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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.
The Real-World House of Dynamite: What the Film Gets Right (and What’s Still Missing)
Rebecca Ferguson as Captain Olivia Walker in A House of Dynamite. Photo credit: Eros Hoagland/Netflix © 2025 Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite is a gripping thriller that captures the terrifying speed of a nuclear crisis. It gets key things right: the short...
Resources for Hosting a Gathering to Watch A House of Dynamite
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100 Days to the Brink: Why the New START Countdown Demands Our Leadership
We all know how our lives can change in good or bad ways in a blink of an eye, on any given day. Human history is filled with these moments, these inflection points. 63 years ago in October 1962, we were in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The U.S. and the...
The Washington Post – Sound this alarm
This letter to the editor by BftB’s Peter Wilk responds to commentary from Max Boot about the Netflix film, House of Dynamite. (Scroll to bottom of page to read.)
St. Louis Post Dispatch – Opinion: Eliminating nukes is both a moral and economic imperative
Writer William Lambers encourages citizens to push legislators to prioritize nuclear disarmament as a way to commemorate International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. He also encourages participation in the Back From the Brink campaign.
Davis Enterprise – Join effort against nuclear weapons
This op-ed by Back from the Brink Hub leader Genevieve Diane Colborn invites action around the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26.