Back from the Brink’s Growing Support for Nuclear Abolition webinar held on May 31 with Congressman Jim McGovern and 140 folks from around the country was truly inspiring. We express our deepest appreciation to the Congressman for his wisdom and insights...
Last week, Dr. Ira Helfand was presented with the 2023 Gandhi-King-Ikeda Community Builders Prize for his history of activism to eliminate nuclear weapons, as well as his current efforts through the Back from the Brink campaign, a grassroots movement he co-founded to...
Folks around the country are getting pretty excited about H. Res. 77—the congressional Back from the Brink (BftB) nuclear disarmament resolution—and we are going full steam ahead supporting it. Will you join us on Wednesday, April 19th and participate in our H. Res....
On March 8, 2023 Back from the Brink sent a letter signed by 154 local, state and national organizations to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging Congress to take more leadership in advancing policies to reduce nuclear risks and achieve a world free...
On February 16, Johnson County, Iowa’s Board of Supervisors voted to approve a Back from the Brink proclamation. Supporters of the proclamation made their case both in-person (weathering blizzard conditions, no less!) as well as via Zoom. Congratulations to all...
It’s go time for nuclear disarmament. This past January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved their iconic Doomsday Clock ahead to 90 seconds before midnight, the closest it’s ever come to symbolic global apocalypse. Vladimir Putin has threatened to use nuclear...