In this op-ed by BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand, he marks 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, highlights the growing nuclear threat, and urges action through Back from the Brink and H. Res. 317 to build a broad movement for verifiable, enforceable elimination of nuclear weapons.
Local news coverage including “An Interfaith Remembrance of the Trinity Test,” an event co-organized by the Back from the Brink New Mexico Hub, and remarks by Anne Pierce-Jones, local Hub leader.
In this op-ed, BftB’s Danny Hall shares his perspective that the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not bolster nuclear nonproliferation, and that military strikes destabilize and provoke.
BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand says President Donald Trump should address the issue of Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities soon because of the country’s back-and-forth conflict with India, which could escalate into a nuclear conflict.
BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand speaks with Gen-Z historian Kahlil Greene about the Iran/Israel/US conflict, the history of disarmament, and the Back from the Brink campaign.
BftB Coalition Partner, Syracuse Peace Council, pens a letter to the editor calling out the Golden Dome missile defense system as costly, ineffective, and destabilizing. They urge action to stop nuclear weapons expansion and redirect funds to human needs.
