Alexander Smith, a contractor for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said he was given a choice between resignation and dismissal after preparing a presentation on maternal and child mortality among Palestinians, which was cancelled at the last minute by USAID leadership last week.
Smith, a senior adviser on gender, maternal health, child health, and nutrition chose to resign on Monday after four years at USAID. In his resignation letter to the head of the agency, Samantha Power, he complained about the inconsistencies in USAID’s approach to different countries and humanitarian crises, and the general treatment of Palestinians.
“I cannot do my job in an environment in which specific people cannot be acknowledged as fully human, or where gender and human rights principles apply to some, but not to others, depending on their race,” he wrote.
I’m glad that they chose to put up rather than shut up.
Gentle reminder that USAID is essentially another branch of the CIA.
I was about to say, if you’re losing people from the coup factory, you’re doing something wrong.
This. Though I support his stand and the good work that him and people like him do using aid funds despite the organization’s geopolitical bent, the man forgot who he was actually working for.
It has been decided that the status quo will continue despite the mounting costs, your criticism and resistance is meaningless to them.
Am I bad at reading or did they get fired for reporting on war crimes?
If you’re given a choice to resign or accept a false statement, it’s a threat of firing.
Yup
No no. Not fired. 😆 They were told to resign. Totally different right? Lmao America needs a slap to the face.
It’s astonishing that Biden/the administration has decided that Israel is worth throwing away the post-WW2 global system for.
The US is going to need alliances and partnerships to counter future and current Chinese and Russian revanchist aggression, and Europe has already broken away from the US global leadership because of Gaza. They’ve all reinstated UNRAWA funding, several now formally recognize Palestine, multiple heads of state are openly calling it genocide, and the US sits alone wielding UNSC veto to protect
the unsinkable aircraft carrierIsrael.I don’t know if I should be happy or sad. On one hand officials actually taking a stand against injustice, and on the other the only people who actually gives a shit about the good and will of the people are
leavingbeing fired.Seriously, we are losing maybe okay officials over and over. That just means their positions will be filled by people who don’t care about it.
