Marx

Focus on symbols prevents the fight against capitalism: a. it assumes knowledge has displaced labor, and words are the primary means of production, b. it brackets off that all symbols are transmitted through material means, c. it ignores that a focus on symbols is a privilege only gained through middle class status, d. the entire aff ignores that access to knowledge itself is controlled by the material conditions of capital and class.
Zavarzadeh in 95 (Mas’ud, prolific writer and expert on class ideology, post-ality: Marxism and postmodernism, post-ality the (dis)simulations of cybercapitalism)
Popper argues that human … Harvey (The Condition of Postmodernity). <8-11>

Fragmentation of identity forecloses any coalitional politics that can systemically resist capitalism
Best in 2k9 (Steven, Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Texas, El Paso, Global Capitalism and the Demise of the Left: Renewing Radicalism Through Inclusive Democracy, http://www.inclusivedemocracy.org/journal/pdf%20files/pdf%20vol5/Special%20Issue%20Winter%202009.pdf)
Unlike most postmodernists … domination and heteronomy.

Link and Impact- The affirmative is emblematic of everything that has fractured the left and allowed the unrelenting expansion of global capitalism. 1. Their focus on language games prefers the discursive to the material, 2. Everything is radically localized, 3. They actively refuse to focus on state policy and its material consequences. All of these facets of the affirmative are welcomed by capital with open arms-they teach a politics devoid of an understanding of the material conditions of capital. Effective resistance and strategizing is not possible in the world of the affirmative.
Ebert in 95, (Teresa L., English, State University of New York, Albany, Rethinking Marxism Association for Economic and Social Analysis, vol 8 no 2, The Knowable Good: Post-al Ethics, the Question of Justice and Red Feminism, index found here, http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/gr/gsce/d/rm.htm#95, article here, http://www.geocities.com/redtheory/AO/AOVol5-1RedFeminism.html
What remains of "left" politics … to earlier stages of capitalism.

The naturalizing process of capitalism masks its role in ensuring subjugation on a global scale. Our primary ethico-political responsibility is to challenge the organizing principles which found this system
Zizek and Daly in 4
(Slavoj and Glyn, Conversations with Zizek pg. 14-16)
For Zizek it is imperative that we cut through this Gord­ian knot of postmodern protocol and recognize that our ethico-political responsibility is to confront the constitutive violence … in an otherwise sound matrix.

Capitalist exploitation culminates in the destruction of all life on earth
Revolutionary Worker in 2k1
(#1109, “Capitalism's Eco-Mess and
the Revolutionary Alternative”, july 1, online)
The capitalist system treats this … minute to spare.

Our alternative is to vote negative to reject the 1ac’s methodological approach to capitalism. Instead, we should adopt a methodology of historical materialism, wherein symbols, signs, and play are all seen as secondary to the material ways that class and capital structure all spheres of life.
Holmstrom in 97 (Nancy, Professor Emeritus Department of Philosophy at Rutgers, Renewing Historical Materialism, Solidarity, http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2198)
Wood's interpretation of historical materialism … with human agencies." (78)

Neoliberalism

Democracy promotion ensures that the division between politics and economics remains firmly entrenched – only a rejection of this logic and a direct politicization of the economy can generate true democracy
Hanieh 2006, Adam, graduate student at York University, Toronto “ 'Democracy Promotion' and Neo Liberalism in the Middle East,” State of Nature Journal, Spring, http://www.stateofnature.org/democracyPromotion.html
Neo-liberalism is primarily ... remain an elusive myth. 

Capitalist exploitation culminates in the destruction of all life on earth
Revolutionary Worker in 2k1
(#1109,  “Capitalism's Eco-Mess and
the Revolutionary Alternative”, july 1, online)
The capitalist system ... minute to spare.

The alternative is to reject the affirmative for an unconditional fidelity to a Universal struggle for political economic emancipation. Arguments about the ability of the alternative to succeed or the possibility for authoritarianism to occur are irrelevant – it is this prioritization of the new social order’s construction that caused Maoist violence and guarantees failure. We must take a leap of faith.
Zizek in 8
Slavoj; senior researcher @ U of Ljubjlana; In Defense of Lost Causes; p. 202-210
This capitalist reappropriation ... again. Fail better,"76    

Octofinals

1NC Links

a. Their politics can never result in the political change necessary to solve social exclusion and oppression – only a Marxist analysis of political economy gives the necessary tools for undermining the notion of disability and its material rammifications.
Oliver in 99
Michael J; A quarter-century of normalization and social role valorization: evolution and impact; “Capitalism, disability, and ideology: A materialist critique of the Normalization principle”; p. 164

The production of disability, … goods. (Estes. Swan. & Gerard, 1982)

b. Identity politics prevent a unified struggle against capitalism by rendering the exploitation of class as secondary, making capitalism appear invisible.
Holmstrom in 97 (Nancy, Professor Emeritus Department of Philosophy at Rutgers, Renewing Historical Materialism, Solidarity, http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2198)

In fact, she suggests, one … validated, but abolished!

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Constructivist theories of normalization like those that undergird the 1AC has no political, educational, or social value. Marxist political economic analysis has greater transformative potential – Normalization theory ends up supporting capitalism meaning the two are mutually exclusive.
Oliver in 99
Michael J; A quarter-century of normalization and social role valorization: evolution and impact; “Capitalism, disability, and ideology: A materialist critique of the Normalization principle”; p. 163

At the outset, I should say …process of oppression itself.

And inclusive constructivist theories of disability whitewash the ways in which calls for social inclusion hijacked as a market mechanism to drive down wages and quash the revolutionary potential of excluded groups and marginalized workers.
Harn in 87
Harlan; “ADVERTISING THE ACCEPTABLY EMPLOYABLE IMAGE DISABILITY AND CAPITALISM”; Policy Studies Journal; Volume 15, Issue 3, pages 551–570, March 1987; Wiley Online Lib

In recent years, there has been…an exceptional demand for other workers.

However the alternative solves the entirety of the aff - capitalism is what controls the question of media representation – it’s the historical origin of negative media representations and social exclusions and operates as a market motivation for consuming more products.
Harn in 87
Harlan; “ADVERTISING THE ACCEPTABLY EMPLOYABLE IMAGE DISABILITY AND CAPITALISM”; Policy Studies Journal
Volume 15, Issue 3, pages 551–570, March 1987; Wiley Online Lib

These trends were intensified …operation of a capitalist economy.

No solvency deficit to the alternative - even if normalization regarding disability predates capitalism – capitalism is the root cause and foundational element in the systems of normalization, exclusion, and violence that exist today.
Harn in 87
Harlan; “ADVERTISING THE ACCEPTABLY EMPLOYABLE IMAGE DISABILITY AND CAPITALISM”; Policy Studies Journal
Volume 15, Issue 3, pages 551–570, March 1987; Wiley Online Lib

The influences that have relegated…the logic of a capitalistic economic system.

Liberal democracy takes place from the standpoint of an external universal – this requires all subjects to undergo ontological loss to become citizens, producing politics as crowd control and co-oopting democracy
Caldwell in 2
Anne; prof polis ci @ U of Louisville; “Transforming Sacrifice: Irigaray and the Politics of Sexual Difference”; Hypatia Vol 17 No 4 pp. 16-39; MUSE
How does Irigaray see the … for an undifferentiated citizenry.

Universality denies the ethics of sexual difference – this denies at least half of humanity and formulates an unethical basis for the encounter with Others.
Schwab in 98 (Gail, Diacritics 28.1, p 76-92, sexual difference as model: an ethics for the global future, project muse)
For Irigaray, the way … differently constituted subjects.

The alternative is to reject Western metaphysics in favor of a fluid political economy based on the understanding that the self is not-all.
Caldwell in 2
Anne; prof polis ci @ U of Louisville; “Transforming Sacrifice: Irigaray and the Politics of Sexual Difference”; Hypatia Vol 17 No 4 pp. 16-39; MUSE
Irigaray’s references to … well to subjectivity.

A- SKFTA will pass now-the GOP is on board, but hesitant
Abrams 9/8/11 Jim, AP,  Vote in US House could move stalled trade agenda,
A House of Representatives … free trade agreements. 

B- Any increase in foreign assistance will be cause a contentious battle with the GOP
Sud 3/1/11, Inder (PhD from Stanford, worked in World Bank for 30 years, and advisor to policymakers and leaders around the world). “Framing the US Foreign Aid Budget Debate.” Results for Development Institute.
President Obama released … lost opportunity.

C- Political capital is key-Obama must push the trade deals through now to get the GOP and labor on board
Palmer 9/2/11 Doug, Journalist, Analysis: Obama's trade legacy in a crucible this fall, Reuters,
Still, Congress' approval … for International Economics. 

D. Impacts

SKFTA key to US-South Korea alliance, regional stability, global free trade and hegemony
Hiatt, Editor of the Washington Post editorial page editor, 10
[Fred, Washington Post, 4-12-10, “Will the U.S. commit to free trade with South Korea?”, , accessed 6-30-11]

In a world of … regard, are timeless."

Asian instability triggers massive impacts – nuclear escalation, climate chaos, global agriculture, the economy, & causes prolif
Hamel-Green, Victory University Executive Dean,  & Hayes, Nautilus Institute Executive Director, 10
[Peter & Michael, 1-5-10, “The Path Not Taken, the Way Still Open: Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia”, 1-5-10, , accessed 7-1-11]

The consequences of failing … from the international community.

Text: The European Union should [x]

EU is the best actor in the Middle East – failed US policies leave a void only EU action can fill
Fakhro 2009, E. A., International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, “The European Union and Islam: Democracy Promotion in Bahrain and the Arab World,” google scholar
Having examined both the influence of Islamist actors and the role of the EU in promoting democracy in Bahrain and the Arab world, it ... of the Arab world. 

Saudi Arabia is taking a wait and see approach to the Arab Spring in the status quo
Reuters 7/13/11, “Saudi Policy on Yemen and Syria Seen Floundering.”
Saudi Arabia has helped … cases, to back them.

Direct US involvement in the Arab Spring has been and will continue to be low.
Black 2011, Ian. “Barack Obama Signals Selective US Response to Arab Spring.” The Guardian. 5/19/11.
Barack Obama's speech … strategy in Libya.

Support for Bahrain protests strains relations – turns hegemony
Saikh 3/23/11, Salman. “The Bahrain Crisis and its Regional Dangers.” Foreign Policy.
Bahrain represents the … greater regional fallout. 

Alliance collapse causes Saudi proliferation
McDowell 03 (Steven, LT, US Navy, Master’s thesis for Navy Postgraduate School, “Is Saudi Arabia a Nuclear Threat?,” Sept. 2003, ,)
The U.S.-Saudi relationship … in the Gulf.

Extinction
Utgoff in 2
(Deputy Director of the Strategy Forces, and Resources Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, Victor, “Proliferation, Missile Defence, and American Ambitions,” Survival, Volume 44, Number 2, Summer)
First, the dynamics of getting … cities or even whole nations

A. US democracy policies establish of hierarchy of knowledge which validates imperialist policies at the expense of the rest – this makes genuine democratic transitions impossible
Dixona in 2011 (Marion, doctoral candidate in the Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, Review of African Political Economy, An Arab spring, Special Issue: LAND: A NEW WAVE OF ACCUMULATION BY DISPOSSESSION IN AFRICA?, Volume 38, Issue 128, Available online June 21, 2011)
Since the uprisings in … and of consent.

B. Risks major world conflict
Kuang et al 5 (Xinnian, teaches modern Chinese literature at Tsinghua University, “Preemptive War and a World Out of Control” http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/positions/v013/13.1kuang.html) JL
The existing world order …  sign of civilizational disparity.

C. Vote negative to question the epistemological foundations of empire.  US neo-imperialism sustains itself by controlling the boundaries of knowledge.  Only exposing the epistemic violence of imperialism can offer ways of knowing that counteract the violence and elitism of US empire.
McLaren and Kincheloe in 5 (Peter Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies @ UCLA and Joe, professor and Canada Research Chair at the Faculty of Education, McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition, Eds Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln)
In this context, it is … points in a new era. <P306-307>

US-Israel relationship is strong despite tensions
Los Angeles Times 2011, Saturday, May 21, “Obama, Netanyahu insist U.S.-Israel ties are strong,”
President Barack Obama … well,” Obama warned.

Direct US involvement in the Arab Spring has been and will continue to be low.
Black 2011, Ian. “Barack Obama Signals Selective US Response to Arab Spring.” The Guardian. 5/19/11.
Barack Obama's speech … future strategy in Libya.

Increased US support for democracy alienates Israel
Stratfor 2011, Wednesday, May 25, “In Arab Spring, Disagreement Blossoms Between Israel, U.S.,” stratfor.com
Netanyahu’s speech before … interests (and thus security). 

Perception of lost support means Israel strikes Iran
Goldberg 2010, Jeffrey, national correspondent for The Atlantic, September, “The Point of No Return,”
If the Israelis reach …between the group and Israel.) 

Israel-Iran war cause regional war and collapses the global economy
CBS News 2010, “Jeffrey Goldberg: More than 50 Percent Chance Israel Would Strike Iran in 2011,” August 11, CBS News,  
Goldberg writes that … leper among nations." 

Extinction
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Lt Col. Beardon, PhD, 2000 Lt. Col Thomas E. Bearden (retd.) PhD, MS (nuclear engineering), BS (mathematics - minor electronic engineering) Co-inventor - the 2002 Motionless Electromagnetic Generator - a replicated overunity EM generator Listed in Marquis' Who'sWho in America, 2004  The Tom Bearden Website        From: Tom Bearden To:  (Correspondent) Subj: Zero-Point Energy Date: Original Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:36:29 -0500  Modified and somewhat updated Dec. 29, 2000.\
Just prior to … of it, resulting.

1) Interpretation – Democracy assistance is defined as aid which directly affects political barriers or governance. This excludes aid which might result in better conditions for democracy or aid for humanitarian purposes
Lappin 2010, Richard (Ph.D. candidate al the Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies at the University of Leuven in Belgium. Richard has participated in over a dozen democracy assistance missions with the UN, EU, OSCE and Carter Center and has recently completed assignments in Sierra Leone, Lebanon and Romania). Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, Volume 4 Issue 1, “What we talk about when we talk about democracy assistance: the problem of definition in post-conflict approaches to democratization”
Problems Resulting from … social aid programmes.’

Democracy assistance is not human rights.
Burnell 2000, Peter. “Democracy Assistance: International Cooperation for Democratization.” Frank Cass Publishers.
The international community's concern ... provide greater legitimacy.

2) Violation – the affirmative is human rights, not democracy promotion
IDDC (International Disability and Development Consortium,  “Emergency & Humanitarian Assistance and the UN Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities”  
The UN Convention … and humanitarian emergencies.

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