Observation One: The Truth
THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN AND RELEGATION OF REPRODUCTION TO THE PRIVATE SPHERE ARE NOT AHISTORICAL PRODUCTS OF SEXISM OR PATRIARCHY, BUT RATHER ARE HISTORICAL PRODUCTIONS OF THE EMERGENCE OF A CLASSED SOCIETY FOUNDED ON THE LOGIC OF SURPLUS ACCUMULATION. THIS SHIFT FROM NECESSITY TO SURPLUS SOLIDIFIED THE PRE-EXISTING DIVISION OF LABOR BASED ON NEED AND THEN SEXED IT TO JUSTIFY INEQUALITY
CLOUD (Prof. Comm at UT) 2003
[Dana, “Marxism and Oppression”, Talk for Regional Socialist Conference, April 19, 2003, p. online //wyo-tjc]
In order to challenge ….than organizing together.
SECOND, THEIR RELIANCE ON GENDER AS THE SITE OF POLITICAL CONTESTATION IS NOT AN ACCIDENTAL INSTANCE OF IGNORING CLASS. THE DEMAND ARISES OUT OF THE CRISIS OF LIBERALISM—SUCH POLITICS PARTICULARIZES THE OPPRESSIONS OF CAPITALISM TO THE POINT THAT THE UNIVERSAL SYSTEM IS NATURALIZED. ATTAINING WHITE, MALE BOURGEOISSE PRIVILEGE BECOMES THE BENCH-MARK OF POLITICAL SUCCESS, RE-ENTRENCHING THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THE SYSTEM
BROWN (Professor & Genius) 1993
[Wendy, “Wounded Attachments”, Political Theory, Aug. p. 392-394//wyo-tjc]
Although this détente ….explicitly politicized marking.
THE PROBLEMS OF GENDER VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION ARE, AT ROOT, PRODUCTS OF CAPITAL’S OVERARCHING CONTRADICTIONS. TURNING TO THE STATE AS A MEANS OF ‘PROTECTING’ WOMEN’S CIVIL RIGHTS MERELY ABSTRACTS AND DESTROYS CONSCIOUSNESS OF VIOLENCE’S CONNECTION TO CAPITAL
COTTER 2002
[Jennifer, nqa, “War and Domestic Violence”, Red Critique, Sept/Oct, p. online //wyo-tjc]
The dominant discourses…relations of production.
YOUR REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LAW AS A ‘NEUTRAL ARBITER’ AND THE IDEA THAT VIOLENCE EMANATES FROM A LACK OF ‘EQUAL PROTECTION’ OR THE ‘MASCULINE CULTURE’ ARE DAMNING—THIS CORPORATE FEMINISM MOBILIZES A GLOBAL PROJECT TO CEMENT IMPERIALIST CAPITALISM IN THE NAME OF LIBERATING WOMEN, REPRODUCING FAR MORE INSIDIOUS INSTANTIATIONS OF VIOLENCE
COTTER 2002
[Jennifer, nqa, “War and Domestic Violence”, Red Critique, Sept/Oct, p. online //wyo-tjc]
For liberal feminists, …. conditions of production.
OBSERVATION TWO: You Can’t Handle the Truth!
FIRST, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STRUCTURAL KRITIK, THERE CAN BE NO SUCH THING AS ‘MAKING THINGS BETTER’— THEIR MODEL OF POLITICS, NO MATTER HOW SUBVERSIVE OR CONSERVATIVE, ALL FUNDAMENTALLY EXAGERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FORMAL INSTITUTION OF POLITICS AND POWER, IGNORING THE WAYS SUCH A SYSTEM CREATES KNOWLEDGE—ONLY A MARXIST SHIFT TO KRITIK THE STRUCTURE AND CREATE MASS SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS WILL OVERCOME THIS FAILURE OF POLITICS
HARNECKER 2000
[Marta, Dir of MEPLA, Links, p. online: http://www.dsp.org.au/links/back/issue16/harnecker.html //wyo]
To think about ….. has to be built.
SECOND, ADVANCING POLITICS UNDER THE AEGIS OF LIBERATING WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE ALLOWS THE RIGHT TO CO-OPT THE SYMBOLIC POTENTIAL OF THE AFF AND EMPTY IT OF IT’S CONTENT—THE RESULT IS BLOODY, CAPITALIST IMPERIALISM THAT ENTRENCHES THE MOST EXTREME FORMS OF GENDER VIOLENCE
COTTER 2002
[Jennifer, nqa, “War and Domestic Violence”, Red Critique, Sept/Oct, p. online //wyo-tjc]
It has by now become …. for daily survival (Masri 1).
THIRD, THE DETERMINISM OF CAPITAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF ALL LIFE—IT IS THIS LOGIC THAT MOBILIZES AND ALLOWS FOR THE OPPRESSIONS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE 1AC
DYER-WITHERFORD (professor of Library and Info. Sciences at the U of Western Ontario) 1999
[Nick. Cyber Marx: Cycles and Circuits of Struggle in High Technology Capitalism.]
For capitalism, …. is all too obvious.
FINALLY, IF WE WIN A SINGLE LINK, YOU LOSE ALL YOUR OFFENSE—GAINS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE ARE IMPOSSIBLE SO LONG AS CAPITAL PROPOGATES THE IDEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT FACILITATES VIOLENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE
COTTER 2002
[Jennifer, nqa, “War and Domestic Violence”, Red Critique, Sept/Oct, p. online //wyo-tjc]
What actually…. imperialist warfare.
OBSERVATION THREE: The Third Observation
Vote Negative to validate and adopt the method of structural/historical criticism that is the 1NC.
THIS IS NOT THE ALTERNATIVE, BUT IN TRUTH THE ONLY OPTION— METHOD IS THE FOREMOST POLITICAL QUESTION BECAUSE ONE MUST UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING SOCIAL TOTALITY BEFORE ONE CAN ACT ON IT—GROUNDING THE SITES OF POLITICAL CONTESTATION OR KNOWLEDGE OUTSIDE OF LABOR AND SURPLUS VALUE MERELY SERVE TO HUMANIZE CAPITAL AND PREVENT A TRANSITION TO A SOCIETY BEYOND OPPRESSION
TUMINO (Prof. English @ Pitt) 2001
[Stephen, “What is Orthodox Marxism and Why it Matters Now More than Ever”, Red Critique, p. online //wyo-tjc]
Any effective political …. as social theory.
SECOND, THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF GENDER AND SEXUAL IDENTITY. PARTICULARIZATION OF IDENTITY LOCALIZES KNOWLEDGE WHICH ERASES ANY SYSTEM THEORY THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE HOW SO MANY DIFFERENT CONTEXTUALIZED OPPRESSIONS ARE SUBORDINATED TO THE SAME FRAMEWORK—WE MUST ABANDON THIS METHOD OF KNOWLEDGE IN FAVOR OF A HISTORICAL LENS THAT RENDERS CAPITALISM VISIBLE
HENNESSY (Prof @ SUNY Albany) 2000
[Rosemary, Profit and Pleasure: Sexual Identities in Late Capitalism, Routledge //wyo-tjc]
While capitalism …..and help support.
THIRD, SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERMUTATION—CAPITALISM IS AN INERTIAL SYSTEM—ANY VESITAGE LEFT REMAINING BY THE PERMUTATION WILL INEVITABLY SPIN BACK UP. LIKE A MANY-HEADED HYDRA, IT WILL REGENERATE WITH EVERY ATTEMPT THAT ATTACKS THE INSTRUMENTS AS OPPOSSED TO THE SYSTEM ITSELF***
KOVEL (Alger Hiss Prof. At Bard) 2002
[Joel, The Enemy of Nature, Zed Books, p. 142-3//wyo-tjc]
The value-term ….. and greater ecodestruction.
FINALLY, METHODOLOGY IS THE FOREMOST POINT OF DEPARTURE TO ANY POLITICAL QUERY. YOU SHOULD EVALUATE EPISTEMOLOGY FIRST BECAUSE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT PROBLEMS DETERMINES HOW YOU RESPOND TO THEM AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEY ENGENDER
Smith ‘96
[Steve, Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, “Positivism and Beyond,” International theory: Positivism and beyond, New York: Cambridge University Press, 12-1 3//uwyo-ajl]
The stakes are high ….sight seem to be the case.
