I was really pleased to see this swift and definitive statement from Bandcamp regarding last Friday’s announcement to ban Immigrants and Refugees travelling to the US from seven Middle Eastern countries:
“…last week’s Executive Order barring immigrants and refugees from seven Middle Eastern countries from entering the United States is not simply immoral, it violates the very spirit and foundation of America.
Contrary to the assertions of the current administration, the order will not make us safer (an opinion shared by the State Department and many members of Congress including prominent Republicans). Christian religious leaders have denounced both the ban, as well as the exception prioritizing Christian immigrants, as inhumane. It is an unequivocal moral wrong, a cynical attempt to sow division among the American people, and is in direct opposition to the principles of a country where the tenet of religious freedom is written directly into the Constitution. This is not who we are, and it is not what we believe in. We at Bandcamp oppose the ban wholeheartedly, and extend our support to those whose lives have been upended.
And so all day today (starting at 12:01am Pacific Time), for any purchase you make on Bandcamp, we will be donating 100% of our share of the proceeds to the American Civil Liberties Union, who are working tirelessly to combat these discriminatory and unconstitutional actions.”
How YOU can help TODAY
Visit Old Soul on Bandcamp and buy all six of our songs for $3 and change. Proceeds will go to the ACLU, the nationwide nonprofit legal group fighting for justice on behalf of everyone who is being steamrolled by sweeping Executive action.
In the meantime, enjoy this homage to Bernie Sanders that I wrote last summer called
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9jcH5OM1jg
Peace, Arwen
Old Soul 