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Security K

Cambell, International Politics, New Caste, 98, Writing security no page listed

"in this context of...difference as otherness"
These security discourses guarantee perpetual apocalypse in the name of survival.

Peter Coviello, Asst Prof of English – Bowdoin, '1

(Queer Frontiers, ed. Boone, author's italics)

Perhaps. But to... be done without.

Roland Bleiker, Associate Professor – University of Queensland, '1

(The Zen of International Relations, "Forget IR Theory," p. 37-9)

Stories, so we are told..practice of world politics.

QUESTION ONE: YOU MEAN THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN AFRICA?

THIRTY THOUSAND CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY OF PREVENTABLE CAUSES

We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity … all deflate the value of aid.

HIV/AIDS worse than war and famine

Nelson Mandela, 2005 XIIIth International AIDS Conference http://www.bridges-of-hope.org/index.php

Let us not equivocate:… diseases as malaria." 

STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE IS WORSE THAN WAR

The 14 to 18 million deaths a year…every decade, throughout the world.

So what can we do to solve the death and destruction, the wars and the genocide? 

Question two: Why band-aids?

When politicians believe Africa is hopeless, we use band-aids instead of solutions

In his later years, when asked…addressed with some permanency?

Social activitist and musicial Bob Geldoff named his project “Live aid” as recognition of a political wound to Africa – that band-aids won’t mend Africa, only political solutions will

Live Aid was a key moment … band-aids won't mend it. But politics will. 

For any number of problems, Africa needs cures, not band-aids –

What Africa needs is a cure… globe will be flocking back to better Africa.

When Africa accepts band-aids, leaders only look to external solutions

While external factors have played a role…allies looked only one way -- at the external factors.

Band-aids won’t stop genocide – need political will 

After more than three years of such brutality… this first genocide of the 21st century to drag on and on.

Sarcasm is powerful debate– remembered by audience better than other rhetoric

Some people like to say that sarcasm …blended with the comments before and after it. 

Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” is a valuable took of commenting on social or political issues and is a valuable tool of debate

Kelly Power, 2000 http://www.mun.ca/marcomm/gazette/1999-2000/Feb.24/stuview.html

After all, one would have to admit …anyone’s storehouse of debating skills.

Today, Satire is still the most powerful tool against the powerful

http://koranteng.blogspot.com/2005/04/on-importance-of-biting-satire.html

Politicians understand very well the power of ridicule …something that is best done with writing.

Only forcing  public stands will actually heal Africa

Africa needs access to western markets, not western welfare… Start there, then we'll talk about courage.

Gathii 06 (“Symposium: Family Planning and AIDS Policy in the International Community: Exporting Culture Wars,” lexis, The Regents of the University of California U.C. Davis Journal of International Law & Policy)

      “The state “participates in the sexual politics…..increases women’s access to equal opportunities with men.” 

Lack of family planning is yet another burden on African women who suffer many harms at the hands of a male-centered culture.

Gathii 06 (Professor of International commercial Law, Albany Law School, James, UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy, Fall page lexis)

      “The New Right’s ideologies, as imposed by…..that reinforce and compound the patriarchy.” 

Patriarchy is the root of violence and helps to maintain the war system.  A world with patriarchy at its center makes war inevitable.

Warren and Cady 94 (Karen J and Duane L, Philosophy Dept- @ Manchester and Prof of Philosophy @Elamiine U, “Feminism and Peace: Seeing Connections,” Hypatta, Spring 94, v9 n2, Pro-quest)

      “To say that patriarchy is a dysfunctional system…woman-nature-peace connections in regional, national, and global contexts.” 

The subordination of women makes slaughter of millions possible.

Hooks 04 (Professor of English and city College, Bell, The Will to Change: Men, masculinity, and Love, pg 26-27)

      “Citizens in this nation fear challenging…. millions of people on the planet.” 

(2) Racism 

The moral focus on Abstinence in Africa is based on a stereotyped vision of the oversexualized African body.

Robinson 07 (Mark, Divinity School, University of Chicago, cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/rrtpm/markr.doc)

      “Graham’s statement references a specific ontology…..bring modernity and thus morality to Africa.” 

Promoting Abstinence instead of other family planning methods entrenches this racist image of the sexualized African

Bhana 07 (Deevia, prof of English, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, “Sexuality in Africa,” arsrc.org/resources/publications/sia/jan07/feature.htm)

      “African sexuality has historically been…..questions the ability of sexual rights within marriage.” 

Racism must be rejected

Barndt 91 (Joseph, co-director of Crossroads, a ministry to dismantle racism, “Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America,” pg 155-156)

      “To study racism is to study walls….we dare not allow it to continue.” 

(3) Bush’s Moral Crusade 

The Bush Administration is on a moral crusade to eliminate sex in Africa.  This approach to public health creates the conditions for apocalyptic termination.

Puar and Rai 02 (Jasbir K, assistant professor of women’s studies and geography at Rutgers University, Amit S, teaches cultural and literary studies at the New School University in New York City, “Monster, Terrorist, Fag: The War on Terrorism and the Production of Docile Patriots,” Social Text, 20.3, pg 117-148)

      “Clearly, a hegemonic struggle is being….narratives of modernity, patriotism, and nationalism?” 

Repealing policies like the prostitution pledge restores justice and reshapes the debate about sex.

Rubin 93 (Gayle S, assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality,” The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, editors Abelove, Barale, and Halperin, pg 3-9)

      “The time has come to think about sex….develop radical perspectives on sexuality.” 

Attacking the right-wing nuts that are running this country restores US stature in the world which is key to solving.

Kinney 06 (Edi, JD/PhD candidate @ UC Berkeley, 21 Berkeley J. Gender L. & Just. 158)

      “The United States’ scheme to advance…..voices and concerns of migrants themselves.” 

ADVANTAGE TWO: Reproductive Health 

Current US failure to fund family planning has caused a massive wave of clinic closures throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

Jones 04 (Allegra A, editor, Boston College Third World Law Journal 24)

      “Another practical effect of the Mexico…..clinics were the true victims of the Mexico City Policy.” 

The impact is 700 deaths a day

Sai 04 (Frederick t, advisor to the president of Ghana on HIV/AIDS, Sept/ Oct, worldwatch.org/system/files/EP175G.pdf)

      “Pregnancy and unsafe abortion are the…..longterm debilities from their pregnancies and deliveries.” 

The deaths are not inevitable—family planning can nearly eliminate pregnancy-related deaths

PAI 06 (Population Action International, May, 216.146.213.75/Publications/Fact_Sheets/FS2/Summary.shtml)

      “Saving Children’s Lives By preventing closely-spaced…..while the abortion rate declined by 61 percent.” 

The plan galvanizes a regional and global collaborative effort to coordinate HIV prevention and family planning—stabilizes Africa’s demographic transition

Cincotta and Haddock 06 (Richard, senior research associate at PAI, Sarah, former population analyst for USAID and research assistant at PAI, 2/1, populationaction.org/Publications/Research_commentaries/Family_Planning_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa/Summary.shtml)

      “There is no time like the present to step…..are desperately in need of success.” 

Every major 21^st century threat is rooted in an unwillingness to integrate the South in a global commitment to equitable resources. Failure to confront these inequities head on makes destruction inevitable.

Aginam 03 (Obijiofor, Okafor, Obiora Chinedu, “Humanizing Our Global Order: Essay in Honor of Ivan Head,” University of Toronto press)

      “This grave charge and the accompanying challenge…..developing world’s scholars and intellectuals.” 

UNDERVIEW: Solvency 

Access to family planning is critical to curb population growth- when women are educated about contraceptive methods they choose to have smaller families

Prata 06 (Ndola, professor of Public Health at the university of California-Berkeley, 10 years of clinical practice in Angola, “Population Growth and its Impact on maternal Health,” appg-popdevrh.org.uk/Publications/Population%20Hearings/Evidence/Uni%20of%20Cal%20evidence.doc)

      “Most countries where maternal mortality is the highest….these results in the death of the woman.” 

Family planning solves- the evidence is overwhelming

Hollingsworth 96 (William G, professor of law at Tulsa University, Ending the Explosion: Population Policies and Ethics for a Humane Future, pg 57-58)

      “Though only part of the answer, family planning…..funding must be called just what it is, evil madness.” 

The US is a critical family planning model for the rest of the world- the existence of US restrictions on funding deters other countries from implementing family planning

Blanc and Tsui 05 (Ann and Amy, president of Blancroft Research International and Professor, Population and Family Health Sciences Dept @ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “The Dilemma of Past Success: Insiders’ Views on the Future of the International Family Planning Movement,” Studies in Family Planning, December)

      “Moreover, the reinstatement of the…….The sources of money change as politics change.” 

USAID is the only actor with the technical capability and field presence to ensure successful family planning programs- decades of experience prove

PAI 98 (Population Action International, 3/8, “Paying their Fair Share- Donor Countries and International Population Assistance,” populationaction.org/Publications/Reports/Paying_their_Fair_Share/UNITED_STATES.shtml)

      “The technical capacity of the U.S. international…..helping to broaden USAID’s technical capacity.”