All hijinks... ever
These are projects carried out over the years by the Yes Men and their student and organizational partners.
For a timeline of when and why they occurred, see our timeline (coming soon). For why we did certain actions, and how well we think they succeeded, see our press pages. For the full, gory stories behind actions, take a peek behind the curtain.
Greenwashing emoji disOBEYs decorum, exposes dirty tricks
Posing as Unicode—the consortium that releases new emojis—we launched a greenwashing emoji designed (for real!) by Shepard Fairey, calling out the greenwashing champions behind liquified natural gas (LNG, i.e. climate-heating dirty methane).
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Related buys the art (world)
In 2023, the Yes Men heard of a truly horrific (and real!) conspiracy that few seemed to know about: a real estate developer called Related — in cahoots with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the mayor of NYC, and several elected…
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Vanguard's climate anxiety toolkit boosts anxiety
Posing as the number-one fossil fuel investor, we infiltrated a Wall St conference, got on live TV, published a fake scientific paper, launched a dissonance pill and a hotline, and hit the streets with an "awareness deprivation chamber" to present…
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AI meltdown exposes Toyota greenwashing
At the National Press Club in Washington, DC, "Toyota executives" presented Electra, an AI "eco-copilot" designed to greenwash the automaker's pro-fossil fuel lobbying and carbon-transition laggardry. But when Electra is released into the world, she…
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adidas unveils a workers' paradise
From the stage of the "largest tech conference in the world," an "adidas executive" announced to a standing-room-only crowd that adidas was launching a virtual world for the underpaid garment workers in their many overseas factories, so they can…
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Barbie goes mycelial
On the heels of the release of the blockbuster Barbie movie, actor and "Mattel spokesperson" Daryl Hannah made a stunning announcement: the toy company would stop using plastic and instead planned to make all future Barbie dolls from biodegradable…
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Adidas humiliated over worker abuse in home country
At the hottest Berlin Fashion Week event yet, "adidas" made history by introducing their new Co-CEO: a Cambodian garment worker. Vay Ya Nak Phoan gave an impassioned speech about the deplorable conditions in their supply chain, and pledged that the…
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Climate chaos carnival alarms, amuses
Vanguard, the biggest retirement fund company in the US and second-biggest asset manager in the world, is sinking our ship with $300 billion invested in fossil fuels. We decided to breach right in their backyard with a playful de-branding booth…
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Oil company helps community get ready for their next disaster
On the anniversary of their refinery's 2018 explosion, Husky Energy (supposedly) launched a campaign to calm community fears about its recurrence, as they set about (actually) building a new refinery with the same toxic chemicals.
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Starbucks "apologizes" for dietary racism - then actually does what we simulated
A fake Starbucks announced — and then clumsily denied — that they were eliminating their upcharge on plant-based milks because of dietary racism. Several media outlets reprinted both the announcement and the denial — and then many more had a good…
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Flight couture for the climate?
Our partners at GCOP "revealed" that we had created a "fake" company for outfitting private jets. The COP26 believed them — and kicked the (real) company out of their flagship "net zero" program. Yasava is real, but the "net zero" racket is fake.
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Vanguardians of the Galaxy fight supervillain investors
A superhero-costumed street team presented a “green finance” program on behalf of investment behemoth Vanguard, admitting that their great power brings great environmental responsibility, and promising they would shift course to ensure their…
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Fake websites
Because a so-called fake website started the Yes Men, we've made dozens more over the years.
These websites represent our opponents more transparently than they ever present themselves — making these true websites, not fake! Also, whereas sinister people use trickery to get outcomes, we reveal hoaxes to mobilize.
Talks
These are the presentations we've made at corporate conferences over the years.
For maximum effect, wear ill-fitting shoes and slouch in a folding chair as you click through them.
See also photos and media for complete photos and a visual telling of the event.
Associated Hijinks: Related buys the art (world)
This talk was delivered November 15, 2023 by "Aristide Feldholt" at the Web Summit 2023, "the largest tech conference in the world," in Lisbon.
Associated Hijinks: adidas unveils a workers' paradise
Presented to journalists at the Shangri-La Hotel, Paris, on September 13, 2021.
Associated Hijinks: TotalEnergies press conference ends in blood
it was all so reasonable that nobody noticed it wasn't real.
Associated Hijinks: DNC Takeback
This presentation was delivered at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA, on June 22, 2106, to an audience of journalists and members of the public.
Associated Hijinks: NRA Shares the Safety
Our entire panoply of defensive and security solutions to terrorism has collapsed, worthless! There is simply no imaginable answer to the terrorist threat within the paradigms of defense and security.
Associated Hijinks: A Total Terrorism Solution For Europe
This speech was presented on May 19, 2014 at Reed College in Portland, OR by Igor Vamos aka Mike Bonanno.
Associated Hijinks: Reed Divests
This was a victory, but we're sad, we're suffering from lawsuit withdrawal. This was the first and only time in 17 years of Yes Mennery that anyone has been muttonheaded enough to sue us.
Associated Hijinks: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Goes Green
Runaway climate change would mean mass migrations, famines, and death on a scale never witnessed before. Needless to say, that would be bad for business.
Associated Hijinks: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Goes Green
The British used mummies as fuel, a crime still keenly felt by Egyptologists. But the Vivoleum feedstock is UNprecious, and responds to the needs of a shrinking market with greater supply: the dance of capital appears in full flower.
Associated Hijinks: Exxon's climate-victim candles
So far what we've got: Good for business, bad for people. We now need a fourth phase: good for business—good for people. And the path to this, as any economist worth his salt will tell you, can be summed up in one word: stewardship.
Associated Hijinks: The WTO's "stewardry" solution for Africa
I am pleased to announce that Exxon and Shell have agreed to finance wetlands rebuilding from part of their 60 billion dollars in profits this year. As Exxon writes: "We are earmarking 8.6 billion dollars from revenues our company has made in this…
Associated Hijinks: New Orleans rebuilds with a heart
Videos
These are videos that reveal actions, are used within actions, or come out of actions.
For standalone shorts, see our movies page.
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Behind the curtain
These are the secret stories of actions that Yes Men have been a part of—in all their complexity, and not as a movie or press release represented them.
For why we did certain actions, and how well we think they succeeded, see our press pages. And be sure to check out the lessons we learned from these and other adventures; some might even be useful!
Photos
These are photos from various actions, usually in high-res.
Some of these aren't really photos but images of printed things used in our actions — brochures, mostly.
