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Back from the Brink: Bringing Communities Together to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (BftB) is a U.S.-based grassroots coalition of individuals, organizations and elected officials working together on a multi-year campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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We are artists.
We are scientists.
We are people of faith.
We are students.
We are veterans.
We are neighbors.
We are activists.
To make change, we need everyone.
Join our movement to abolish nuclear weapons: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
We are scientists.
We are people of faith.
We are students.
We are veterans.
We are neighbors.
We are activists.
To make change, we need everyone.
Join our movement to abolish nuclear weapons: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Phone Bank.
Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
🚨Action Alert🚨
Join us next week for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank Nov 13 1- 5pm ET
How:
1. Select a one-hour block to call elected officials
2. Receive call script
3. Call officials during your selected hour on Nov. 13
Sign up: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
Join us next week for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank Nov 13 1- 5pm ET
How:
1. Select a one-hour block to call elected officials
2. Receive call script
3. Call officials during your selected hour on Nov. 13
Sign up: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Reminder: Join us tomorrow for the Phone Bank.
Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
🚨Action Alert🚨
Join us next week for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank Nov 13 1- 5pm ET
How:
1. Select a one-hour block to call elected officials
2. Receive call script
3. Call officials during your selected hour on Nov. 13
Sign up: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
Join us next week for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank Nov 13 1- 5pm ET
How:
1. Select a one-hour block to call elected officials
2. Receive call script
3. Call officials during your selected hour on Nov. 13
Sign up: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🚨Action Alert🚨
Join us next week for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank Nov 13 1- 5pm ET
How:
1. Select a one-hour block to call elected officials
2. Receive call script
3. Call officials during your selected hour on Nov. 13
Sign up: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
Join us next week for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank Nov 13 1- 5pm ET
How:
1. Select a one-hour block to call elected officials
2. Receive call script
3. Call officials during your selected hour on Nov. 13
Sign up: www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/867732/
Thanks @sylviagarcia.house.gov for signing H. Res. 317!
We need bold leaders to meet this moment & halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes
We need bold leaders to meet this moment & halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thanks @sylviagarcia.house.gov for signing H. Res. 317!
We need bold leaders to meet this moment & halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes
We need bold leaders to meet this moment & halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes
🚨New Signature Alert: Both Senators @durbin.senate.gov and @wyden.senate.gov have signed S. Res. 323!
This is the leadership we need to halt the nuclear arms race and free communities from the threat of nuclear war.
Urge your senator to sign: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
This is the leadership we need to halt the nuclear arms race and free communities from the threat of nuclear war.
Urge your senator to sign: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨New Signature Alert: Both Senators @durbin.senate.gov and @wyden.senate.gov have signed S. Res. 323!
This is the leadership we need to halt the nuclear arms race and free communities from the threat of nuclear war.
Urge your senator to sign: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
This is the leadership we need to halt the nuclear arms race and free communities from the threat of nuclear war.
Urge your senator to sign: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
Thanks @pressley.house.gov for signing H. Res. 317!
We need bold leaders to meet this moment and halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY:
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes #BackFromTheBrink
We need bold leaders to meet this moment and halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY:
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes #BackFromTheBrink
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thanks @pressley.house.gov for signing H. Res. 317!
We need bold leaders to meet this moment and halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY:
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes #BackFromTheBrink
We need bold leaders to meet this moment and halt the nuclear arms race. The time is now.
Urge your Rep to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY:
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
#HRes317 #FightForASaferWorld #NuclearDisarmament #NoNukes #BackFromTheBrink
Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
President Trump said he is ordering the resumption of nuclear weapons testing.
This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
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This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
President Trump said he is ordering the resumption of nuclear weapons testing.
This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
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This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
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Reposted by Back From The Brink
“We are facing the gravest danger of nuclear war that has existed on the planet since the end of the Cold War, and possibly worse than it was during the Cold War,” says nuclear disarmament advocate Dr. Ira Helfand.
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“We are facing the gravest danger of nuclear war that has existed on the planet since the end of the Cold War, and possibly worse than it was during the Cold War,” says nuclear disarmament advocate Dr. Ira Helfand.
Reposted by Back From The Brink
President Trump says the U.S. will “immediately” resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since the 1990s.
Nuclear expert and disarmament advocate Dr. Ira Helfand says the move will inflame geopolitical tension and that “our luck is going to run out at some point.”
Nuclear expert and disarmament advocate Dr. Ira Helfand says the move will inflame geopolitical tension and that “our luck is going to run out at some point.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
President Trump says the U.S. will “immediately” resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since the 1990s.
Nuclear expert and disarmament advocate Dr. Ira Helfand says the move will inflame geopolitical tension and that “our luck is going to run out at some point.”
Nuclear expert and disarmament advocate Dr. Ira Helfand says the move will inflame geopolitical tension and that “our luck is going to run out at some point.”
Is the A House of Dynamite film accurate?
Short answer: Yes.
More from @ucs.org:
"The Pentagon argues that the events of the film are unrealistic...I can say the bottom line is that the GMD system has not been shown to work under realistic conditions."
blog.ucs.org/lgrego/a-hou...
Short answer: Yes.
More from @ucs.org:
"The Pentagon argues that the events of the film are unrealistic...I can say the bottom line is that the GMD system has not been shown to work under realistic conditions."
blog.ucs.org/lgrego/a-hou...
A House of Dynamite Gets It Right—But Here’s the Full Picture
The Pentagon is wrong to attack the movie for being inaccurate. We cannot rely on missile defense systems to protect us from nuclear destruction.
blog.ucs.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Is the A House of Dynamite film accurate?
Short answer: Yes.
More from @ucs.org:
"The Pentagon argues that the events of the film are unrealistic...I can say the bottom line is that the GMD system has not been shown to work under realistic conditions."
blog.ucs.org/lgrego/a-hou...
Short answer: Yes.
More from @ucs.org:
"The Pentagon argues that the events of the film are unrealistic...I can say the bottom line is that the GMD system has not been shown to work under realistic conditions."
blog.ucs.org/lgrego/a-hou...
We have less than 100 days to answer.
Urge your two U.S. Senators to cosponsor S. Res. 323. Tell them we must act NOW to create a safer world without nuclear weapons — before New START expires.
🔗 preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Urge your two U.S. Senators to cosponsor S. Res. 323. Tell them we must act NOW to create a safer world without nuclear weapons — before New START expires.
🔗 preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
October 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We have less than 100 days to answer.
Urge your two U.S. Senators to cosponsor S. Res. 323. Tell them we must act NOW to create a safer world without nuclear weapons — before New START expires.
🔗 preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Urge your two U.S. Senators to cosponsor S. Res. 323. Tell them we must act NOW to create a safer world without nuclear weapons — before New START expires.
🔗 preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Reposted by Back From The Brink
New START, the last bilateral treaty imposing verifiable legal constraints on the maximum number of US and Russian operational strategic nuclear delivery systems and warheads, expires in 100 days. On February 5, 2026, Trump and Putin will be able to deploy as many nuclear weapons as they want.
OTD 15 years ago, President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Prague, Czech Republic. New START—which expires on February 5, 2026—limits each country to 1,550 deployed strategic warheads and a combined total of 700 ICBMs, SLBMs, and bombers.
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New START, the last bilateral treaty imposing verifiable legal constraints on the maximum number of US and Russian operational strategic nuclear delivery systems and warheads, expires in 100 days. On February 5, 2026, Trump and Putin will be able to deploy as many nuclear weapons as they want.
Thank you Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov for speaking out on the growing and very realistic threat of nuclear weapons.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
I'm a U.S. senator. 'House of Dynamite' exposes a brutal truth.
The film dispels the comforting illusion that technology can shield us from a nuclear attack.
www.msnbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thank you Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov for speaking out on the growing and very realistic threat of nuclear weapons.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
🚨100 days left.🚨
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 100 days.
Our Danny Hall sounds the alarm.
Urge Congress to support a future free of nuclear weapons.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 100 days.
Our Danny Hall sounds the alarm.
Urge Congress to support a future free of nuclear weapons.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🚨100 days left.🚨
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 100 days.
Our Danny Hall sounds the alarm.
Urge Congress to support a future free of nuclear weapons.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 100 days.
Our Danny Hall sounds the alarm.
Urge Congress to support a future free of nuclear weapons.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Reposted by Back From The Brink
The Pentagon is annoyed with Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, “A House of Dynamite,” for making the U.S. appear to have weak missile defenses—but the movie is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.
The Military’s Missile Defense System Cannot Be as Good as It Says
Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Pentagon is annoyed with Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, “A House of Dynamite,” for making the U.S. appear to have weak missile defenses—but the movie is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.
Watch A House of Dynamite, then watch this.
Our Danny Hall offers insightful analysis and perspectives on the film and its relationship to key issues such as the system of deterrence, missile defense, and decision-making.
**Contains spoilers**
Take action: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
Our Danny Hall offers insightful analysis and perspectives on the film and its relationship to key issues such as the system of deterrence, missile defense, and decision-making.
**Contains spoilers**
Take action: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Watch A House of Dynamite, then watch this.
Our Danny Hall offers insightful analysis and perspectives on the film and its relationship to key issues such as the system of deterrence, missile defense, and decision-making.
**Contains spoilers**
Take action: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
Our Danny Hall offers insightful analysis and perspectives on the film and its relationship to key issues such as the system of deterrence, missile defense, and decision-making.
**Contains spoilers**
Take action: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
Reposted by Back From The Brink
Hosting our first house party tonight as the film opens on Netflix!
October 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hosting our first house party tonight as the film opens on Netflix!
New political thriller A House of Dynamite about the danger of nuclear weapons is out today on Netflix.
"So Lifelike as to Be Terrifying’: How Netflix’s Nuclear War Movie Holds Up to the Real World"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
"So Lifelike as to Be Terrifying’: How Netflix’s Nuclear War Movie Holds Up to the Real World"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Opinion | ‘So Lifelike as to Be Terrifying’: How Netflix’s Nuclear War Movie Holds Up to the Real World
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New political thriller A House of Dynamite about the danger of nuclear weapons is out today on Netflix.
"So Lifelike as to Be Terrifying’: How Netflix’s Nuclear War Movie Holds Up to the Real World"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
"So Lifelike as to Be Terrifying’: How Netflix’s Nuclear War Movie Holds Up to the Real World"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...
Thank you Michael Klare and @thenation.com for urging folks to join our grassroots campaign and reduce the risk of nuclear weapons.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
“A House of Dynamite”
Confronting the new nuclear era.
www.thenation.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Thank you Michael Klare and @thenation.com for urging folks to join our grassroots campaign and reduce the risk of nuclear weapons.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
The October edition of our monthly newsletter "The Beacon" is out NOW!
The countdown is starting. Read why the upcoming expiration of the New START treaty demands our leadership.
Plus, our Boston hub reflects on the power of planning and problem-solving as a team.
bit.ly/4oxQvH1
The countdown is starting. Read why the upcoming expiration of the New START treaty demands our leadership.
Plus, our Boston hub reflects on the power of planning and problem-solving as a team.
bit.ly/4oxQvH1
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The October edition of our monthly newsletter "The Beacon" is out NOW!
The countdown is starting. Read why the upcoming expiration of the New START treaty demands our leadership.
Plus, our Boston hub reflects on the power of planning and problem-solving as a team.
bit.ly/4oxQvH1
The countdown is starting. Read why the upcoming expiration of the New START treaty demands our leadership.
Plus, our Boston hub reflects on the power of planning and problem-solving as a team.
bit.ly/4oxQvH1
Have you signed up to receive our watch party package for A House of Dynamite film ahead of tomorrow’s Netflix release?
Invite friends and family over as an opportunity to inform people about the threat of nuclear weapons and create space for discussion and potential follow-up.
bit.ly/46YbTiU
Invite friends and family over as an opportunity to inform people about the threat of nuclear weapons and create space for discussion and potential follow-up.
bit.ly/46YbTiU
October 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Have you signed up to receive our watch party package for A House of Dynamite film ahead of tomorrow’s Netflix release?
Invite friends and family over as an opportunity to inform people about the threat of nuclear weapons and create space for discussion and potential follow-up.
bit.ly/46YbTiU
Invite friends and family over as an opportunity to inform people about the threat of nuclear weapons and create space for discussion and potential follow-up.
bit.ly/46YbTiU
Reposted by Back From The Brink
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
Because it is a real possibility unless we eliminate these weapons. @backfrombrink.bsky.social
Because it is a real possibility unless we eliminate these weapons. @backfrombrink.bsky.social
This Movie Makes Nuclear War Feel Disturbingly Possible
An interview with the A House of Dynamite screenwriter Noah Oppenheim and Tom Nichols
www.theatlantic.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
Because it is a real possibility unless we eliminate these weapons. @backfrombrink.bsky.social
Because it is a real possibility unless we eliminate these weapons. @backfrombrink.bsky.social
UPDATE: Thanks @repmarktakano.bsky.social (D-CA) for signing H. Res. 317!
The bill lays out bold steps for the US to lead the world toward disarmament and halt the nuclear arms race.
Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
The bill lays out bold steps for the US to lead the world toward disarmament and halt the nuclear arms race.
Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
UPDATE: Thanks @repmarktakano.bsky.social (D-CA) for signing H. Res. 317!
The bill lays out bold steps for the US to lead the world toward disarmament and halt the nuclear arms race.
Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
The bill lays out bold steps for the US to lead the world toward disarmament and halt the nuclear arms race.
Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res. 317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Let us choose life.
BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand speaking at an Interfaith event at Morehouse College encouraging us all to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand speaking at an Interfaith event at Morehouse College encouraging us all to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let us choose life.
BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand speaking at an Interfaith event at Morehouse College encouraging us all to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand speaking at an Interfaith event at Morehouse College encouraging us all to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
Join Oregon PSR on Oct. 27 for A Discussion on A House of Dynamite.
They'll join PSR Washington & Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons in conversation about the film with OPSR Executive Director Vincent Intondi and others.
🎬 Watch the film → join the discussion.
www.oregonpsr.org/at_the_movies
They'll join PSR Washington & Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons in conversation about the film with OPSR Executive Director Vincent Intondi and others.
🎬 Watch the film → join the discussion.
www.oregonpsr.org/at_the_movies
At The Movies
Oregon PSR is an organization of health professionals and concerned individuals working collaboratively with community partners to educate and advocate for societal and policy change that protects hum...
www.oregonpsr.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Join Oregon PSR on Oct. 27 for A Discussion on A House of Dynamite.
They'll join PSR Washington & Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons in conversation about the film with OPSR Executive Director Vincent Intondi and others.
🎬 Watch the film → join the discussion.
www.oregonpsr.org/at_the_movies
They'll join PSR Washington & Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons in conversation about the film with OPSR Executive Director Vincent Intondi and others.
🎬 Watch the film → join the discussion.
www.oregonpsr.org/at_the_movies