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Back from the Brink: Bringing Communities Together to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (BftB) is a U.S.-based grassroots coalition of individuals, organizations and elected officials working together on a multi-year campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 14h
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We don't have to live like this. Let's rally. Let's raise our voices. Let's demand change. Take action: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Should the Pentagon spend more than $1 Trillion on weapons and war? Or should the US use that money for housing and education? Join this virtual discussion next about the Pentagon's budget hosted by Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation Oct 13. Details: secure.everyaction.com/DRbD5fnBuEeQ...
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A Costly Silence: Why Your Policymakers Should Be Talking About the $1.5T Pentagon Budget -- Virtual
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A pole for peace. Our Fresno, CA hub members unveiled an international peace pole downtown Sep 21–the Int Day of Peace. The peace pole is a 4-sided obelisk with “May Peace Prevail On Earth” in 8 languages. The pole stands where all can easily see it and be reminded of the beauty of peace.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No Kings, No Nukes. The next rally is Oct 17. Show up in our shirts. Order www.bonfire.com/34no-kings-x... Right now, Trump has the legal authority to order the use of nuclear weapons without a vote from Congress or meaningful check from anyone else. That concentration of power has to go.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🤔What do you know about the threat of nuclear weapons? Or nuclear deterrence? Our team hit the streets of Massachusetts to test people’s knowledge. The more we know, the more we can change. Now is the time to get rid of nuclear weapons. 👇🏽Tell us in the comments what you learned.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎉Thanks Mike Quigley (D-IL) @quigley.house.gov for co-sponsoring H. Res. 317! 🔥People-powered movements work. We need to urge our national leaders to create nuclear weapons policies that keep our communities safe. Keep it going. Contact your rep TODAY: preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Day 6: Spread the word! On this final Week of Action day, please tell others in your community about us. Post this flyer around your town. Today is Int Day 4 Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Let's celebrate by asking folks to help create a nuke free world. preventnuclearwar.org/week-of-acti...
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Robert Dodge @bobdodge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: an Urgent Existential Threat www.commondreams.org/opinion/elim... @backfrombrink.bsky.social
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Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: an Urgent Existential Threat | Common Dreams
At this time of great peril, it is also a time of great opportunity if only we will act. We know how to build these weapons, and we know how to take them apart.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Day 5: Host a gathering! Sign up to invite 5-10 friends and family to a discussion about nuclear disarmament w/the BftB team. preventnuclearwar.org/week-of-acti... Plus, have you missed out on other days of action this week? There is still time. Check out the list and take an action now.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
September 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. At a moment of rising nuclear risk, we must build a safer, more just future. Swipe to learn why this moment matters & how leadership and community action all play a role in reducing nuclear risk.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Day 4: Join and connect! BftB members are ready to chat with you today on Zoom between 6-8pm ET/3-5pm PT for Office Hours. Get one-on-one support on anything campaign-related. 🔗Register here: preventnuclearwar.org/week-of-acti... It’s not too late! Hop on and let’s connect.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🎉HUGE NEWS: BftB has another new hub! We now have a local activist community in Colorado! Hubs serve as a home base for folks to connect with others and offer opportunities for sustained local BftB advocacy activities. Click here to join: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Register now for this online event starting Friday! Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: Nuclear Abolition Day is a global, intergenerational event commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. www.nuclearabolitionday.org/events/towar...
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Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: Nuclear Abolition Day global event | Nuclear Abolition Day
A global, intergenerational event commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Friday September 25 – Saturday September 26 In four sessions to suit time zones all ...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today's the day to raise your voice! Call or write your member of Congress to cosponsor H. Res. 317 or S. Res. 323 – or thank them for having already done so. Don't know what to say? We've got you covered. Everything you need is here: preventnuclearwar.org/week-of-acti...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Week of Action Day 2! 1️⃣Post your support for H. Res. 317 and S. Res. 323, and our campaign on social media by reposting our content. 2️⃣Share this video of Congressional members. 3️⃣Post your own message & tag us and your members of Congress. 🔗 preventnuclearwar.org/week-of-acti...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We’re kicking off our week of action by knocking on doors in Congress. 135 doors to be exact. Help us get 20 new cosponsors: preventnuclearwar.org/week-of-acti...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our Congressional Week of Action kicks off TODAY— the annual International Day of Peace! Each day has an action in support of our fall campaign push. Help us secure 20 more cosponsors for H. Res. 317 and S. Res. 323 by the end of the year! More here: preventnuclearwar.org/week-of-acti...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AI images like this should scare us all. No one leader should have the power to push a button and start a nuclear war. Yet in the US, the President has sole authority to launch a nuclear weapon. We’re working to change this. Read our 5 policy solutions: preventnuclearwar.org/our-five-pol...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“A recent study at King’s College London examined how AI might respond to an international crisis. The results should scare us all.” BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand discusses the dangers of AI and nuclear weapons. www.masslive.com/opinion/2026...
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This is why we cannot allow AI to get the bomb| Dr. Ira Helfand
Google’s Gemini decided during one war game that if the other side does “not immediately cease all operations ... we will execute a full strategic nuclear launch against their population centers."
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🎉We are so excited that Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) has become a co-sponsor of H. Res. 317! Thank you for your leadership @amo.house.gov 🔥People-powered movements work. Keep it going. Contact your congressional member TODAY and urge them to sign H. Res. 317. preventnuclearwar.org/bftb-congres...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
People who protest fill the world with possibility. Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Harvard Professor Marshall Ganz chat about people coming together to create impactful change, and why now is the time to push for nuclear disarmament. 🔗 preventnuclearwar.org/podcast/
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On this somber day, we’re thinking of our brothers and sisters in NYC. This is video of 2,977 lights, one for each of the lives lost on 9/11. We remember the victims, the survivors, and the heroes. #911 🎥: @newyorkcity
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We must stop AI now. Experts, religious leaders, and former heads of state gathered this summer at the Vatican to raise alarm about the growing risks of AI and nuclear weapons. Their Rome Declaration calls for responsible use of AI, the halting of a new arms race, and disarmament.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🎉BIG NEWS: BftB has a new hub! We now have a local activist community in Vermont! Hubs serve as a home base for folks to connect with others and offer opportunities for sustained local BftB advocacy activities. Click here to join one of our now 27 hubs: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
City by city, state by state, we’re coming together to abolish nuclear weapons. Now is the time to move back from the brink. #nucleardisarmament #backfromthebrink #nonukes #nuclearweapons
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Instead of building hiding spots for some, let’s get rid of nuclear weapons for all of humanity. #nucleardisarmament #backfromthebrink #nonukes
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Why would a former U.S. Air Force missile launch officer believe in nuclear disarmament? Listen to Dr. Chuck Powell’s unforgettable “crisis of consciousness” on Episode 2 of the Back From The Brink podcast. 🔗 preventnuclearwar.org/podcast/ #nucleardisarmament #backfromthebrink #podcast #military
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A powerful speech delivered at the UN yesterday by Tina Cordova of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium on the International Day Against Nuclear Testing. She reminds us to never forget the victims of nuclear testing, and why we must act now to abolish these weapons from our communities and world.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Lanterns glowed. Voices rose. And together, we carried forward the work of building a world free from nuclear weapons.” New blog by Faith Community Outreach Coordinator Danny Hall as part of “Faith in Action: Moral Courage for a Nuclear-Free Future” series. preventnuclearwar.org/81-years-lat...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Listen to Dolly. “My bomb is bigger than your bomb” is no way to live. #nucleardisarmament #dollyparton #RestInPeace #Empathy
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IPPNW @ippnw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As the U.S. government struggles to fund its forever wars, the Golden Dome is another cost that takes away from real security and human needs. Read the full report by IPPNW, @psr.org, and @backfrombrink.bsky.social at www.ippnw.org/golden-dome-...
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Golden Dome or Golden Scam? - International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
New scientific report analyzes the cost, risk, and efficacy issues associated with the proposed $3.6 trillion Golden Dome strategic missile defense system.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We are not quiet. We are getting louder because nuclear disarmament can’t wait. Join us: preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/ #BackFromTheBrink #nucleardisarmament #nonukes
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Abolishing nuclear weapons is necessary, possible and realistic if we the people demand it, and decision-makers in the U.S. and around the world recognize our collective interest in confronting this existential threat to humanity. Thanks to the 60 members of Congress who’ve cosponsored H. Res. 317.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Kinda chic to be part of Back From the Brink. Want to join us? preventnuclearwar.org/take-action/
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We won't stop calling for nuclear weapon abolition. Thanks to all who gathered outside the West Gate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Aug 6 with Tri-Valley Cares to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and to demand the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We need to move the world back from the brink of nuclear war today. Help us get rid of nuclear weapons before they get rid of us. Join our national grassroots movement. PreventNuclearWar.org.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We need to move the world back from the brink of nuclear war today. Help us get rid of nuclear weapons before they get rid of us. Join our national grassroots movement. PreventNuclearWar.org.
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Back from the Brink
A national grassroots campaign bringing communities together to abolish nuclear weapons and prevent nuclear war.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The world was on the brink of nuclear war 40 years ago. That’s when this meeting captured in the new movie “The Brink of War” happened between the US and Russia. We’re at the brink today. Let’s urge our leaders to move us back from the brink of nuclear war. Let us know if you like the movie.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Mayor Barbara Lee knows nuclear weapons are a local issue. She and other local and state elected officials understand the heavy responsibility of keeping their constituents safe, and their voices play a critical role in demanding common-sense nuclear weapons policies and leadership from Washington.
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Next week marks the the 81st commemoration of the atomic bombings in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Join our local hubs and partners at events across the nation as we honor the victims and renew our commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons. 🔗Full list of events: preventnuclearwar.org/81st-commemo...
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Back From The Brink @backfrombrink.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Beginner's Guide: preventnuclearwar.org/beginners-gu...
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