Annie Comes Home: This is how we turn back the Doomsday Clock

Saturday, February 7, 2026

This is how we turn back the Doomsday Clock

We are closer to global catastrophe than ever before, Pamela: Closer than during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Closer than the height of the Cold War in the 1980s. Closer than at the start of the nuclear arms race in 1953.

The Doomsday Clock is now just 85 seconds away from "midnight" — global disaster — according to experts at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.[1]

One thing is clear: Instead of de-escalation and diplomacy, Trump and others are choosing recklessness that puts all of us at risk. Like just days ago, when the Administration allowed New START, the last bilateral nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russian governments, to expire.

This backward thinking only accelerates a race to the bottom that has deadly consequences for all of humanity.

That's why Win Without War is working day in, day out to turn back the clock: Mobilizing the grassroots to act on this warning and push Congress away from greenlighting Trump's plans to upend an era of hard fought arms control agreement, restart nuclear weapons testing, pour fuel on the fire of a global nuclear arms race with dangerous, unnecessary weapons, and more.

Avoiding apocalypse can't be put on the back burner. It'll take incredible resources and the partnership of activists like you to pull back from the path we're on. A donation of $12, or any amount, will fuel this urgent work. Can we count on your support?

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It's not hard to see why we keep losing precious seconds on the Doomsday Clock. Late last year, Trump vowed to restart U.S. nuclear weapons testing and shatter a 30-year moratorium on testing weapons that put us all at risk. This came after Elon Musk's DOGE recklessly fired nearly 200 National Nuclear Security Administration employees, and the Pentagon raced to integrate AI into weapons systems.

It's all happening against a backdrop of multiple crises that have tipped us toward global disaster: Climate change, multiple devastating conflicts, and the potential misuse of biological science and artificial intelligence.

For 16 years and counting, the Doomsday Clock has only moved forward. This year, the clock ticked four seconds closer to midnight, a dangerous signal of how close we are to irreversible disaster.

The good news is it's not too late to turn back the clock. In 1991, after the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and committed to scaling down their nuclear stockpiles, scientists moved the clock a full seven minutes backward.

We can do it again. It requires engaging activists, movement partners, civil servants, legislative aides, and lawmakers on the Capitol steps and behind the scenes to join in — and a 24/7/365 effort like this will take incredible resources.

It won't be easy, and that's why we need you with us, Pamela. Please donate now and power our massive push to turn back the clock away from nuclear "midnight."

"85 seconds to midnight" is a stark reminder that governments pouring TRILLIONS of dollars into nuclear weapons over the years have done little to make the world safer. A future free from this threat is possible and we owe it to ourselves and future generations to stop this avoidable nightmare from unfolding further.

It took years of policy, politics, and people agreeing to build weapons that could devastate humanity — and it'll take policy, politics, and people to build the more peaceful world we all want and deserve. Every second counts. Let's turn back the clock together.

Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team