Big Fundraising Push: Help us get to the US Social Forum!
Dear Family, Friends and Comrades of the the Rude Mechanical Orchestra!
In the last year the RMO has played over 50 events, supporting dozens of organizations fighting for justice in New York City and beyond! Now we are ready to take our show back on the road to attend the US Social Forum (USSF) this June in Detroit, Michigan. The 2010 USSF will be a gathering of 20,000 activists and organizers from across the United States converging in Detroit to build power and strategize within and across issues and movements under the banner of “Another world is possible; Another US is necessary”.
RMO is extremely excited to be going as a band and we believe that our participation in this event will allow us to learn, connect and organize our creative force in a way that will better support the movement. We will also be conducting a USSF workshop in collaboration with other radical street bands from North Carolina and California. To make this happen, we need your help.
RMO is fundraising for the cost of our travel, food and lodging for the USSF. We are a big group and we are also committed to bringing some of our NYC allies with us. We have raised the majority of our needed funds (thank you if you came to our Social Forum fundraiser!) and are now in the final push. We are hoping to raise about $4,000 to get our big green and black sparkly band and our NYC allies to Detroit and back in our veggie oil bus.
Please consider donating to this worthy cause. While this will not be tax deductible, it will be put to good use and will certainly be more interesting than your contribution to Greenpeace. Click DONATE (under the trombone to the right) to use PayPal and get the RMO to the USSF!
Thank you thank you thank you!
Love, Sequins & Solidarity,
The RMO.
“We Shall Overcome” in Harvard Square at Honk Festival 2009:
Le Tigre’s ‘Deceptacon’ (There are also ‘family friendly’ versions of the chant)[Scroll down to: "LOVE/WAR/SEX: Rude Mechanical Orchestra" and click for video.]
We’re Not going to Take It! Minneapolis, 2008 (RNC trip):
In the community – NYC Lower East Roving Garden Party (2007)
RMO at Clearwater Festival
Croton-on-Hudson, NY – Sat Jun 19, 2010
RMO carries on very much in the tradition of Pete and Woody, and this June, we get to connect with those roots at our first appearance at Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival. It’s the first tour stop on our way to Detroit for the 2010 US Social Forum.
The annual festival, inspired by Pete Seeger’s desire to clean up the Hudson over forty years ago, brings people together to honor the river through songs, education and action. It’s a fundraiser for Clearwater’s work toward environmental and social justice – as well as keeping the Sloop Clearwater afloat!
RMO has a concert/workshop at 2:30pm at the Sloop Stage, and at 5:20pm will start a roving set by the World Dance Stage.
