Hijinks/

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

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 science paper, launched a dissonance pill and a hotline, and hit the streets with an "awareness deprivation chamber" to present a…
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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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TotalEnergies press conference ends in blood
WATCH THE FILM Trickster activists pretending to be from supermajor oil company TotalEnergies unveiled RéHabitat, a “habitat-equivalency” conservation program that would rescue animals from their East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) by relocating…
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Newsmax falls twice for fake "Wolfowitz"
Thanks to some sleight of hand, on Aug. 21 we get Newsmax to tell its viewers that without some stupid 20-year war, even a failed one, Americans have nothing to be proud of, since we lag so far behind on health care, infrastructure, education, elder…
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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.

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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.

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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Fake press releases

These are fake press releases used in our actions.

Note: we always reveal our fakes in short order — and that's what distinguishes these from the bad kind of fakes. For why we did certain actions, and how well we think they succeeded, see our press pages.

Correspondence

These are a few of email exchanges, mostly with our "opponents."

There are a whole lot more where these came from, that we'll be adding as we unearth them.

Real press

Here's some press our projects have gotten, and what the goal was each time in getting it.

We've also guesstimated how successful some projects were in reaching their goals. These are totally just guesses; we have "metrics," sometimes, but those only go so far.