Links 10-18-2005

Revealed: Blair’s nuclear bombshell — Blair wants new nukes. (I object!)
The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery? — [In] the United States . . . a prison population of up to 2 million — mostly Black and Hispanic — are working for various industries for a pittance. …if they don’t like the pay of 25 cents an hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in isolation cells.
A welcome surprise: war waning globally — …a three-year study by a group of international researchers . . . find[s] that the world is witnessing fewer wars – and those wars that do occur are killing fewer people.
MASSIVE CHANGE The Future of Global Design —