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Waxploitation Launching Sudan Charity Auction to Aid Victims of Genocide
http://www.eBay.com/the_wax_trust
(July 6, 2005, Los Angeles, CA) - Waxploitation Records announced today it will launch its second online auction to assist victims of the 'ethnic cleansing' taking place in the African country of Sudan, a dire situation that the UN has called one of the worst humanitarian crises the world faces right now.
In May, the New York Times estimated that up to 400,000 people have been murdered and more than 2 million people have been displaced from their homes by Sudanese government backed militias called the Janjaweed. The genocide is a massive campiagn to rid the Dafur region of its African population. The BBC reports that "human rights groups say there has been a systematic campaign of rape, intended to humiliate and punish non-Arab groups...they have killed, raped, maimed, looted and burned down tens of thousands of village homes, displacing hundreds of thousands of people."
The auction will launch on eBay on July 12th and will include over 100 rare and signed items donated by Angelina Jolie, OutKast, Eminem, Radiohead, BAM Margera, Bjork, Kanye West, Serena Williams, Trent Reznor (NIN), Beastie Boys, System of a Down, Shepherd Ferry, Nelly, REM, Phish, Ciara, Atmosphere, (Grateful) Dead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Banner, Chad Muska, Sum41, Sage Francis, Will Oldham, Foo Fighters, Dropkick Murphys, Nappy Roots, Paulina Rubio, Rob Zombie, They Might Be Giants, John Legend, Prince and Metallica amongst many others.
Check out the URL below and please pass this on...
http://www.ebay.com/the_wax_trust and www.waxploitation.com
http://www.eBay.com/the_wax_trust
(July 6, 2005, Los Angeles, CA) - Waxploitation Records announced today it will launch its second online auction to assist victims of the 'ethnic cleansing' taking place in the African country of Sudan, a dire situation that the UN has called one of the worst humanitarian crises the world faces right now.
In May, the New York Times estimated that up to 400,000 people have been murdered and more than 2 million people have been displaced from their homes by Sudanese government backed militias called the Janjaweed. The genocide is a massive campiagn to rid the Dafur region of its African population. The BBC reports that "human rights groups say there has been a systematic campaign of rape, intended to humiliate and punish non-Arab groups...they have killed, raped, maimed, looted and burned down tens of thousands of village homes, displacing hundreds of thousands of people."
The auction will launch on eBay on July 12th and will include over 100 rare and signed items donated by Angelina Jolie, OutKast, Eminem, Radiohead, BAM Margera, Bjork, Kanye West, Serena Williams, Trent Reznor (NIN), Beastie Boys, System of a Down, Shepherd Ferry, Nelly, REM, Phish, Ciara, Atmosphere, (Grateful) Dead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Banner, Chad Muska, Sum41, Sage Francis, Will Oldham, Foo Fighters, Dropkick Murphys, Nappy Roots, Paulina Rubio, Rob Zombie, They Might Be Giants, John Legend, Prince and Metallica amongst many others.
Check out the URL below and please pass this on...
http://www.ebay.com/the_wax_trust and www.waxploitation.com
posted by JT LeRoy at 6:52 PM
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