Uhuru Worlds 2024

1. Round 1This house, as an aspiring hip-hop artist, would choose to produce conscious* music (Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore, J Cole, Lauryn Hill) rather than mass consumption oriented music (Future, Gunna, Drake, Doja Cat) *Hip-hop which promotes awareness of socio-political, economic and cultural issues.Practise this motion
2. Round 2This house prefers draft-based mechanisms of team equalisation to salary cap-based mechanismsPractise this motion
3. Round 3This house opposes the romanticisation of adoptionPractise this motion
4. Round 4This house prefers the confiscation approach to the reinvestment approachPractise this motion
5. Round 5This house supports tough on crime laws when combatting organised criminal groups (e.g. gangs, Mafia organisations)Practise this motion
6. QuarterfinalsThis house would break up LiveNationPractise this motion
7. SemifinalsThis house would grant women, and only women, the right to absolute freedom of movementPractise this motion
8. Grand FinalThis house would introduce VatiCoinPractise this motion
9. ESL SemifinalsThis house would break up LiveNationPractise this motion
10. ESL FinalsThis house prefers a world in which all Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and development was undertaken by a single unified body instead of many different entitiesPractise this motion
11. Schools FinalsThis house prefers a world where all political campaigning and subsequent elections were limited to a single calendar weekPractise this motion

1. Round 1THBT parents in liberal democracies should teach their children to be primarily responsible for the happiness of others instead of their own happiness.Practise this motion
2. Round 2TH would reject doing the BLS in favour of doing an apprenticeshipPractise this motion
3. Round 3THW not allow pharmaceutical companies to financially settle private lawsuitsPractise this motion
4. Round 4THBT that developing countries should also trade in their individual currencies with other countries like China, USA and RussiaPractise this motion
5. Round 5THR the rehabilitative approach of universities in their management of bullying and harassment incidentsPractise this motion
6. QuarterfinalsTH, as WUDC Council, would ratify a constitutional amendment that allows composite teams to be eligible to break under extenuating circumstances rather than a blanket banPractise this motion
7. SemifinalsTH would provide significant campaign funding for congressmen and senators who score highly on bipartisan metrics in western liberal democraciesPractise this motion
8. Grand FinalTHBT judges ought to interpret the constitution from an originalist perspectivePractise this motion
9. ESL SemifinalsTHBT all debating majors should be rotationally convened by a global roster of nationally registered non-profit organisationsPractise this motion
10. ESL FinalsTHBT judges ought to interpret the constitution from an originalist perspectivePractise this motion
11. Novice FinalsTH would provide significant campaign funding for congressmen and senators who score highly on bipartisan metrics in western liberal democraciesPractise this motion
12. Schools FinalsTH would provide significant campaign funding for congressmen and senators who score highly on bipartisan metrics in western liberal democraciesPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THBT the environmental movement should heavily prioritize funding geoengineering technologies as a solution to climate changePractise this motion
2. Round 2THBT sports leagues facing declining viewership should heavily invest in the development of modified short-form versions of their gamesPractise this motion
3. Round 3THBT animal rights movements should actively advocate against traditional religious and cultural practices that harm animals (e.g. Halal slaughter, Indigenous whaling, animal sacrifices etc.)Practise this motion
4. Round 4THS the Indonesian government's moves towards greater regional autonomyPractise this motion
5. Round 5THP a world where LGBTQ+ labels are widely believed to be descriptive rather than prescriptivePractise this motion
6. Round 6THW allow rural communities to vote to enact community titlePractise this motion
7. Round 7THBT in areas with high crime, governments should pay gangs in return for reductions in violent crime in the areas they controlPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THBT progressive political candidates and parties should refuse to accept donations from corporations and high-net individuals.Practise this motion
2. Round 2THS Mafia Association Laws.Practise this motion
3. Round 3THW confiscate persistently vacant residential properties to use as social housing.Practise this motion
4. Round 6TH as developing states would prefer the use of a neutral aggregate currency to the US Dollar as the global reserve currencyPractise this motion
5. Round 7THBT settler-states should pursue immigration policies that lead to no cultural or racial group being a majority of the population.Practise this motion

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