berk | Round: 5 | Opponent: Harker MS | Judge: Tim Alderete
The plan would take $22 billion away from poverty relief efforts. Plus, there are environmentally friendly provisions attached to the drilling which mitigates their offense.
Valencia 13 Alexandra Valencia, “Amazon Oil Drilling Project Approved by Ecuador’s Parliament.” Huffington Post, October 3, 2013
Ecuador's parliament on Thursday authorized ... state spending toward the poor.

The impact of drilling in the Yasuni in the squo is MINIMAL- government is extremely careful about environmental protection- affects .01 of the Yasuni basin BUT is still critical to combat poverty- this card also independently proves why there’s no impact to species loss in the status quo because drilling affects a miniscule part of the park
Visser Visser, Nick. "Amazon Oil Drilling Project Approved By Ecuador's Parliament." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 04 Oct. 2013. Web. 02 Jan. 2014.
The government-dominated National Assembly ... state spending toward the poor.

Combatting structural violence and poverty comparatively outweighs- has 100 probability- systematically worse than thermonuclear war
same card as the one disclosed under mining answers

You should privilege everyday violence for two reasons- A) social bias underrepresents its effects B) its effects are exponential, not linear which means even if the only causes a small amount of structural violence, its terminal impacts are huge
Nixon ‘11
(Rob, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor, pgs. 2-3)
Three primary concerns animate this ... become increasingly but gradually degraded.
I also read a card about how the plan won't pass cuz it doesn't get funding in the squo but I realized after I read it that fiat solves, so derp on my behalf.....