Prabir Purkayastha – Struggle

Boeing pleads guilty to criminal fraud: the continuing 737 Max saga

July 13, 2024 Prabir Purkayastha

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge regarding the two crashes of 737 Max airplanes that caused the death of 346 passengers on two flights: a Lion Air flight out of […]

Is intellectual property turning into a knowledge monopoly?

September 7, 2023 Prabir Purkayastha

The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the R&D laboratories of large corporations. The age of the lone inventor—Edison, Siemens, Westinghouse, Graham Bell—had […]

Australia cruza la línea roja nuclear suscribiendo un acuerdo sobre submarinos con el Reino Unido y EE. UU.

March 22, 2023 Prabir Purkayastha

El reciente acuerdo de 368.000 millones de dólares entre Australia, los Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido para la compra de submarinos nucleares ha sido calificado por Paul Keating, ex primer ministro australiano, como el […]

The U.S. and Britain’s submarine deal crosses nuclear red lines with Australia

March 18, 2023 Prabir Purkayastha

The recent Australia, U.S., and UK $368 billion deal on buying nuclear submarines has been termed by Paul Keating, a former Australian prime minister, as the “worst deal in all history.” It commits Australia to buy conventionally […]

¿Es la prohibición de los chips de EE. UU. a China una declaración de guerra en la era de la computadora?

November 9, 2022 Prabir Purkayastha

Los Estados Unidos han hecho una gran apuesta con sus últimas sanciones globales a empresas chinas de la industria de los semiconductores, creyendo que puede dispararle en la rodilla a China y retener la dominación […]

Does the U.S. chip ban on China amount to a declaration of war in the computer age?

October 30, 2022 Prabir Purkayastha

The United States has gambled big in its latest across-the-board sanctions on Chinese companies in the semiconductor industry, believing it can kneecap China and retain its global dominance. From the slogans of globalization and “free trade” of […]

After all the pomp and pageantry for Queen Elizabeth II: The apology that never came

October 7, 2022 Prabir Purkayastha

How should we remember Queen Elizabeth II and her 70 years on the British throne? It’s perhaps better to consider after the media parade about her funeral is in the rearview mirror. A number of people have reacted to […]

Remembering the great scientific crusader who showed that no biological basis for race exists — Richard Lewontin

August 6, 2021 Prabir Purkayastha

On July 4, Richard Lewontin, the dialectical biologist, Marxist and activist, died at the age of 92, just three days after the death of his wife of more than 70 years, Mary Jane. He was […]

The West is practicing vaccine apartheid at a global level

April 23, 2021 Prabir Purkayastha

For rich countries, the billions of dollars of vaccine market for Big Pharma far outweigh the benefits of saving millions of lives. More than an eighth of the world’s population living in rich countries—the United States, Canada, […]

The U.S. tech war on China and the 5G battlefield

August 2, 2020 Prabir Purkayastha

The U.S. tech war on China continues, banning Chinese equipment from its network, and asking its 5-Eyes partners and North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] allies to follow suit. It is a market and a technology denial regime that seeks to […]

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