The Yes Men

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ReThink Review: The Yes Men Fix the World -- Speaking Truth by Faking Power

Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bhopal, Rethink Reviews, Union Carbide, Chamber of Commerce, Jonathan Kim, Dow Chemical, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Yes Men, Entertainment News

Armed only with cheap suits, fake websites, a few props and nuts the size of Survivaballs, the Yes Men have become infamous for infiltrating corporate events pretending to be spokesmen for government agencies or some of the world's most powerful companies.

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Chamber of Commerce M.I.A.! Chevron Takes the Heat!

The Yes Men | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Chamber of Commerce, Pollution, Activism, Lobbying, Oil Companies, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Yes Men, Green News

Chevron is a target of citizen protests in California, across the United States and around the world because of Chevron's role in climate destruction, public health abuse, and wars for oil.

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The Yes Men Rule

John Feffer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: B'eau Pal, Bhopal, Dow Chemical, The Yes Men, Entertainment News

It is, like all fine gourmet water, "bottled at source." Even the French name of the water suggests elegance: B'eau Pal. But wait: B'eau Pal? That sounds rather familiar.

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Trick or Treat for Climate Change

Amy Goodman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Amy Goodman, Climate Change, The Yes Men, Copenhagen 2009, cop15, Maldives Underwater Meeting, Politics News

Halloween is coming, and children will be dressing up and chanting "trick or treat," their demand for candy backed up by the threat of a prank. Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are doing the same.

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Mohawk Paper Joins Chamber of Commerce Exodus

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: PG&E Corp, Apple, Nike, Pseg, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Mohawk Paper, Levi Strauss, The Yes Men, Green News

The Chamber has been losing members -- real members out of its actual 300,000 or less total -- at a rate of several each week lately.

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Arlen Specter Chased By The Yes Men In "SurvivaBalls"

The Huffington Post | Eric Sorensen | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Survivaball, Yes Men, Specter 2010, Climate Change, Global Warming, The Yes Men, Senator Arlen Specter, Survivaball-Yes-Men, Green News

The streets surrounding Capitol Hill were home to a strange sight Tuesday morning as a group of people, costumed in round canvas outfits, waddled afte...

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Creative Time Summit: Revolutions in Public Practice

Zefrey Throwell | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Creative Time, Summit, Revolutions in Public Practice, Nypl, Liam Gillick, Okwui Enwezor, Josh MacPhee, Temporary Services, Olivia Robinson, Harrell Fletcher, Suzanne Lacy, Thomas Hirschorn, The Yes Men, Dara Greenwald, New York News

With the New York Public Library, the arts organization Creative Time has put together a zinger of a conference, with the Yes Men, Thomas Hirschorn, Suzanne Lacy, Dara Greenwald and more.

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Yes Men Storm Whole Foods In Manhattan

Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: John Mackey, Slideshow, Whole Foods Protest, Whole Foods, Yes Men Movie, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Yes Men, New York News

After last night's showing of the new Yes Men film, a crowd of moviegoers stormed over to the Whole Foods on Houston Street and staged their own prote...

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Democracy WOW! With The Yes Men

Sara Benincasa | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jacques Servin, Andy Bichlbaum, The Yes Men, Bbc, Activism, Mother Jones, United Nations, Mike Bonanno, Sara Benincasa, Ban Ki-Moon, Dow, The Yes Men Fix the World, Bhopal, Survivaballs, Comedy News

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The Yes Men Fix the World's a Riot. No, Really.

The Yes Men | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Beyond Talk, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Yes Men, Entertainment News

Our new film's story is simple: two guys, armed with nothing but thrift-store suits, infiltrate the world of big business, where we make a lot of bad, powerful people really uncomfortable.

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First ACORN. Citibank, AIG, Goldman Sachs Next?

The Yes Men | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Political Comedy, Economic Justice, Wall Street Bailout, Congress, Acorn, Bailout, Fox News, The Yes Men, The Yes Men Fix the World, Media News

We posed as Dow Chemical representatives at a big banking conference where we said that any number of human deaths is acceptable as long as a project is profitable. The bankers applauded.

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The Yes Men: Interview With Andy Bichlbaum (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Video, Pranks, The Yes Men, The New York Post, Fake New York Times, New York Post Environment, Yes Men New York Post, Media News, Yes Men Fake Newspaper, New York Post Spoof, Fake New York Post, Yes Men Ny Post, Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum, Yes Men Fake New York, New York News

With the help of a cadre of dedicated volunteers, Bichlbaum and his partner in crime, Mike Bonnano -- who form the satirists known as The Yes Men -- produced and distributed a spoofed copy of the New York Post.

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Infotainment Rules: Should Letterman, DeLay and Ferrell Dominate Discourse?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Tom Delay, Carrie Prejean, President Obama, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Will Farrell, Dancing With the Stars, Funny or Die, The Yes Men, David Letterman, Values Voters Summit, Media News

Could Letterman be reaching for some of Jon Stewart's magic? And do stunt documentaries really change anything? Like the Ferrell video, are they only for the converted?

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Fake NY Post Activists Detained By Police

Daily Finance | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Ny Post Parody, Yes Men Detained, Jason Nicholson, Fake Ny Post, New York Post Parody, The Yes Men Detained, Fake New York Post, The Yes Men, Media News

The New York Post does not have a sense of humor about itself, it would seem. Early this morning, some 2,000 activists affiliated with a group called...

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Fake New York Post: The Yes Men's Latest Takes On The Environment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, The Yes Men, The New York Post, Fake New York Times, Fake New York Post, New York Post Environment, Yes Men Fake Newspaper, Yes Men New York Post, New York Post Spoof, Pranks, Media News

Just about ten months after the successful distribution of a lovingly crafted, satirical facsimile of the New York Times, the activist-pranksters know...

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SurvivaBall: New Yes Men Prank Focuses On Global Warming (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Jacques Servin, Igor Vamos, Survivalball, The Yes Men, Survivaball, Survivorball, Yes Men, Survivaball Yes Men, Pranks, Green News

The Yes Men are back and this time they're going green. Nine months ago the group of socially-minded pranksters pulled off an elaborate hoax, distribu...

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The Yes Men Fix The World One Prank at a Time

Liza Weisberg | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bhopal, Andy Bichlbaum, Biofuels, Halliburton, Dow Chemical, Hbo, Mike Bonanno, Exxon Mobil, HBO Documentaries, Free Market, Corporate Greed, The Yes Men, The Yes Men Fix the World, Pranks, Entertainment News

In their new HBO documentary The Yes Men Fix the World, the eponymous pranksters take aim at unapologetic free market profiteers.

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Third Screen: How Now Dow... Chemical?

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Politics, The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum, Kurt Engfehr, Bowling for Columbine, Environment, Michael Moore, Michael Bonanno, Bbc, Exxon Mobil, The Yes Men Fix the World, World Trade Organization, Halliburton, New York Times, Entertainment News

Corporations don't always do what's right. Maybe they can't. Maybe they don't want to. Maybe they want to but the shareholders wouldn't like it. Cue: The Yes Men.

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Why the Yes Men Said "No"

The Yes Men | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Holocaust, Boycott, Gaza, West Bank, Judaism, Naomi Klein, Film, Israel, The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, The Yes Men Fix the World, Entertainment News

We know our decision won't get us too many friends in Israel, even among progressives. But we have to do what seems right to us, and hope the message gets through.

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The Planet Is Saved ... Pass It on

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: International Herald Tribune, Andy Bichlbaum, Civil Disobedience, Copenhagen 2009, Climate Change, YES! Magazine, Climate Crisis, Pranks, The Yes Men, Global Warming, Beyondtalk, Green News

World leaders negotiate an historic climate agreement. ... Temperature rise will be kept below 2 degrees, averting runaway global heating and chaotic ...

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New York Times Prankers On How They Pulled Off Hoax

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fake New York Times, The Yes Men, Satire, New York Times July 4 2009, New York Times, Media News, Parody, New York Times Parody, Video, Politics News

A week ago, the world woke up to a stunningly well-crafted, and good-hearted, prank, as across the nation, fake copies of the New York Times were diss...

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Pranksters Hack the New York Times

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Election Reaction, The New York Times, Yes Men, Single Payer Healthcare, Health Insurance, Pranks, The Yes Men, Media News

The YES Men have done it again -- only this time with a new level of smarts and pizazz.

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The Yes Men Strike Again - Free NYTimes Hoax

wired.com | Bruce Sterling | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Yes Men, Iraq War Hoax, Nytimes Hoax, Hoax, The Yes Men, Iraq War Over, Media News

Sorry, folks, the paper isn't free. And the Iraq war isn't over, at least not yet. In an elaborate hoax, pranksters distributed thousands of free c...

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Fake New York Times Says All Problems Will Be Solved By July 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times Parody, New York Times, Satire, The Yes Men, Parody, Fake New York Times, New York Times July 4 2009, Media News

New York City woke up this morning to find that some committed satirists had delivered unto them a remarkably well-rendered facsimile of the New York ...

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