1AC - Access and Affordability structural violence 1NC - Bioweapons DA Innovation DA 1AC - access and affordability 1NR - All 1AR - access and affordability
Bentonville Tigers Eye
Quarters
Opponent: Daigen Conway | Judge: Leigh Walters
1AC - access current circumstances 1NC - bioweapons DA econ DA aff 1AR - all 1NR - all 2AR - all
Greenhill
2
Opponent: Harrison AA | Judge: Clement Agho-Otoghile
1AC - racial cap 1NC - Politics DA allocation CP dormancy tax CP 1AR - all 1NR - racial cap politics DA dormacy tax CP 2AR - racial cap politics DA dormancy tax CP
Greenhill
3
Opponent: Bellarmine AK | Judge: Andrew Halverson
1AC - semiotic piracy 1NC - T cap K semiotic piracy 1AR - all 1NR - cap K semiotic piracy 2AR - cap K semiotic piracy
Greenhill
6
Opponent: Garland AA | Judge: Eric He
1AC - min structural violence c1 racial imbalance c2 system and econ implications 1NC - Bioweapons DA Innovation DA aff 1AR - all 1NR - all 2AR - all
Heritage Hall
1
Opponent: Harvard-Westlake AD | Judge: Ausha Curry
1AC - c1 vax inequality c2 great power war c3 WTO collapse Plan- TRIPS waiver 1NC - politics DA Innovation DA 1AR - all 1NR - all 2AR - all
Heritage Hall
4
Opponent: Claudia Taylor Johnson AP | Judge: Amanda Nobra
1AC - c1 covid vax inequality c2 indigenous sovereignty c3 innovation 1NC - Climate DA Fem DA 1AR - all 1NR - climate DA aff 2AR - climate DA c1 covid vax access
Heritage Hall
5
Opponent: Harvard-Westlake IC | Judge: Gina Spanu
1AC - Covid Adv and Covid Plan 1NC - Midterms DA Innovation DA aff 1AR - all 1NR - Innovation DA and aff 2AR - innovation and aff
Heritage Hall
Octas
Opponent: Memorial SC | Judge: Amanda Nobra, John Sims, Tajaih Robinson
1AC - biopiracy 1NC - T cap K aff 1AR - all 1NR - all 2AR - all
Little Rock Classic
1
Opponent: JPG Simon | Judge: Samantha Johnson
1AC - mitigating structural violence fw c1 health c2 pharma monopolies c3 health crisis 1NC - gender inequality DA dormany tax CP aff 1AR - framework 1NR - all 2AR - framework
Little Rock Classic
3
Opponent: JPG Leblanc | Judge: Jacob Sutter
1AC - c1 access c2 insulin 1NC - innovation DA dormany tax CP 1AR - aff innovation DA 1NR - all 2AR - aff innovation DA
1AC - cap 1nc - fem allocation cp cruel op k 1AR - theory all 1NR - fem cruel op k 2AR - theory
UK Season Opener
4
Opponent: Doughtery Valley TM | Judge: Hugh Thompson
1AC - Innovation Ad Drug Prices Ad one-and-done patents plan 1NC - fem DA econ DA 1AR - all 1NR - Fem DA 2AR - plan innovation Ad
UK Season Opener
6
Opponent: Lexington AM | Judge: Claire Chen
1AC - Covid-19 meds plan Econ Ad IP solves WTO solves 1NC - Fem DA Allocations CP Econ DA 1AR - All 2NR - CP Econ DA Econ Ad
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8/30/21
SO - Allocations CP
Tournament: UK Season Opener | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood AD | Judge: Calvin Tyler CP: The United States of America, Russian Federation, and People's Republic of China ought to allocate 20 of their vaccine allocation to the Global South. This solves the affirmative by allocating vaccines to less development countries and therefore increasing access.
9/18/21
SO - Bioweapon DA
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 6 | Opponent: Garland AA | Judge: Eric He The COVID epidemic has exposed massive flaws in biosecurity, lack of public health compliance, anti-vaxxers, and PPE shortages have shown unique vulnerabilities – the US is specifically exposed Lyon 21 (Regan Lyon; 7/1/21; Military Medicine, Volume 186, Issue7-8, July-August 2021, Pages 193-196; “The COVID-19 Response Has Uncovered and Increased Our Vulnerability to Biological Warfare”; accessed 8/13/21; https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/186/7-8/193/6135020; Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School) HB *We do not endorse the ableist language of the card* Biological warfare has AND public health official
Patents are the key to preventing bioweapon development – they prevent technology from being accessible to hostile state and non-state actors Finlay 10 (Brian Finlay; Summer 2010; The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, “The Bioterror Pipeline: Big Pharma, Patent Expirations, and New Challenges to Global Security”; accessed 8/13/21; Brian Finlay is a senior associate at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC, where he directs the Managing Across Boundaries Program. He has worked at the Brookings Institution, the Century Foundation, and Canadas Laboratory Center for Disease Control/Health Canada; pages 54-58; ask me for the pdf) HB Myriad private sector AND develop a bioweapon
Any reduction in bioweapons threat is key – 1ar impact defense doesn’t account for future technology developments that make them a existential threat Millett and Snyder-Beattie 17 (Piers Millett and Andrew Snyder-Beattie; 2017; Health Security, Volume 15, Number 4; “Existential Risk and Cost-Effective Biosecurity”; accessed 8/13/21; https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/hs.2017.0028; Piers Millett, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow, and Andrew Snyder-Beattie, MS, is Director of Research; both at the University of Oxford, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford, England.; page 378) HB Why Uncertainty Is AND the risk emerge
Bioweapon usage causes extinction – increasing development of lethality and spread proves that the threat is increasing – action now to bolster infrastructure is key Millett and Snyder-Beattie 17 (Piers Millett and Andrew Snyder-Beattie; 2017; Health Security, Volume 15, Number 4; “Existential Risk and Cost-Effective Biosecurity”; accessed 8/13/21; https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/hs.2017.0028; Piers Millett, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow, and Andrew Snyder-Beattie, MS, is Director of Research; both at the University of Oxford, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford, England.; page 374) HB In the modern AND experienced users grow
9/19/21
SO - Cap K
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 3 | Opponent: Bellarmine AK | Judge: Andrew Halverson Claiming “debate space” as a site for organic, horizontalist politics sells out radical change to the private sphere of individual performance. It particularizes the struggle and makes transformation impossible Marcus 12 – associate book editor at Dissent Magazine (Fall, David, “The Horizontalists”, http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-horizontalists) There is a AND we must resist
Capitalism causes resource wars, economic collapses, population crises, ecological degradation, kills value to life, and magnifies all secondary antagonisms Parr ’13 Adrian Parr, The Wrath of Capital, 2013, p. 145-147 A quick snapshot AND all be over.
The alternative is to affirm the model of the Communist Party – only the vertical dual power organizing can provide effective accountability mechanisms to correct unproductive tendencies, educate and mobilize marginalized communities, and connect local struggles to a movement for international liberation. Escalante 18 (Alyson Escalante is a Marxist-Leninist, Materialist Feminist and Anti-Imperialist activist. “PARTY ORGANIZING IN THE 21ST CENTURY” September 21st, 2018 https://theforgenews.org/2018/09/21/party-organizing-in-the-21st-century/ rvs) I would argue AND movement can succeed.
This debate is a question of the speed, scope, and scale of revolutionary strategy. Only dual power organizing builds institutions that meet the material needs of community, building a revolutionary base in the face of compounding crises of climate change, imperialism, and fascism. Escalante, 19 Alyson, Marxist-Leninist, Materialist Feminist and Anti-Imperialist activist, "Communism and Climate Change: A Dual Power Approach," Failing That, Invent, https://failingthatinvent.home.blog/2019/02/15/communism-and-climate-change-a-dual-power-approach///AD I have previously AND in revolutionary struggle.
9/18/21
SO - Climate DA
Tournament: Heritage Hall | Round: 4 | Opponent: Claudia Taylor Johnson AP | Judge: Amanda Nobra Climate Patents and Innovation high now and solving Warming but patent waivers set a dangerous precedent for appropriations - the mere threat is sufficient is enough to kill investment. Brand 5-26, Melissa. “Trips Ip Waiver Could Establish Dangerous Precedent for Climate Change and Other Biotech Sectors.” IPWatchdog.com | Patents and Patent Law, 26 May 2021, www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/05/26/trips-ip-waiver-establish-dangerous-precedent-climate-change-biotech-sectors/id=133964/. sid The biotech industry AND and required levels.
Climate change outweighs all other impacts – it’s a threat multiplier and higher probability Torres, affiliate scholar @ Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, 7-22-16 (Phil, PhD candidate @ Rice University in tropical conservation biology, Op-ed: Climate Change Is the Most Urgent Existential Risk, http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/Torres20160807) Humanity faces a AND our priorities straight.
10/9/21
SO - Cruel Op K
Tournament: UK Season Opener | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood AD | Judge: Calvin Tyler Voting aff is an investment in cruel optimism – the 1acs use of the debate space as the stepping stone for their advocacy is a form of false hope which simulates agency causing resentiment through psychological disappointment – the alternative is a redaction of the 1AC Berlant 11 Lauren, George M. Pullman Professor, Department of English, University of Chicago, Cruel Optimism, Routledge: Duke University Press, 2011, p. 33-6 When we talk AND in this world
9/18/21
SO - Dormancy Tax
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harrison AA | Judge: Clement Agho-Otoghile Counterplan Text: The member states of the World Trade Organization should institute a dormancy tax on intellectual property protections.
The counterplan solves the aff – it imposes taxes on new patents which naturally reduces the number of patents as opposed to artificial maneuvers Magliocca 7(Gerard Magliocca; 6/1/7; The Notre Dame Law Review; “Blackberries and Barnyards: Patent Trolls and the Perils of Innovation”; accessed 8/31/21; https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1308andcontext=ndlr; Gerard Magliocca is an associate professor at the Indiana University School of Law; pages 1836-1837) HB A Dormancy Tax AND disrupt settled expectations
9/18/21
SO - Econ Disad
Tournament: UK Season Opener | Round: 4 | Opponent: Doughtery Valley TM | Judge: Hugh Thompson Innovation, driven by intellectual property rights, is key to economic growth worldwide. Cory, N., and Ezell, S. (2019, April 25). The way forward for intellectual property internationally. The Way Forward for Intellectual Property Internationally. https://itif.org/publications/2019/04/25/way-forward-intellectual-property-internationally. Innovation represents the AND 3,898 applications published
The impact to this is maximized wellbeing and human development. Department for International Development. No Date . BUILDING JOBS AND PROSPERITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES . https://www.oecd.org/derec/unitedkingdom/40700982.pdf. Economic growth is AND and sustained growth.
9/18/21
SO - Fem Disad
Tournament: UK Season Opener | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood AD | Judge: Calvin Tyler Worldwide, patents are disproportionately held by men. Clara Guibourg, 10-2-2019, "Why are so few women inventors named on patents?," BBC News, https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49843990 Women inventors account AND their patent approved
When women are able to obtain patents, one of the main fields they concentrate in is pharmaceuticals. Cutura, J. (2019, July). Challenges for Women Inventors and Innovators in Using the Intellectual Property System - A Literature Review. https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ip-development/en/agenda/pdf/literature_review.pdf Looking at the AND elements; and transport.
This lack of female inventors means women’s health is underrepresented in the biomedical field - innovation and capitalism is inevitable, because men will find a way to dominate Claudia LóPez Lloreda June 17, 2021, 6-17-2021, "Gender bias in patents may mean less biomedical innovation for women," STAT, https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/17/gender-bias-toward-men-patents-less-biomedical-innovation-women-study The study, published AND as all-male teams.
The impact to this is gender inequality in the healthcare system, resulting in lower standards of care for everyone. Katherine Hay 2019, "Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change," PubMed Central (PMC), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233290 Health services prioritise AND a population level.
IPR is essential to long term medicine innovations Kilbride 2020 Patrick, vice president of International Intellectual Property for the Global Intellecutal Property Center at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, IP Watchdog, "Calls for WTO to Suspend IP Rights for Vaccine Innovation Would Jeopardize Incredible Progress" December 9, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2020/12/09/calls-wto-suspend-ip-rights-vaccine-innovation-jeopardize-incredible-progress/id=128085/ These companies have AND to biopharmaceutical products
This is especially true when it comes to pandemics such as Covid-19. IP is key to having the medicines necessary to fight future pandemics as well as prevent counterfeit medicine. Kilbride 2020 Patrick, vice president of International Intellectual Property for the Global Intellectual Property Center at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, IP Watchdog, "Calls for WTO to Suspend IP Rights for Vaccine Innovation Would Jeopardize Incredible Progress" December 9, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2020/12/09/calls-wto-suspend-ip-rights-vaccine-innovation-jeopardize-incredible-progress/id=128085/ But what is AND of counterfeit drugs
9/19/21
SO - Politics DA
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: Harrison AA | Judge: Clement Agho-Otoghile Dems win now – republican retirements, lack of true battle ground states, and the general progression of life in the pandemic sets them up to retain control Shapiro 8/16 (Walter Shapiro; 8/16/21; The News Republic; “Can Biden Defy History in 2022?”; accessed 8/17/21; https://newrepublic.com/article/163086/can-biden-defy-history-2022-midterms; Walter Shapiro is a staff writer at The New Republic. He is also a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice and a lecturer in political science at Yale.) UNT-HB Since 2008, Gallup AND to run on
A Republican win in 2022 shuts out climate action for decades Silverman 8/24 (Ellie Silverman; 8/24/21; The Washington Post; “Climate activists fear this is the last chance to pass meaningful legislation”; accessed 8/27/21; https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/24/climate-biden-congress-protest/; Ellie Silverman covers protest movements, activism and local news. At The Post, she has also covered local crime and courts. She has previously reported on retail, breaking news and general assignment stories for the Philadelphia Inquirer, her hometown paper. She graduated from the University of Maryland, where she reported for the Diamondback) HB There is a AND of the decade
US climate action is key to world wide action Beeler 19 (Carolyn Beeler; 9/18/19; PRI; “Top US leadership is 'missing ingredient' in climate change action”; accessed 8/27/21; https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-09-18/top-us-leadership-missing-ingredient-climate-change-action; Carolyn Beeler leads environment coverage for The World. She reports and edits stories focused on the people and places most impacted by climate change, and what they're doing to address it. She has reported from all seven continents and won national and regional awards for her breaking news and in-depth feature reporting. Before joining The World, Carolyn helped pilot the weekly health and science show, The Pulse, at WHYY in Philadelphia, and reported from Berlin for a year as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow. She studied journalism at Northwestern University and got her start in radio as a Kroc fellow at NPR.) HB World leaders will AND climate policy reversal
Climate change causes extinction – ocean acidification, water and resource wars, econ collapse, and regional conflicts. Pachauri and Meyer 15 (Rajendra K. Pachauri Chairman of the IPCC, Leo Meyer Head, Technical Support Unit IPCC were the editors for this IPCC report, “Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report” http://epic.awi.de/37530/1/IPCC_AR5_SYR_Final.pdf IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.). IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp) SPM 2.3 Future risks and AND shocks (medium confidence). {2.3.2} 2010 )
9/18/21
SO - Topicality
Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 3 | Opponent: Bellarmine AK | Judge: Andrew Halverson Interpretation: the affirmative may only garner offense from the hypothetical enactment of the resolution.
Violation: They don’t meet because offense comes from things other than plan, and don’t defend a hypothetical enactment