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Ofelia Rivas: Food Delivery for O'odham and Reflections on Solidarity with Palestine
By Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham
Censored NewsIt was a wonderful day, visiting with people. We share old stories and everyday life stories. People on subsidy programs, fixed incomes and working families just working to pay bills every month. Nutritional food -- peaches, grapefruit, raisins, carrots, onions, potatoes, corn tortillas, and cheese was today’s pantry support.
Cultural desecration of burial places and holy places is Elbit Systems in O’odham lands. We live under surveillance and military presence along the US/MX border, United States homeland security.
Recent action by the Arizona prosecutor to call the killing of Raymond Mattia a justified ‘clean shot’ without justice for his children and family and community. All the innocent lives killed, raped, molested and imprisoned by the heavily armed military called the border patrol continues without justice.
The genocide of a culture in the Gaza Strip was promoted by war criminals; the United States government and international bodies, created and enacted to protect all life, must be held accountable by the people.
Solidarity for Palestine and all Life.
Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, is the longtime founder of O'odham Voice against the Wall, and has spent her life battling the US Border Patrol, and battling for human rights, on her homeland, the Tohono O'odham Nation. Ofelia's website is O'odham Rights https://www.oodhamrights.org/
