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  • Time Set: 1920s This House (Indian communists) will urge workers to prioritise overthrowing the British by working with nationalist liberation movements instead of urging workers in a class struggle against Indian factory-owners.

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    In the 1910s, the world saw the beginning of possibilities between the worker movements across the world and nationalist anti-colonial liberation movements in colonized nations. However, for Lenin, national anti-colonial movements can only exist as bourgeois movements, for the bulk of these nationalist movements are led by the landowning powerful classes. Thus, even though the bourgeois classes in colonised countries are supporting and leading anti-colonial movements, they simultaneously work in harmony with the imperialist (colonising) bourgeoisie, i.e., it joins the latter in fighting against all revolutionary movements by worker classes (Lenin, “Preliminary Theses on the National-Colonial Question)”). How then were the workers and communists supposed to imagine their future? For them, supporting national movements meant ushering the nation towards capitalistic development. In their critique of British of rule, the founding fathers of the Indian National Congress had made the Indian people’s poverty a central issue. Dadabhai Naoroji, from 1876 wrote papers, memoranda and pamphlets, statistically presenting the state of misery and tracing its causes to the tribute rendered to Britain, to the de-industrialization generated by Free Trade, and to the over-taxation and currency manipulations by the British regime. The British rule was then responsible for the economic depravation of India, hurting the common workers the most. Gandhi advocated for an inter-class and inter-caste solidarity between the the dominant zamindars, thakurs (land-owning castes), and factory-owners and workers, to fight together against overthrowing the British: "owners and workers ought to be in a relationship of father to son." The 1920s in India witnessed general mass strikes by workers across the country over several dominant industries such as cotton mills over issues such as wage issues and working conditions. Some of these were successful, some were not.

    Lloyd Parliamentary Debate · Semifinals · 2023-03-01

  • Time Set: 1920s This House (Indian communists) will urge workers to prioritise overthrowing the British by working with nationalist liberation movements instead of urging workers in a class struggle against Indian factory-owners.

    Infoslide

    In the 1910s, the world saw the beginning of possibilities between the worker movements across the world and nationalist anti-colonial liberation movements in colonized nations. However, for Lenin, national anti-colonial movements can only exist as bourgeois movements, for the bulk of these nationalist movements are led by the landowning powerful classes. Thus, even though the bourgeois classes in colonised countries are supporting and leading anti-colonial movements, they simultaneously work in harmony with the imperialist (colonising) bourgeoisie, i.e., it joins the latter in fighting against all revolutionary movements by worker classes (Lenin, “Preliminary Theses on the National-Colonial Question)”). How then were the workers and communists supposed to imagine their future? For them, supporting national movements meant ushering the nation towards capitalistic development. In their critique of British of rule, the founding fathers of the Indian National Congress had made the Indian people’s poverty a central issue. Dadabhai Naoroji, from 1876 wrote papers, memoranda and pamphlets, statistically presenting the state of misery and tracing its causes to the tribute rendered to Britain, to the de-industrialization generated by Free Trade, and to the over-taxation and currency manipulations by the British regime. The British rule was then responsible for the economic depravation of India, hurting the common workers the most. Gandhi advocated for an inter-class and inter-caste solidarity between the the dominant zamindars, thakurs (land-owning castes), and factory-owners and workers, to fight together against overthrowing the British: "owners and workers ought to be in a relationship of father to son." The 1920s in India witnessed general mass strikes by workers across the country over several dominant industries such as cotton mills over issues such as wage issues and working conditions. Some of these were successful, some were not.

    Lloyd Parliamentary Debate · Novice Finals · 2023-03-01

  • This house believes that feminist movements in developing nations should publicly disavow western forms of feminism

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    Western feminism refers to the feminist movements in the Western world, as well as their particular goals and strategies (e.g. closing the gender pay gap, using high profile celebrities as spokespeople)

    China Nationals Debate Championship 2023 · U15 Finals · 2023-01-01

  • This house believes that post-colonial African states should implement policies to abandon the use of colonial languages (French, Portuguese, English) in education and government in which larger percentages of the population are literate, in favor of indigenous languages in which literacy rates are substantially lower.

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    Many West African nations maintain their colonial language as the primary language of instruction in schools. For example, In Benin, French is the official language of instruction. Despite this, Indigenous languages are still used in many informal contexts (between familiy members, in marketplaces, and other colloquial settings).

    Central Novs 2022 · Semifinals · 2022-11-26

  • This house believes that France should militarily intervene in Mali

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    Mali fell under French colonial rule in 1893, up until 1960 where after active resistance it had its first President as an independent country. Last month, Mali’s transitional president and prime minister were arrested by members of Mali’s military, hours after a cabinet reshuffle which left out two supporters of the junta who had seized power in September. West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc has called for the immediate release of President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and urged its transitional government “to resume its course and conclude within the established timeframe.”

    Rahat - The Fundraiser Debate · Round 4 · 2022-08-04

  • This House Opposes the emphasis on the struggle against the Ottoman Empire in the history curriculum of Balkan countries

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    In many Balkan countries that were under Ottoman rule from the 14th to the 19th century (e.g. Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, etc.), the history curriculum focuses heavily on the national struggle against the Ottoman Empire as well as the crimes of the Ottomans against the local population (e.g. forcibly taking children to join the Janissary military corps, forcible conversions from Orthodox Christianity to Islam, murder and torture of local population etc.). In these countries, the Ottoman Empire is viewed as a colonizer, and those who led national uprisings fighting for independence are revered as national heroes.

    WUDC Belgrade 2022 · 5 · 2022-07-20

  • That if the final Noumea Accord referendum fails New Caledonia should not conduct regular referenda on independence.

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    New Caledonia is a set of islands in the Pacific and is currently a part of France. The Noumea Accord is an agreement between France and New Caledonia which provides for up to three referendums on New Caledonian self-determination. The first in 2018 and the second in 2020 were both won by “loyalists” who voted to remain a part of France. The first two referendums showed 43.3 percent support for independence in 2018 and 46.7 percent support in 2020. A 'third referendum' has been held but it was heavily disrupted by Covid-19 and it is expected that a make up Noumea Accord referendum will be held once the pandemic has subsided. The pro-independence faction is pushing for regular referendums to be continued to be held regardless of the result of the make up referendum.

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · 4 · 2021-12-28

  • This house believes that historically discriminated groups should abandon narratives of historical redress in their campaign for equality

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    Redress refers to compensation given out by a party to address a past wrongdoing. In the context of social justice this typically means things like slavery colonization or discrimination.

    NEO 2021 · 1 · 2021-12-11

  • This house believes that the ongoing process of decolonisation should include actively disempowering religions of foreign extractions.

    Pan African Universities Debating Championships 2021 · 4 · 2021-12-09

  • This house represents the best achievement of Independence.

    ОҚУШЫЛАР ҰЛТТЫҚ ПІКІРСАЙЫС ТУРНИРІ 2021 · Open Final · 2021-11-27

  • This house believes that post-colonial nations should prioritise narratives of religion over quantitative outcomes when attempting to implement reconstruction policy. (post-colonial)

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    Tokyo NEADC 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-20