NEWS & UPDATES
First Meeting Of States Parties To The UN Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons Convenes In Vienna
We are pleased to provide this report back from BftB Steering Committee member, Dr. Ira Helfand who attended the 1st Meeting of States Parties (1MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna from June 21-23, 2022. An historic step on the path to a...
Rhode Island Senate Passes Back from the Brink resolution!
On Tuesday, May 3, Senate resolution S2423 was passed on a vote of 32-4 from the Rhode Island Senate chamber, after passing unanimously out of the Special Legislation & Veterans Affairs Committee last week. At the hearing on April 26, activists from around the...
Abolishing Nuclear Weapons – This is the Time: Join us March 31
For so many years, nuclear weapons have been viewed as a “back burner” issue - something few people thought of or were concerned about. The threat of nuclear war seemed remote. Fast forward to today. A nuclear-armed autocrat is waging a horrific war against Ukraine....
Minneapolis Adopts Back from the Brink Resolution
On Friday, December 10th, Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously in favor of a Back from the Brink resolution to abolish nuclear weapons and to embrace the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, joining 55 other cities, including Boston, which passed a...
Breaking Down Silos and Confronting Interlocking Injustices: BftB joins Poor People’s Campaign Moral March
Back from the Brink joined tens of thousands of people from across the country on June 18th for the Poor People’s Campaign Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington. It was a spirited day of solidarity and commitment to...
Mobilizing for the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March on Washington June 18, 2022
Back from the Brink recognizes that nuclear weapons are a manifestation of a deeply unjust system in the US and worldwide. We believe that achieving true human security demands a commitment to confronting and dismantling long-standing racial, social, environmental,...
BftB Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Resilience & Resolve: Why We Need to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and How Ukraine’s People Show Us the Way Statement from Back From the Brink Coalition - March 3, 2022 Russia’s horrific invasion of Ukraine has revealed many truths and displayed for the world the...
Boston Joins Back from the Brink!
(Councilor Breadon holding the 300 signatures from Boston Latin students in support of the resolution) On Wednesday December 8th, Boston City Council unanimously voted to pass a Back from the Brink resolution in support of nuclear weapons abolition and the U.N. Treaty...
Back from the Brink at Arms Control Association’s 50th Annual Conference
Back from the Brink Steering Committee Member Denise Duffield discussed Back from the Brink at the Arms Control Association’s (ACA) 50th Anniversary Conference on June 2, 2022.
War in Ukraine & Nuclear Abolition: A BftB Open House with Zia Mian – Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfd5YR0q3xU Thank you to all who participated in Back from the Brink’s Open House last week. It was a great turn out and a truly engaging conversation -- and our deepest gratitude to Zia Mian for offering his views and...
Salem, Oregon Unanimously Votes for BftB Resolution!
On February 28, 2022, the City of Salem Oregon voted unanimously to adopt a resolution supporting Back from the Brink’s policy solutions and the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Join us for a rally in Portsmouth, NH on Nov. 27
Recently, more than 300 state, county, and local elected officials across the United States signed a letter organized by the Back from the Brink campaign to President Joe Biden and Congress urging bold action and leadership to reduce and eliminate the threat nuclear...
