The ACLU has been doing their best to protect victims of President Trump's latest executive order, which sloppily sorts out travellers arriving to the U.S. from seven countries with mostly Muslim populations.
The organization received over $24 million dollars in donations last weekend, and they're about to get a little more help from the music community on Friday, February 3 when music website Bandcamp donates all of their earnings to the group's efforts.
NPR points out that the Bandcamp contribution amounts to 15 percent of all dollars spent on bandcamp.com, which is an online storefront that lets musicians stream music and sell merch to fans.
Bandcamp founder Ethan Diamond took to his company's blog to say that he, "like 98 percent of U.S. citizens," is a descendant of immigrants. He called Trump's controversial order simply immoral, adding that "it violates the very spirit and foundation of America."
"My great-grandparents came to America from Russia and Lithuania as teenagers and worked in sweatshops until they were able to afford to bring the rest of their families over," Diamond wrote. "Most everyone you speak to in this country has a similar story to tell, because we are, in fact, a nation of immigrants, bound together by a shared belief in justice, equality, and the freedom to pursue a better life."
And we thought Dr. Dog's surprise LP supporting the Southern Poverty Law Center was awesome.
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This article appears in Jan 26 – Feb 2, 2017.