NEWS & UPDATES
Common Dreams – The Doomsday Clock and Nuclear Reality: Our World in Peril
BftB’s Dr. Bob Dodge writes about a breakdown of international nuclear norms fueled by “us versus them” thinking and the newly termed “Donroe Doctrine” that challenges our legitimacy around the world.
Daily Hampshire Gazette – 85 seconds to midnight: ‘Doomsday Clock’ ticks closer to humanity’s destruction
This article covers the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement and includes perspectives from BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand and members of the BftB Hub in Massachusetts.
Updates from our Washington State Hub
Washington State Hub members gather for a hybrid statewide strategy session. In the shadow of the home port for one of the largest collections of nuclear weapons in the world at Naval Base Kitsap, the Washington State Hub has been helping to grow the movement locally...
A Moment for Community, Connection & Conversation
Last Thursday, BftB team members, activists, and Hub leaders gathered online for a virtual phone bank. Together we called the offices of 130 mayors, city councilors, and state legislators from around the country, asking them to sign onto our letter to Congress urging...
The Minnesota Star Tribune – Readers Write: Veterans Day, nuclear weapons, government shutdown
This letter to the editor by BftB member Amy Blumenshine responds to President Trump’s comments about resuming nuclear testing and speaks to how the city councils of Minneapolis and St. Paul have passed BftB resolutions to affirm steps towards diminishing & eliminating nuclear threats.
The Washington Post – On nuclear strategies
This letter to the editor by BftB’s Ira Helfand responds to the Nov. 3 editorial “How to live in our nuclear ‘House of Dynamite,’” which claimed that the elimination of nuclear weapons is a fantasy and realism demands that we maintain our nuclear arsenal as a deterrent. (Scroll down the page to read.)
The Davis Enterprise – Letter: Don’t launch
This letter to the editor by BftB and Davis Committee Against Nuclear Weapons member Sarah Pattison responds to House of Dynamite and urges people to support our campaign and its five policy solutions.
Concord Monitor – Letter: Step back from the nuclear brink
This letter to the editor by Arnie Alpert and Judy Elliott responds to President Trump’s remarks on resuming nuclear testing and urges the NH delegation to endorse the two BftB congressional resolutions.
Democracy Now – “Extraordinarily Destabilizing Decision”: Trump Denounced over Call to Immediately Resume Nuclear Tests
BftB’s Ira Helfand’s appearance on Democracy Now following President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing.