Sat Jan 15, 9 a.m., at GZ, 16159 Clear Creek Road NW, Poulsbo; The Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action (GZ) invites you to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday by taking a stand against nuclear weapons. GZ will sponsor a vigil and nonviolent direct action at the Trident Nuclear Submarine Base in Bangor, WA. This base, located only 14 miles west of Seattle, has the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world. The day begins with a Nonviolence training; Noon Brown bag lunch. GZ provides soup, coffee and hot chocolate; 1 p.m. Program, 1:45 Leave GZ to walk 1/2 mile to the base gate. Rides available, 2:15 Vigil at the Bangor gate, 2:30 Nonviolent direct action for those who participated in nonviolence training during the morning, 3:00 Return to GZ, 3:30 Closing circle. Bring lunch, signs, warm, waterproof clothes and a donation to support Ground Zero's work. info Alice Zillah at 360-357-7705 or alicezillah@yahoo.com, driving directions, http://www.gzcenter.org

Center for International policy http://ciponline.org/

NGO Committee on Disarmament http://www.igc.org/disarm/

U.N. Department of Disarmament http://disarmament2.un.org/

Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies http://www.idds.org/

Youth & Student Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament http://youthstudentcnd.org.uk/

Peaceweb www.quaker.org/peaceweb [site works but out-of-date]

The following sites give some statistical information about small arms and light weapons world distribution which have historically been a global scourge, they have many further links with regard to this subject.

Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade: http://www.ncf.ca/coat/ (see July, 2001 Issue: "Dealers in Death.International Bazaar," still available and more recent issues)

Military Spending Working Group http://www.fas.org/pub/gen/mswg/ [site works but out-of-date]