NEW! Beginner’s Guide
to Nuclear Weapons

Curious about nuclear weapons but not sure where to start? The Beginner’s Guide to Nuclear Weapons breaks down the risks, myths, and real-life impacts of nuclear weapons — and shows how you can be part of building a safer, saner world. We break down the jargon and give you the facts you need to get informed and take action.

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Our Solutions

Back from the Brink is a US-based grassroots coalition of individuals, organizations and elected officials working together toward a world free of nuclear weapons and advocating for common sense nuclear weapons policies to secure a safer, more just future. We call on the United States to lead a global effort to prevent nuclear war by:

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Actively pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to eliminate their nuclear arsenals

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Renouncing the option of using nuclear weapons first

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Ending the sole, unchecked authority of any U.S. President to launch a nuclear attack

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Taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert

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Cancelling the plan to replace the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons

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Latest News

Holding Fast: How History Shows Us What’s Possible

Jan 28, 2026

Check out our new video featuring Back from the Brink supporters: "Community Over Doom" This past Tuesday, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists advanced its iconic Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds until midnight — a harrowing symbol of the brink the world finds itself on. A...

Updates from our Washington State Hub

Jan 26, 2026

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

Nov 18, 2025

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...

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You, Me, All of Us

Nuclear weapons threaten all of us, everything, our future, all we hold dear. They are inherently unjust. Their production, testing, and waste continue to disproportionately harm communities of color. The elimination of nuclear weapons is deeply linked to other pressing concerns such as racial and economic justice, militarism, preserving our democracy, and confronting climate change.

All people deserve to be safe and to have a voice in decisions affecting their security. Back from the Brink gives everyone a simple way to speak out, be involved, and make a difference. Individuals, organizations, municipalities. Activists, elected officials, scientists, doctors, faith leaders, veterans, students, artists, working folks. You, me, all of us.

Together we are making “nuclear weapons a local issue” and connecting them with the real-life security and safety concerns that people and communities face every day.

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Advocacy Tools

Back from the Brink: Bringing Communities Together to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is a national grassroots movement rooted in the belief that the loud, powerful demand for change must come from the ground up. It’s a way for any concerned, engaged person to get involved and have an impact in their community, and connect with others around the country doing the same advocacy, organizing, and public education work.

Our advocacy toolkit lays out simple ways you can get involved:

Engaging on social media
Leveraging local media and letters to the editor
Gathering campaign endorsements for Back from the Brink
Passing a resolution in your local government

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