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	<description>NYC radical marching band... soundtrack to the revolution since 2004</description>
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		<title>Big Fundraising Push: Help us get to the US Social Forum!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/big-fundraising-push-help-us-get-to-the-us-social-forum</link>
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		<title>RMO at Clearwater Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Croton-on-Hudson, NY  &#8211;  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&#8217;s Great Hudson River Revival. It&#8217;s the first tour stop on our way to Detroit for the 2010 US Social [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/rmo-at-clearwaters-great-hudson-river-revival</link>
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		<title>April 24th! Another World is Possible: A Social Forum Social</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, April 24th the RMO is throwing another one of our
notoriously, ridiculously fun parties (at the Brooklyn Lyceum) to raise funds to bring the band
(and our allies) to the US Social Forum in Detroit, MI. ]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/another-world-is-possible-a-social-forum-social</link>
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		<title>Second Helpings Brooklyn Food Conference &#8211; May 2</title>
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Second Helpings, originally uploaded by Goodlifer.


On Saturday, May 2nd, RMO brought sparkle and music to the Brooklyn Food Conference. The conference brought together food justice activists, farmers, students, policy makers and, well, anyone who eats food, really, to connect and to learn how to bring more good clean &#038; healthy food into our neighborhoods. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/second-helpings-brooklyn-food-conference-may-2</link>
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		<title>Go Green Lower East Side &#8211; April 25</title>
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, originally uploaded by threadseven.


The Rude Mechanical Orchestra joined Time&#8217;s Up! and the Go Green Lower Least Side Coalition to bring one of the malls on Allen Street to life the Saturday after Earth Day! The Department of Transportation has a bike lane redesign in the works for Allen Street and we&#8217;re excited by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/go-green-lower-east-side-april-25</link>
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		<title>War Resisters League &#8211; April 15</title>
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Rude Mechanical Orchestra, originally uploaded by emptysquare.


&#8220;They&#8217;re our brothers, they&#8217;re our sisters, we support the war resisters!&#8221; For the second year in a row, the RMO joined the War Resisters League in demonstrating on tax day, April 15. Marching from the IRS building on 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan to the General Post Office on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/war-resisters-league-april-15</link>
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		<title>St. Pat&#8217;s For All Parade &#8211; March 1, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 1st, 2009, RMO joined the celebration of diversity and the call of the bagpipes for the 10th annual St. Pat&#8217;s For All Parade and Fair in Sunnyside/Woodside. Despite overcast skies, the band&#8217;s energy and spirit helped get the crowds moving. We marched with community groups, unions, pipers, dancers and puppeteers, religious communities, youth [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/st-pats-for-all-parade-march-1-2009</link>
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		<title>IWW Anti-Starbucks Rally on MLK Day</title>
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MLK 2009 10, originally uploaded by wobblycity.


On a bristly January 19, the RMO performed at an outdoor rally with unionized Starbucks workers.  In what is quickly becoming an annual tradition, the Starbucks Workers Union is demanding that Starbucks compensate their employees at the time-and-a-half rate on MLK Day.  
Unlike the government and many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/iww-anti-starbucks-rally-on-mlk-day</link>
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		<title>Make the Road NY Member Rally &#8211; March 14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 14th in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Make the Road NY brought together over 500 of their members for their membership assembly. The RMO was on hand to lend some music to the pre-rally march from the MRNY offices to the Bushwick High School where the rally was held. At the start of the rally the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/make-the-road-ny-member-raly-march-14</link>
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		<title>Lower East Shushan: A Purim of Vacant Lots</title>
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Purim Party 2009 039, originally uploaded by Workmen&#8217;s Circle / Arbeter Ring.


On March 14, 2009, thirty-some Rudies took part for a third consecutive year in the Purim Extravaganza thrown by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (jfrej.org) and the Workmen&#8217;s Circle/arbeter-ring (circle.org).  This year the focus was on housing and displacement, and on the Seward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rmo.mayfirst.org/lower-east-shushan-a-purim-of-vacant-lots</link>
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