Tournament: Yale | Round: 2 | Opponent: Hunter AI | Judge: Abby Morris
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Fernholz Vaccine nationalism has cast aside global vaccination goals in favor of Eurocentric protectionism
Fernholz 2021 (Tim Fernholz, “Wealthy countries are choosing pharma profits over global immunity,” March 15, 2021, Quartz, https://qz.com/1983767/the-wto-is-choosing-pharmaceutical-profits-over-global-immunity/) neth
The wealthiest countries in the world have blocked the latest effort by poor nations to speed access to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments by temporarily lifting World Trade Organization rules
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Development, estimated that the costs of vaccine inequality to the global economy could reach $9 trillion. And we know that the pandemic will not be truly defeated anywhere until it is eradicated everywhere.
Raymond Capitalism is the root cause of vaccine disparities, both globally and domestically
Raymond 2021 (Robert R. Raymond, “Capitalism and Racism Are Enemies of an Effective Vaccine Plan,” May 2, 2021, Truthout, https://truthout.org/articles/capitalism-and-racism-are-enemies-of-an-effective-vaccine-plan/, brackets in original text) neth
Pandemics don’t spread evenly. The spread depends on environmental conditions such as temperature and airflow, population density and size, and, as it turns out, privilege. Brutal capitalism has driven the disproportionate impact of
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real possibility of another pandemic on the horizon, it’s important that we fully understand the root causes that drive the inequities in our society so that we can avoid replicating these harmful and deadly patterns in the future.
Vanni This isn’t unique to COVID – TRIPS has always precluded LMIC access to medications – HIV/AIDS proves that racialized capitalism is real
Vanni 2021 (Amaka Vanni, March 23, 2021, “On Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Medicines and Vaccine Imperialism,” Third World Approaches to International Law Review, https://twailr.com/on-intellectual-property-rights-access-to-medicines-and-vaccine-imperialism/) neth
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are time-limited legal rights granted to inventors and creators. IPRs include copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and geographical indications, while protected subject-matters include, but are not limited to, brands,
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105 patents for its oral cancer drug Revlimid® (used in the treatment of multiple myeloma) extending its monopoly until the end of 2036 – a patent lifespan of 40 years. In addition to excessive patenting and pricing, we have also come to understand the power of data in this context.
Solvency
WTO Thus, we affirm that the WTO ought to waive the TRIPS agreement in accordance with the waiver submitted by India and South Africa
WTO 2021 (Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights , WAIVER FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT FOR THE PREVENTION, CONTAINMENT AND TREATMENT OF COVID-19, May 25 2021, https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/IP/C/W669R1.pdfandOpen=True) neth
Decides as follows: 1. The obligations of Members to implement or apply Sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of Part II of the TRIPS Agreement or to enforce these Sections under Part III of the TRIPS Agreement,
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challenge any measures taken in conformity with the provision of the waivers contained in this Decision under subparagraphs 1(b) and 1(c) of Article XXIII of GATT 1994, or through the WTO's Dispute Settlement Mechanism.
Baker Info sharing is popular among LMICs, is precedented, and will set a norm
Baker 2020 (Brook Baker, “South Africa and India’s Proposal to Waive Recognition and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for COVID-19 Medical Technologies Deserves Universal Support, But Countries Also Have to Take Domestic Measures,” October 10, 2020, HealthGap, https://healthgap.org/south-africa-and-indias-proposal-to-waive-recognition-and-enforcement-of-intellectual-property-rights-for-covid-19-medical-technologies-deserves-universal-support-but-countries-also-have-to/) neth
On October 2, India and South Africa petitioned the World Trade Organization (WTO) to allow all WTO members to bypass granting or enforcement of patents, trade secrets, industrial
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a powerful message to industry that it should begin to share its technology voluntarily or it will be forced to do so involuntarily.
Dutta Don’t give credence to calls to preserve IPP – they’re perpetuated by wealthy nations furthering the rich vs poor divide
Dutta 2020 (Prabhash K. Dutta, “India’s TRIPS waiver proposal at WTO: It’s rich vs poor over Covid-19 vaccine,” December 10, 2020, India Today, https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/india-trips-waiver-proposal-wto-covid-19-vaccine-1748319-2020-12-10) neth
Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many global faultlines. The lack of mutual trust and coordination among the countries resulted in a novel coronavirus outbreak in China’s Wuhan becoming a pandemic within a couple of months. Scientific research began at a
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poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated.
Framing/method
Trott Educational spaces reinforce the dichotomy between the ruling class and the working class – our aff is an instance of injecting anti-capitalist pedagogy into debate
Trott 2017 (Jeremy Trott, August 7 2017, “Capitalism and education,” The Socialist, https://thesocialist.org.au/capitalism-and-education/) neth
More subtly, the education system teaches children not to think in a critical way. History lessons brush over events that might make young minds question the status quo, such as the
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scientists who can find profitable outlets to invest in, like new technology, and advancements that can help capitalists cut across their competitors by reducing costs.
ROB and Barnum and Illara The role of the ballot is to endorse the debater who best performatively promotes anticapitalist praxis – this is uniquely key in educational spaces like debate. To clarify, this means that we learn about praxis through our in-round speech acts, thus making us better advocates in the real world.
Barnum and Illara 2016 (Anthony Barnum and Jason Illara, February 2016, “Teaching Issues of Inequality Through a Critical Pedagogy of Place,” Journal of Sustainability Education, http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/teaching-issues-of-inequality-through-a-critical-pedagogy-of-place_2016_03/) neth
Sustainability, engagement, place-based and experiential learning are buzz-words in public discourse from classrooms to community organizations, but what do these words mean and how do we as educators create meaningful learning experiences where
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this paper now turns to a discussion of Freirian pedagogy, which lends itself to praxis as a form of social change through consciousness building or awakening.
Kirker Discourse matters – especially in educational spaces
Kirker 2017 (Jessica Kirker, “Professional Friction: Racialized Discourse and the Practice of Teaching Art,” Copyright 2017 by The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education / Volume 37, https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1502andcontext=jstae) neth
Language is crucial in situating our selves and others. Discursive patterns create alliances or factions, establish hierarchies, and subjugate individuals or groups. In this autoethnographic study, I consider
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Kress, 1988). In the context of U.S. schools, censorship of speech or imagery, management tactics, and disciplinary policies are often designed to fit the interests and desires of dominant White educational leaders.
Wright Anticapitalism isn’t about the past impacts of cap – it’s about whether capitalism can continue to be beneficial in the future
Wright 2015 (Erik Olin Wright, December 5 2015, “How to Be an Anticapitalist Today,” Jacobin, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/12/erik-olin-wright-real-utopias-anticapitalism-democracy/ | Author quals -- Erik Olin Wright is a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the author of many books. His latest is Alternatives to Capitalism: Proposals for a Democratic Economy.) neth
Both of these accounts are anchored in the realities of capitalism. It is not an illusion that capitalism has transformed the material conditions of life in the world and enormously increased human productivity;
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capitalism, but as a practical stance towards building an alternative for greater human flourishing.
Wright The aff isn’t a question of destroying capitalism, it’s a method of treating the harmful symptoms. This means we don’t have to win that we end capitalism right now, just that we mitigate harms.
Wright 2015 (Erik Olin Wright, December 5 2015, “How to Be an Anticapitalist Today,” Jacobin, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/12/erik-olin-wright-real-utopias-anticapitalism-democracy/ | Author quals -- Erik Olin Wright is a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the author of many books. His latest is Alternatives to Capitalism: Proposals for a Democratic Economy.) neth
The major alternative to the idea of smashing capitalism in the twentieth century was taming
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the case that the specific policies that constituted the menu of social democracy in the Golden Age have become less effective and need rethinking, taming capitalism remains a viable expression of anticapitalism.