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5 Protests That Shook the World (With Laughter)

The Yes Men, YES! Magazine. July 21, 2011.

Great moments in "laughtivism" from Yes Men Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, the guys who duped the BBC, embarrassed Dow Chemical, and mocked Halliburton.

The Yes Men: Pranksters Out to Fix the World

Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 27, 2009.

The Yes Men pose as spokespeople for major companies or bodies like the World Trade Organization, and give presentations that highlight the logic of corporate greed.

The Chamber of Commerce Gets Punk'd

Kate Sheppard, MotherJones.com. October 19, 2009.

D.C. reporters got a press release on Monday claming that the Chamber would be "throwing its weight behind strong climate legislation." It was a hoax.

Fake NY Post Tells Real Story on Climate Change

Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. September 21, 2009.

With a giant headline proclaiming "We're Screwed," the fake tabloid was devoted entirely to environmental issues.

Yes Men Hoax: "Special Edition" of NY Post Warns of Climate Change Threat

Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. September 21, 2009.

The most alarming thing about the spoofy newspaper was that the news within it came from a spooky — but official — NYC report.

Yes Men Say No to Jerusalem Film Festival

Staff, AlterNet. July 4, 2009.

The famous political pranksters withdraw latest flick in support of divestment movement.

Google Blacklists Faux Bank of America Site, the Work of the Yes Men\'s Yes Lab

Angela Lee, December 31, 1969.