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| Glenbrooks | 1 | Opponent: Eden Prairie AG | Judge: Gordon Krauss 1AC - US |
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| Glenbrooks | 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit HZ | Judge: Vishan Chaudhary 1AC - US v2 |
| Greenhill | 3 | Opponent: Cardinal Gibbons RS | Judge: Yardley Rosas 1AC - Vaccine Waiver v2 |
| Greenhill | 2 | Opponent: McNeil AR | Judge: Rodrigo Paramo 1AC - Vaccine Waiver |
| Greenhill | 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake IC | Judge: Tarun Ratnasabapathy 1AC - Waiver v3 |
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0 - Contact InfoTournament: Contact Info | Round: 1 | Opponent: Contact Info | Judge: Contact Info For disclosure, text (714-422-7682), email (andrewpribe@lhsla.org), and Instagram (Andrew Pribe) are fastest because I almost never check my Facebook. | 9/15/21 |
NovDec - AC - USTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 1 | Opponent: Eden Prairie AG | Judge: Gordon Krauss 1ACPlan- The United States ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike.InherencyUnionization percentages in the US are declining.Human Rights Watch, 4-29-2021, "Why the US PRO Act Matters for the Right to Unionize: Questions and Answers," https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/29/why-us-pro-act-matters-right-unionize-questions-and-answers Under the National Labor Relations Act, the US right to strike has become meaningless with a laundry list of exceptions and loopholes that prevents effective strikesReddy 21 ~Diana S. Reddy, Doctoral Fellow at the Law, Economics, and Politics Center at UC Berkeley Law, PhD candidate in UCB's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program and former Fellow in the General Counsel's Office of the AFL-CIO, "There Is No Such Thing as an Illegal Strike": Reconceptualizing the Strike in Law and Political Economy," Yale Law Journal, https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-illegal-strike-reconceptualizing-the-strike-in-law-and-political-economy~~/Kankee Strikes generate support for unions – its critical to their powerReich et al, 2021. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez et al,. Suresh Naidu, and Adam Reich et al, 2021. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is an associate professor of public affairs at Columbia University, where he studies American political economy, with a focus on the politics of business, labor, wealthy donors, and policy. Adam Reich is an associate professor of sociology at Columbia University, Naidu is a professor of economics and public affairs at Columbia University. "Schooled by Strikes? The Effects of Large-Scale Labor Unrest on Mass Attitudes toward the Labor Movement." Perspectives on Politics, American Political Science Association, March 2021 Vol 19 No. 1. doi:10.1017/S1537592720001279 AdvantageThe advantage is Right Wing Populism.RWP is on the rise in democracies especially the United States even after Biden's victoryStryker, 11-11-2021, "Liberal democracy is still under threat," New Statesman, https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/democracy-international-politics/2021/11/liberal-democracy-is-still-under-threat (Loyola IB) The key internal link is economic inequalityAldhous 10-24-20 US populism shreds the liberal orderFukuyama 18 ~Francis Fukuyama, 2-9-2018, "The Populist Surge," American Interest, https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/02/09/the-populist-surge/, accessed 8-31-2020~ (Loyola IB) The liberal order prevents extinction from nuclear war, climate change, and rogue tech developmentYuval Noah Harari 18, Professor of History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9/26/18, "We need a post-liberal order now," The Economist, https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/26/we-need-a-post-liberal-order-now SolvencyRight to strike solves1~ Reduces inequality and resulting political alienationHuman Rights Watch, 4-29-2021, "Why the US PRO Act Matters for the Right to Unionize: Questions and Answers," https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/29/why-us-pro-act-matters-right-unionize-questions-and-answers 2~ The RTS spills over – democratized labor creates a culture of participation that offsets authoritarian populismSpiegelaere 18 ~Stan De Spiegelaere is a researcher at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). "An Unlikely Cure For Populism: Workplace Democracy." https://socialeurope.eu/an-unlikely-cure-for-populism-workplace-democracy~~ 3~ RTS reduces political alienation by promoting participation(Sean Mcelwee, 9-15-2015, "Why increasing Voter Turnout Affects Policy," Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/why-non-voters-matter/405250/) (Loyola IB) Establishing an unconditional right to strike is key – it's the backbone of organized labor activities in every sectorPope 18 ~James Gray Pope is a distinguished professor of law at Rutgers Law School and serves on the executive council of the Rutgers Council of AAUP/AFT Chapters, AFL-CIO. He can be reached at jpope@law.rutgers.edu. "Labor's right to strike is essential." https://www.psc-cuny.org/clarion/september-2018/laborE28099s-right-strike-essential~~ RTS rejects labor commodificationBurns , JD, 11 FWExtinction outweighsGPP 17 (Global Priorities Project, Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, "Existential Risk: Diplomacy and Governance," Global Priorities Project, 2017, https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Existential-Risks-2017-01-23.pdf | 11/20/21 |
NovDec - AC - US v2Tournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit HZ | Judge: Vishan Chaudhary 1ACPlan- The United States ought to recognize an unconditional right of workers to strike.InherencyUnionization percentages in the US are declining.Human Rights Watch, 4-29-2021, "Why the US PRO Act Matters for the Right to Unionize: Questions and Answers," https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/29/why-us-pro-act-matters-right-unionize-questions-and-answers Under the National Labor Relations Act, the US right to strike has become meaningless with a laundry list of exceptions and loopholes that prevents effective strikesReddy 21 ~Diana S. Reddy, Doctoral Fellow at the Law, Economics, and Politics Center at UC Berkeley Law, PhD candidate in UCB's Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program and former Fellow in the General Counsel's Office of the AFL-CIO, "There Is No Such Thing as an Illegal Strike": Reconceptualizing the Strike in Law and Political Economy," Yale Law Journal, https://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-illegal-strike-reconceptualizing-the-strike-in-law-and-political-economy~~/Kankee Union decline is driving economic inequality – Right to strike is keyPope et al. 17 ~James Gray Pope Professor of Law and Sidney Reitman Scholar at Rutgers University. Before joining Rutgers in 1986, he worked in a shipyard and represented labor unions at the Boston law firm of Segal, Roitman and Coleman. Ed Bruno is the former director of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and past southern director for the National Nurses Union. Peter Kellman is past president of the Southern Maine Labor Council and is currently working with the Movement Building/Education Committee of the Maine AFL-CIO. His books on labor history include Building Unions: Past, Present and Future, Pain on Their Faces, and Divided We Fall: The Story of the Paperworkers' Union and the Future of Labor. https://bostonreview.net/forum/james-gray-pope-ed-bruno-peter-kellman-right-strike//lhs-ap~~ Strikes generate support for unions – its critical to their powerReich et al, 2021. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez et al,. Suresh Naidu, and Adam Reich et al, 2021. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is an associate professor of public affairs at Columbia University, where he studies American political economy, with a focus on the politics of business, labor, wealthy donors, and policy. Adam Reich is an associate professor of sociology at Columbia University, Naidu is a professor of economics and public affairs at Columbia University. "Schooled by Strikes? The Effects of Large-Scale Labor Unrest on Mass Attitudes toward the Labor Movement." Perspectives on Politics, American Political Science Association, March 2021 Vol 19 No. 1. doi:10.1017/S1537592720001279 AdvantageThe advantage is Right Wing Populism.RWP is on the rise in democracies especially the United States even after Biden's victoryStryker, 11-11-2021, "Liberal democracy is still under threat," New Statesman, https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/democracy-international-politics/2021/11/liberal-democracy-is-still-under-threat (Loyola IB) Inequality causes populism and conflict – It's the biggest internal linkFlaherty, 21 – PhD candidate in Political Science, University of California, San Diego Rising inequality drives diversionary nationalism that sparks international conflict AND obscures structural violence and disrupts counter-movementsSolt, 11 — Southern Illinois University political science and sociology professor Income inequality spurs gridlock- causes extinctionCribb, 17 — Australian National University Emeritus Faculty SolvencyRight to strike solves1~ Reduces inequality and resulting political alienationHuman Rights Watch, 4-29-2021, "Why the US PRO Act Matters for the Right to Unionize: Questions and Answers," https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/29/why-us-pro-act-matters-right-unionize-questions-and-answers 2~ The RTS spills over – democratized labor creates a culture of participation that offsets authoritarian populismSpiegelaere 18 ~Stan De Spiegelaere is a researcher at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). "An Unlikely Cure For Populism: Workplace Democracy." https://socialeurope.eu/an-unlikely-cure-for-populism-workplace-democracy~~ 3~ RTS reduces political alienation by promoting participation(Sean Mcelwee, 9-15-2015, "Why increasing Voter Turnout Affects Policy," Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/why-non-voters-matter/405250/) (Loyola IB) Don't sacrifice long-term success for short-term gains by compromising on right to strike – Even if unsuccessful, RTS campaigns best protect laborPope et al. 17 ~James Gray Pope Professor of Law and Sidney Reitman Scholar at Rutgers University. Before joining Rutgers in 1986, he worked in a shipyard and represented labor unions at the Boston law firm of Segal, Roitman and Coleman. Ed Bruno is the former director of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and past southern director for the National Nurses Union. Peter Kellman is past president of the Southern Maine Labor Council and is currently working with the Movement Building/Education Committee of the Maine AFL-CIO. His books on labor history include Building Unions: Past, Present and Future, Pain on Their Faces, and Divided We Fall: The Story of the Paperworkers' Union and the Future of Labor. https://bostonreview.net/forum/james-gray-pope-ed-bruno-peter-kellman-right-strike//lhs-ap~~ Past movements provePope et al. 17 ~James Gray Pope Professor of Law and Sidney Reitman Scholar at Rutgers University. Before joining Rutgers in 1986, he worked in a shipyard and represented labor unions at the Boston law firm of Segal, Roitman and Coleman. Ed Bruno is the former director of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and past southern director for the National Nurses Union. Peter Kellman is past president of the Southern Maine Labor Council and is currently working with the Movement Building/Education Committee of the Maine AFL-CIO. His books on labor history include Building Unions: Past, Present and Future, Pain on Their Faces, and Divided We Fall: The Story of the Paperworkers' Union and the Future of Labor. https://bostonreview.net/forum/james-gray-pope-ed-bruno-peter-kellman-right-strike//lhs-ap~~ FWExtinction outweighsGPP 17 (Global Priorities Project, Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, "Existential Risk: Diplomacy and Governance," Global Priorities Project, 2017, https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Existential-Risks-2017-01-23.pdf | 11/21/21 |
SeptOct - AC - Vaccine WaiverTournament: Greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: McNeil AR | Judge: Rodrigo Paramo 1AC R21AC – AdvantageThe advantage is global COVID vaccination –Experts agree current vaccination initiatives fail – Global South manufacturing capacity is keyMaxmen, Ph.D., 9/16 ~Amy Maxmen, PhD, 9/16/21, Senior Reporter at Nature, "The fight to manufacture COVID vaccines in lower-income countries," Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02383-z//lhs-ap~~ The key internal link is manufacturing capacity not vaccines – Only future production resolves increased travel and new variantsGostin 6/10 ~Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, Georgetown University Law Center; June 10, 2021; "9 Steps to End COVID-19 and Prevent the Next Pandemic: Essential Outcomes From the World Health Assembly," JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(6):e211852. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1852lhs-ap~ The vaccine shortage will worsen global political instability –1 – Increases the number and severity of violent protestsLabott 7/22 ~Elise Labott, a columnist at Foreign Policy and an adjunct professor at American University's School of International Service. July 22, 2021, "Get Ready for a Spike in Global Unrest," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/22/covid-global-unrest-political-upheaval//lhs-ap~~ 2 – Causes global terror networks including resurgent Boko HaramNamayanja 6/10 ~Rose Namayanja is a Ugandan lawyer and author. She is the former Uganda information minister and current Deputy Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement, the ruling party. She is a graduate of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. June 10, 2021, " Lack of Vaccines Fuels Terrorism in Africa," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/10/vaccines-africa-terrorism-covid-19//lhs-ap~~ Pandemic instability goes nuclear – ExtinctionRECNA et al. 21 ~Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), Asia Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) and Nautilus Institute (2021) Pandemic Futures and Nuclear Weapon Risks: The Nagasaki 75th Anniversary pandemic-nuclear nexus scenarios final report, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 4:sup1, 6-39, DOI: 10.1080/25751654.2021.1890867lhs-ap~ 1AC – PlanResolved: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines by implementing a COVID-19 vaccine waiver."Resolved" means to enact a policy by lawWords and Phrases 64 (Permanent Edition) Negating an ought statement means proving prohibition.Oxford Dictionary "ought, ought not" Oxford American Large Print Dictionary 2008 Oxford University Press Ought indicates a moral obligation per common usageChrisman 12 Chrisman, Matthew ~The Department of Philosophy in The School of Philosophy Psychology and Language~. "'Ought'and Control." Australasian Journal of Philosopy 90.3 (2012): 433-451. "reduce" excludes complete eliminationMichigan District Court 2011 "SAGINAW OFFICE SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant. Civil Action No. 09-CV-13889 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, SOUTHERN DIVISION," Lexis 1AC – SolvencyWaiver accelerates vaccine production and innovationKavanagh et al. 7/1 ~Matthew M. Kavanagh, PhD1,2; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD1; Madhavi Sunder, JD1; 1Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; 2Department of International Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; July 1, 2021, "Sharing Technology and Vaccine Doses to Address Global Vaccine Inequity and End the COVID-19 Pandemic," JAMA. 2021;326(3):219-220. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.10823lhs-ap~ No alt causes – Waiver includes broader information sharing, not just patent enforcementLabonté 5/21 ~Ronald Labonté, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Mira Johri, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Katrina Plamondon, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Srinivas Murthy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 21 May 2021; Canada, global vaccine supply, and the TRIPS waiver. Can J Public Health 112, 543–547 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00541-4//lhs-ap~~ Yes production capacity – IP is the only barrierFatton, Jr., 9/6 ~Robert, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; "The Paradoxes of the Pandemic and World Inequalities;" Soc. Sci. 2021, 10, 332. doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090332lhs-ap~ Public funding, not intellectual property, drives vaccine innovationRajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. 7/12/21 https://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721 Waiver solves funding by incentivizing investmentRajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. 7/12/21 https://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721 1AC – FramingThe meta-ethic is desire.We can't obtain evidence of goodness without desire – a posteriori knowledge outweighs.Sayre-McCord 01 The standard is maximizing expected wellbeing.1~ Pleasure is intrinsically valuable and pain is intrinsically disvaluableMoen 16 ~Ole Martin Moen, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo "An Argument for Hedonism" Journal of Value Inquiry (Springer), 50 (2) 2016: 267–281~ SJDI | 9/18/21 |
SeptOct - AC - Vaccine Waiver v2Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 3 | Opponent: Cardinal Gibbons RS | Judge: Yardley Rosas 1AC R31AC – AdvantageThe advantage is global vaccination –Experts agree current vaccination initiatives fail – Global South manufacturing capacity is keyMaxmen, Ph.D., 9/16 ~Amy Maxmen, PhD, 9/16/21, Senior Reporter at Nature, "The fight to manufacture COVID vaccines in lower-income countries," Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02383-z//lhs-ap~~ Vaccine dependency results in imperialist exploitation of the Global SouthOsborn 8/6 ~Catherine Osborn is the writer of Foreign Policy's weekly Latin America Brief. She is a print and radio journalist based in Rio de Janeiro. August 6, 2021, "COVAX Is Not Working," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/06/latin-america-covid-pandemic-who-wto-covax-vaccine-delay-delta-variant//lhs-ap~~ The key internal link is manufacturing capacity not vaccines – Only future production resolves increased travel and new variantsGostin 6/10 ~Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, Georgetown University Law Center; June 10, 2021; "9 Steps to End COVID-19 and Prevent the Next Pandemic: Essential Outcomes From the World Health Assembly," JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(6):e211852. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1852lhs-ap~ The vaccine shortage will worsen global political instability –1 – Increases the number and severity of violent protestsLabott 7/22 ~Elise Labott, a columnist at Foreign Policy and an adjunct professor at American University's School of International Service. July 22, 2021, "Get Ready for a Spike in Global Unrest," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/22/covid-global-unrest-political-upheaval//lhs-ap~~ 2 – Causes global terror networks including resurgent Boko HaramNamayanja 6/10 ~Rose Namayanja is a Ugandan lawyer and author. She is the former Uganda information minister and current Deputy Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement, the ruling party. She is a graduate of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. June 10, 2021, " Lack of Vaccines Fuels Terrorism in Africa," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/10/vaccines-africa-terrorism-covid-19//lhs-ap~~ Pandemic instability goes nuclear – ExtinctionRECNA et al. 21 ~Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), Asia Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) and Nautilus Institute (2021) Pandemic Futures and Nuclear Weapon Risks: The Nagasaki 75th Anniversary pandemic-nuclear nexus scenarios final report, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 4:sup1, 6-39, DOI: 10.1080/25751654.2021.1890867lhs-ap~ 1AC – PlanPlan: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines by implementing a COVID-19 vaccine waiver."reduce" excludes complete eliminationMichigan District Court 2011 "SAGINAW OFFICE SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant. Civil Action No. 09-CV-13889 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, SOUTHERN DIVISION," Lexis Vaccines are medicinesEMA – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU) responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision and safety monitoring of medicines in the EU; "COVID-19 vaccines: key facts Share"; no dat; https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/treatments-vaccines/vaccines-covid-19/covid-19-vaccines-key-facts advay 1AC – SolvencyWaiver accelerates vaccine production and innovationKavanagh et al. 7/1 ~Matthew M. Kavanagh, PhD1,2; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD1; Madhavi Sunder, JD1; 1Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; 2Department of International Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; July 1, 2021, "Sharing Technology and Vaccine Doses to Address Global Vaccine Inequity and End the COVID-19 Pandemic," JAMA. 2021;326(3):219-220. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.10823lhs-ap~ No alt causes – Waiver includes broader information sharing, not just patent enforcementLabonté 5/21 ~Ronald Labonté, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Mira Johri, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Katrina Plamondon, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Srinivas Murthy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 21 May 2021; Canada, global vaccine supply, and the TRIPS waiver. Can J Public Health 112, 543–547 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00541-4//lhs-ap~~ Yes production capacity – IP is the only barrierFatton, Jr., 9/6 ~Robert, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; "The Paradoxes of the Pandemic and World Inequalities;" Soc. Sci. 2021, 10, 332. doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090332lhs-ap~ Public funding, not intellectual property, drives vaccine innovationRajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. 7/12/21 https://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721 Waiver causes production facility improvementRajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. 7/12/21 https://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721 Waiver generates momentum and international solidarity for anti-capitalist movements and is compatible with critiques of international organizations.Sawant 6/10 ~Karthik Purushothaman is a writer who grew up in Tamil Nadu and now lives in the United States. His work has appeared in journals such as Boulevard, Hyperallergic and Rattle. Interviewing Kshama Sawant, City Council member of Seattle, Washington, first in the US to pass a resolution in favor of the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines. 10/Jun/2021, "Interview | 'Vaccine Nationalism Is a Norm Under Capitalism, the World Needs Internationalism'," https://thewire.in/world/interview-vaccine-nationalism-capitalism-internationalism-kshama-sawant-socialist-us//lhs-ap~~ Community organizations support a waiver, which creates material improvementsPurushothaman 6/10 ~Karthik Purushothaman is a writer who grew up in Tamil Nadu and now lives in the United States. His work has appeared in journals such as Boulevard, Hyperallergic and Rattle. Interviewing Kshama Sawant, City Council member of Seattle, Washington, first in the US to pass a resolution in favor of the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines. 10/Jun/2021, "Interview | 'Vaccine Nationalism Is a Norm Under Capitalism, the World Needs Internationalism'," https://thewire.in/world/interview-vaccine-nationalism-capitalism-internationalism-kshama-sawant-socialist-us//lhs-ap~~ 1AC – FWNuclear war is a bad consequence –1~ Nukes hurt – Nuclear war would be a slow, painful death from starvation, radiation poisoning, resource wars, etc.2~ Agency – Involuntary mass death forecloses subject formation3~ Reducing existential risks is the top priority in any coherent moral theoryPlummer, PhD, 15 | 9/18/21 |
SeptOct - AC - Vaccine Waiver v3Tournament: Greenhill | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake IC | Judge: Tarun Ratnasabapathy 1AC R61AC – AdvantageThe advantage is global COVID vaccination –Experts agree current vaccination initiatives fail – Global South manufacturing capacity is keyMaxmen, Ph.D., 9/16 ~Amy Maxmen, PhD, 9/16/21, Senior Reporter at Nature, "The fight to manufacture COVID vaccines in lower-income countries," Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02383-z//lhs-ap~~ Vaccine dependency results in imperialist exploitation of the Global SouthOsborn 8/6 ~Catherine Osborn is the writer of Foreign Policy's weekly Latin America Brief. She is a print and radio journalist based in Rio de Janeiro. August 6, 2021, "COVAX Is Not Working," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/06/latin-america-covid-pandemic-who-wto-covax-vaccine-delay-delta-variant//lhs-ap~~ The key internal link is manufacturing capacity not vaccines – Only future production resolves increased travel and new variantsGostin 6/10 ~Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, Georgetown University Law Center; June 10, 2021; "9 Steps to End COVID-19 and Prevent the Next Pandemic: Essential Outcomes From the World Health Assembly," JAMA Health Forum. 2021;2(6):e211852. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1852lhs-ap~ The vaccine shortage will worsen global political instability –1 – Increases the number and severity of violent protestsLabott 7/22 ~Elise Labott, a columnist at Foreign Policy and an adjunct professor at American University's School of International Service. July 22, 2021, "Get Ready for a Spike in Global Unrest," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/22/covid-global-unrest-political-upheaval//lhs-ap~~ 2 – Causes global terror networks including resurgent Boko HaramNamayanja 6/10 ~Rose Namayanja is a Ugandan lawyer and author. She is the former Uganda information minister and current Deputy Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement, the ruling party. She is a graduate of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. June 10, 2021, " Lack of Vaccines Fuels Terrorism in Africa," Foreign Policy, https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/10/vaccines-africa-terrorism-covid-19//lhs-ap~~ Pandemic instability goes nuclear – ExtinctionRECNA et al. 21 ~Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), Asia Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) and Nautilus Institute (2021) Pandemic Futures and Nuclear Weapon Risks: The Nagasaki 75th Anniversary pandemic-nuclear nexus scenarios final report, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 4:sup1, 6-39, DOI: 10.1080/25751654.2021.1890867lhs-ap~ 1AC – PlanThe member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for medicines by implementing a COVID-19 vaccine waiver.TRIPS waiver suspends IP protectionsAdler 21 – Paul Adler is assistant professor of 20th Century U.S. in the World History at Colorado College and author of "No Globalization Without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality," with University of Pennsylvania Press. ("Activism is the key to getting vaccines to the world," 4-23-2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/23/activism-is-key-getting-vaccines-world/) julian Reduce includes suspending until a condition is metUSCA 01 – United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, per curiam opinion, 1/17/01, Carrington Gardens Associates, I v. Cisneros, 1 F. App'x 239 (2001), https://cite.case.law/f-appx/1/239/136950/ "reduce" excludes complete eliminationMichigan District Court 2011 "SAGINAW OFFICE SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Defendant. Civil Action No. 09-CV-13889 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, SOUTHERN DIVISION," Lexis 1AC – SolvencyWaiver accelerates vaccine production and innovationKavanagh et al. 7/1 ~Matthew M. Kavanagh, PhD1,2; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD1; Madhavi Sunder, JD1; 1Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; 2Department of International Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; July 1, 2021, "Sharing Technology and Vaccine Doses to Address Global Vaccine Inequity and End the COVID-19 Pandemic," JAMA. 2021;326(3):219-220. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.10823lhs-ap~ Aff innovation is key cuz current innovation is slowingLangley 4/21 ~(Kare, reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York, where she primarily covers the U.S. stock market), "Biotech Stocks Fall Out of Favor After Disappointing Trial Results, Big Rally ", WSJ, 4/21/2021, https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/biotech-stocks-fall-out-of-favor-after-disappointing-trial-results-big-rally-11619016330~~ TDI No alt causes – Waiver includes broader information sharing, not just patent enforcementLabonté 5/21 ~Ronald Labonté, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Mira Johri, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Katrina Plamondon, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Srinivas Murthy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 21 May 2021; Canada, global vaccine supply, and the TRIPS waiver. Can J Public Health 112, 543–547 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00541-4//lhs-ap~~ Yes production capacity – IP is the only barrierFatton, Jr., 9/6 ~Robert, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; "The Paradoxes of the Pandemic and World Inequalities;" Soc. Sci. 2021, 10, 332. doi.org/10.3390/socsci10090332lhs-ap~ Public funding, not intellectual property, drives vaccine innovationRajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. 7/12/21 https://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721 Waiver causes production facility improvementRajeesh Kumar is Associate Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. 7/12/21 https://www.idsa.in/issuebrief/wto-trips-waiver-covid-vaccine-rkumar-120721 Feasibility concerns are overblown – Waiver quickly accelerates vaccine distributionErfani et al. 8/3 ~Parsa Erfani, Fogarty global health scholar1 2, Agnes Binagwaho, vice chancellor2, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, vice president3, Muhammad Yunus, chair4, Paul Farmer, professor57, Vanessa Kerry, associate professor810 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 2University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda 3Sierra Leone 4Yunus Centre, Bangladesh 5Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 6Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA 7Partners In Health, USA 8Seed Global Health, USA 9Program in Global Public Policy and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 10Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA; 03 August 2021, "Intellectual property waiver for covid-19 vaccines will advance global health equity," BMJ, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1837//lhs-ap~~ LMIC = Low and Middle Income Country | 9/19/21 |
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