Back From The Brink
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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/
Feb. 5 will be the first time the world will be without a treaty capping nukes in decades. Decades.
A recent polling by our friends at @nti.org shows 91% of Americans want nuclear limits.
Our leaders need to keep caps on nuclear weapons.
Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
A recent polling by our friends at @nti.org shows 91% of Americans want nuclear limits.
Our leaders need to keep caps on nuclear weapons.
Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Feb. 5 will be the first time the world will be without a treaty capping nukes in decades. Decades.
A recent polling by our friends at @nti.org shows 91% of Americans want nuclear limits.
Our leaders need to keep caps on nuclear weapons.
Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
A recent polling by our friends at @nti.org shows 91% of Americans want nuclear limits.
Our leaders need to keep caps on nuclear weapons.
Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
We don't want the New START treaty to expire next month. Majority of Americans agree.
rethinkmedia.org/blog/america...
rethinkmedia.org/blog/america...
Americans Across Party Lines Want the U.S. to Keep Nuclear Limits with Russia, New Poll Finds
As the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear limitations treaty expires on Feb. 5, an overwhelming majority of Americans (91 percent) say the United States should negotiate a new agreement with Russia to...
rethinkmedia.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
We don't want the New START treaty to expire next month. Majority of Americans agree.
rethinkmedia.org/blog/america...
rethinkmedia.org/blog/america...
The moment is calling. We're ready to answer.
Join us next Thursday for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank.
How it works:
1. Sign-up and select a one-hour block
2. Receive a call script
3. Let your voice be heard
Sign-up: www.mobilize.us/backfromtheb...
Join us next Thursday for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank.
How it works:
1. Sign-up and select a one-hour block
2. Receive a call script
3. Let your voice be heard
Sign-up: www.mobilize.us/backfromtheb...
January 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The moment is calling. We're ready to answer.
Join us next Thursday for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank.
How it works:
1. Sign-up and select a one-hour block
2. Receive a call script
3. Let your voice be heard
Sign-up: www.mobilize.us/backfromtheb...
Join us next Thursday for a State + Local Elected Officials Phone Bank.
How it works:
1. Sign-up and select a one-hour block
2. Receive a call script
3. Let your voice be heard
Sign-up: www.mobilize.us/backfromtheb...
THIS is what NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT LEADERSHIP looks like.
Thank you @repmcgovern.bsky.social for bringing attention to the growing threat of nuclear weapons.
The threat is real. The threat is serious. Yet we can do something about it.
Let's act NOW: Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
Thank you @repmcgovern.bsky.social for bringing attention to the growing threat of nuclear weapons.
The threat is real. The threat is serious. Yet we can do something about it.
Let's act NOW: Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
THIS is what NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT LEADERSHIP looks like.
Thank you @repmcgovern.bsky.social for bringing attention to the growing threat of nuclear weapons.
The threat is real. The threat is serious. Yet we can do something about it.
Let's act NOW: Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
Thank you @repmcgovern.bsky.social for bringing attention to the growing threat of nuclear weapons.
The threat is real. The threat is serious. Yet we can do something about it.
Let's act NOW: Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
Fools gold. We agree @repgaramendi.bsky.social
Trump's Golden Dome boondoggle will waste trillions in tax-payer dollars and still won't be 100% effective.
Simply put: its 'fool's gold.'
Simply put: its 'fool's gold.'
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Fools gold. We agree @repgaramendi.bsky.social
Choose community over doom.
Here at Back from the Brink we know that action, agency, and community are strong antidotes to gloom, doom and despair.
Take action by supporting our campaign and joining the movement to abolish nuclear weapons. We need everyone.
Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
Here at Back from the Brink we know that action, agency, and community are strong antidotes to gloom, doom and despair.
Take action by supporting our campaign and joining the movement to abolish nuclear weapons. We need everyone.
Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Choose community over doom.
Here at Back from the Brink we know that action, agency, and community are strong antidotes to gloom, doom and despair.
Take action by supporting our campaign and joining the movement to abolish nuclear weapons. We need everyone.
Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
Here at Back from the Brink we know that action, agency, and community are strong antidotes to gloom, doom and despair.
Take action by supporting our campaign and joining the movement to abolish nuclear weapons. We need everyone.
Preventnuclearwar.org/take-action
Happy Birthday to a man who dreamed of equality, peace and security for all people.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed a full-scale nuclear war would be utterly catastrophic. We agree.
Let us honor his legacy by continuing to fight for a world without nuclear weapons.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed a full-scale nuclear war would be utterly catastrophic. We agree.
Let us honor his legacy by continuing to fight for a world without nuclear weapons.
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Happy Birthday to a man who dreamed of equality, peace and security for all people.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed a full-scale nuclear war would be utterly catastrophic. We agree.
Let us honor his legacy by continuing to fight for a world without nuclear weapons.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed a full-scale nuclear war would be utterly catastrophic. We agree.
Let us honor his legacy by continuing to fight for a world without nuclear weapons.
Have you watched BOMBSHELL yet?
The powerful film explores how the U.S. government manipulated the narrative about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through propaganda, censorship and the co-opting of the press, minimizing the horrific human toll of the bomb.
Watch: to.pbs.org/48nIZJC
The powerful film explores how the U.S. government manipulated the narrative about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through propaganda, censorship and the co-opting of the press, minimizing the horrific human toll of the bomb.
Watch: to.pbs.org/48nIZJC
Bombshell | American Experience | PBS
Bombshell explores how the U.S. manipulated the narrative about the impact of the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Have you watched BOMBSHELL yet?
The powerful film explores how the U.S. government manipulated the narrative about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through propaganda, censorship and the co-opting of the press, minimizing the horrific human toll of the bomb.
Watch: to.pbs.org/48nIZJC
The powerful film explores how the U.S. government manipulated the narrative about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through propaganda, censorship and the co-opting of the press, minimizing the horrific human toll of the bomb.
Watch: to.pbs.org/48nIZJC
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“Once New START is gone, there are no international arms control agreements between the world's two largest nuclear powers.” — Geoff Wilson (@stimsoncenter.bsky.social)
+ Daryl Kimball @armscontrolnow.bsky.social on the implications of New START expiration
responsiblestatecraft.org/new-start-tr...
+ Daryl Kimball @armscontrolnow.bsky.social on the implications of New START expiration
responsiblestatecraft.org/new-start-tr...
Trump on New Start nuke treaty with Russia: if 'it expires it expires'
He thinks he can get a better deal but experts say letting it lapse in February could put a nuclear arms race back on the table
responsiblestatecraft.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“Once New START is gone, there are no international arms control agreements between the world's two largest nuclear powers.” — Geoff Wilson (@stimsoncenter.bsky.social)
+ Daryl Kimball @armscontrolnow.bsky.social on the implications of New START expiration
responsiblestatecraft.org/new-start-tr...
+ Daryl Kimball @armscontrolnow.bsky.social on the implications of New START expiration
responsiblestatecraft.org/new-start-tr...
Hey New Hampshire!
Mark your calendar for these two important events coming soon.
We must gather. We must educate. We must act. Now’s the time.
Click here for more information: actionnetwork.org/events/a-hou...
Mark your calendar for these two important events coming soon.
We must gather. We must educate. We must act. Now’s the time.
Click here for more information: actionnetwork.org/events/a-hou...
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Hey New Hampshire!
Mark your calendar for these two important events coming soon.
We must gather. We must educate. We must act. Now’s the time.
Click here for more information: actionnetwork.org/events/a-hou...
Mark your calendar for these two important events coming soon.
We must gather. We must educate. We must act. Now’s the time.
Click here for more information: actionnetwork.org/events/a-hou...
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Nobody on this planet is safe as long as any nation possesses nukes.
Russia Appears to Use Nuclear-Capable Missile in Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
Russia Appears to Use Nuclear-Capable Missile in Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
Russia Appears to Use Nuclear-Capable Missile in Ukraine
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Nobody on this planet is safe as long as any nation possesses nukes.
Russia Appears to Use Nuclear-Capable Missile in Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
Russia Appears to Use Nuclear-Capable Missile in Ukraine www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
Nuclear weapons do not make us safer.
This Danish leader says the threat of US nukes will not force them to handover Greenland.
A world where nuclear threats can be made daily is not the world we want to live in. We need to get rid of these weapons. NOW.
This Danish leader says the threat of US nukes will not force them to handover Greenland.
A world where nuclear threats can be made daily is not the world we want to live in. We need to get rid of these weapons. NOW.
January 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Nuclear weapons do not make us safer.
This Danish leader says the threat of US nukes will not force them to handover Greenland.
A world where nuclear threats can be made daily is not the world we want to live in. We need to get rid of these weapons. NOW.
This Danish leader says the threat of US nukes will not force them to handover Greenland.
A world where nuclear threats can be made daily is not the world we want to live in. We need to get rid of these weapons. NOW.
This is our vision for 2026.
Help us build the future we all want.
Join the campaign: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
Help us build the future we all want.
Join the campaign: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
This is our vision for 2026.
Help us build the future we all want.
Join the campaign: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
Help us build the future we all want.
Join the campaign: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
New year and two new signatures!
Thanks for your leadership @repbonnie.bsky.social and @repjohnnyo.bsky.social
Keep it going. Contact your congressional member TODAY and urge them to sign H. Res. 317: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
Thanks for your leadership @repbonnie.bsky.social and @repjohnnyo.bsky.social
Keep it going. Contact your congressional member TODAY and urge them to sign H. Res. 317: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
New year and two new signatures!
Thanks for your leadership @repbonnie.bsky.social and @repjohnnyo.bsky.social
Keep it going. Contact your congressional member TODAY and urge them to sign H. Res. 317: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
Thanks for your leadership @repbonnie.bsky.social and @repjohnnyo.bsky.social
Keep it going. Contact your congressional member TODAY and urge them to sign H. Res. 317: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
🚨This New Year, we need a new treaty.
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 35 days.
We can’t stay quiet. Urge Congress to support H. Res. 317 and S. Res. 323 NOW.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 35 days.
We can’t stay quiet. Urge Congress to support H. Res. 317 and S. Res. 323 NOW.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
January 1, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🚨This New Year, we need a new treaty.
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 35 days.
We can’t stay quiet. Urge Congress to support H. Res. 317 and S. Res. 323 NOW.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
New START, the last remaining treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, is set to expire in exactly 35 days.
We can’t stay quiet. Urge Congress to support H. Res. 317 and S. Res. 323 NOW.
preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
December 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Trump said the U.S. would resume nuclear testing.
This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
BftB's Danny Hall, Lead Capitol Hill Rep, breaks down the facts.
Join us in urging Congress to speak up and get serious about nuclear disarmament: Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
BftB's Danny Hall, Lead Capitol Hill Rep, breaks down the facts.
Join us in urging Congress to speak up and get serious about nuclear disarmament: Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
December 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Trump said the U.S. would resume nuclear testing.
This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
BftB's Danny Hall, Lead Capitol Hill Rep, breaks down the facts.
Join us in urging Congress to speak up and get serious about nuclear disarmament: Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
This is a horrible, dangerous, costly idea.
BftB's Danny Hall, Lead Capitol Hill Rep, breaks down the facts.
Join us in urging Congress to speak up and get serious about nuclear disarmament: Preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congressional-resolutions
Leaders who believe in nuclear disarmament are truly a gift.
Today BftB activists like delivered holiday cards on Capitol Hill to co-sponsors of H.Res. 317 in deep appreciation for their support.
Plus, a new member pledged to sign!
Join our efforts: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Today BftB activists like delivered holiday cards on Capitol Hill to co-sponsors of H.Res. 317 in deep appreciation for their support.
Plus, a new member pledged to sign!
Join our efforts: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Leaders who believe in nuclear disarmament are truly a gift.
Today BftB activists like delivered holiday cards on Capitol Hill to co-sponsors of H.Res. 317 in deep appreciation for their support.
Plus, a new member pledged to sign!
Join our efforts: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Today BftB activists like delivered holiday cards on Capitol Hill to co-sponsors of H.Res. 317 in deep appreciation for their support.
Plus, a new member pledged to sign!
Join our efforts: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
"Eighty years have passed. But the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons is still with us—and it is growing worse every day...This situation is deeply immoral and counter to the Catholic Church’s teachings on social justice."
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Catholic bishops remind political leaders that nuclear weapons are immoral
Eighty years later, American Catholic bishops visited Japan to demand nuclear disarmament—and called for political leaders to do the same.
thebulletin.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Eighty years have passed. But the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons is still with us—and it is growing worse every day...This situation is deeply immoral and counter to the Catholic Church’s teachings on social justice."
thebulletin.org/2025/12/cath...
thebulletin.org/2025/12/cath...
Two new signatures!
Thank you @frankpallone.govpeeps.us and @repdexteror.bsky.social for signing H. Res. 317.
We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons. Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res.317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Thank you @frankpallone.govpeeps.us and @repdexteror.bsky.social for signing H. Res. 317.
We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons. Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res.317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Two new signatures!
Thank you @frankpallone.govpeeps.us and @repdexteror.bsky.social for signing H. Res. 317.
We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons. Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res.317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
Thank you @frankpallone.govpeeps.us and @repdexteror.bsky.social for signing H. Res. 317.
We URGENTLY need to get rid of nuclear weapons. Urge your congressional member to sign H.Res.317 TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
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You can watch our entire panel discussion from August 10 commemorating the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings here: bit.ly/marylandaugust10
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80 Years Later: The Atomic Bomb, Maryland, and Nuclear Abolition
On August 10, 2025, Maryland residents gathered to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We were honored to be joined by several amazing panelists: –Linda Pentz Gunter, the international specialist of Beyond Nuclear –Leslie Sussan, a lawyer and former administrative appellate judge –Kei Ito, a cameraless photographer and third-generation hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bombings) –Gwen DuBois, president of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility
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December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
You can watch our entire panel discussion from August 10 commemorating the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings here: bit.ly/marylandaugust10
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. . . and ultimately, dialogue across communities and generations.”
You can listen to this excerpt from Mr. Ito’s powerful remarks, and read more about his work here: bit.ly/keiitointerview.
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You can listen to this excerpt from Mr. Ito’s powerful remarks, and read more about his work here: bit.ly/keiitointerview.
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Hope Lingers: A Conversation with Artist Kei Ito on his Artwork Honoring Victims of the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima
Kei Ito is the grandson of a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, and his interdisciplinary art explores the legacy of that trauma through themes of memory, identity, and the invisible impacts of nuclear w...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
. . . and ultimately, dialogue across communities and generations.”
You can listen to this excerpt from Mr. Ito’s powerful remarks, and read more about his work here: bit.ly/keiitointerview.
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You can listen to this excerpt from Mr. Ito’s powerful remarks, and read more about his work here: bit.ly/keiitointerview.
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. . . to reach people in a way that words cannot. He lives in Baltimore County. A recent article by the Nuclear Threat Initiative quoted him as saying, “By grounding global issues in individual memory and emotion, art creates a pathway for empathy, awareness . . .
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Hope Lingers: A Conversation with Artist Kei Ito on his Artwork Honoring Victims of the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima
Kei Ito is the grandson of a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, and his interdisciplinary art explores the legacy of that trauma through themes of memory, identity, and the invisible impacts of nuclear w...
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
. . . to reach people in a way that words cannot. He lives in Baltimore County. A recent article by the Nuclear Threat Initiative quoted him as saying, “By grounding global issues in individual memory and emotion, art creates a pathway for empathy, awareness . . .
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We were honored to have Kei Ito speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Kei Ito is a cameraless photographer and third-generation hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bombings), which informs his work and allows him . . .
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Kei Ito is a cameraless photographer and third-generation hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bombings), which informs his work and allows him . . .
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December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We were honored to have Kei Ito speak to us during our commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Kei Ito is a cameraless photographer and third-generation hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bombings), which informs his work and allows him . . .
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Kei Ito is a cameraless photographer and third-generation hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bombings), which informs his work and allows him . . .
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December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM