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Broad economic sanctions, often portrayed as a less violent alternative to war, are responsible for an estimated 564,000 deaths each year – most of them children under the age of five – according to a new study published on 25 July in the Lancet Global Health.

The research analyzed data from 152 countries over a 10-year period and found the mortality toll of sanctions to be comparable to that of armed conflict.

Authored by economists Francisco Rodriguez, Silvio Rendon, and Mark Weisbrot, the study underscores the devastating impact of sanctions on public health and essential infrastructure. 

By targeting key economic sectors such as finance and energy, sanctions restrict access to critical imports like medicine, food, and parts for water and electrical systems, causing widespread suffering without the visible devastation of bombs and missiles.

The US, which imposes more sanctions than any other country, has increasingly turned to these measures as a tool of foreign policy. While often justified as a nonviolent means of pressuring adversaries, experts argue that the resulting human cost is anything but peaceful.

“Sanctions are becoming the preferred weapon of the United States and some allies – not because they are less destructive, but because the toll is less visible,” Weisbrot wrote in a commentary for the Los Angeles Times. “They kill silently, without the political cost of war.”

July 25, 2025.

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My Sim is starting a business but can't afford most objects to sell....so he's selling used wine bottles and a random bone

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this little passage from Mr. Rogers' book You Are Special made me tear up a little I can't lie

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wait why didn't they just dilate hank's narrow urethra. you know peggy would have got in there like a lab technician with ky jelly and a set of autoclaved steel rods.

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YOU - "Damn, Evrart, I was hoping I'd somehow get to fuck you over in the end. Not the other way around."

EVRART CLAIRE - "Damn, Harry..." He shakes his head. "I was hoping that too, but the information I gave you proved too powerful."

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The ambitious mission to retrieve samples from asteroid Bennu and return them to Earth is paying off. Just as scientists had hoped, the asteroid is revealing details about the early days in our Solar System. More than just a simple space rock, Bennu contains not only material from the Solar System, but material from beyond our system. Bennu follows an orbit that brings it close to Earth every six years. That means it's classified as a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) and a potentially hazardous object (PHO).

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no! traffic light system will kill the patient! they need under-negotiated kink to live!!!

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He’s got those big wet eyes and you DONT wanna see him on his knees crying??

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bleh somebody remind me to pick up a pillow w my discount at work. theyre 2 for 1. that solves that problem for a few years. and to leave home early so i can stop by a different place for a lint roller. #interesting #mividaloca

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As tumblr attests to, it's quite easy for people who've grown up since the early 2000s to hold emancipatory views on sexuality and gender, whilst at the same time internalising and replicating the worst of the War on Terror's racial paranoia and militarism. Excusing the mass murder of Palestinians on the basis that 'well, at least Tel Aviv has some gay clubs' is the mark of a stunted mind. But it also speaks to the corrosive effects of a post-9/11 culture in which the killing of Arabs and Muslims has been rendered into an everyday spectacle.

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5x04 - …Nor The Battle To The Strong

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We need to do what we can to protect the Internet Archive. Here is a petition that you can sign.

This petition alone might not be enough, but everything we can throw at this counts.

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found this debate over on reddit and im curious what you lot have to say

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while i'm at it i have to post robeson's version. as i once said to a friend: if paul robeson sometimes felt like a motherless child, good god, what hope is there for the rest of us?