Copenhagen Pranks: The Yes Men Take on Canada

The Canadian government was stung at the United Nations Climate Change Conference by a sophisticated hoax that made it appear the Canadian delegation had publicly committed to bold emission reduction targets and tens of billions in new aid to help African nations. The stunt by the Yes Men, the Climate Dept Agents, and other climate justice allies was one of the most elaborate media stunts in recent history.

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Occupation Video on Grit TV with Laura Flanders

In California, the state budget crisis has led the legislature to propose a 32 percent increase in tuition for state schools. But students aren’t willing–or in many cases, able–to bear the brunt of the money problems.

Independent journalists Brandon Jourdan and Daniel Martinez were in California and caught this video when the students at UC Berkeley occupied Wheeler Hall, demanding not just lower tuition, but fair treatment for immigrant-owned businesses on campus, and rehiring union workers who had been laid off.

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Occupied Berkeley: The Taking Of Wheeler Hall

Occupied Berkeley: The Taking Of Wheeler Hall (edit) from brandon jourdan on Vimeo.

Inside the Occupation

On November 20th, at approximately five in the morning, students occupied Wheeler Hall at the University of California at Berkeley. Here is my report from the inside:

Yes Men in San Francisco

The Yes Men Vrs the US Chamber of Commerce

Once Again, the Yes Men are in the news. For the first time in their history, they are being sued. The US Chamber of Commerce is extremely sore over last weeks stunt, which prompted a bunch of bad media for them. I read the complaint from this powerful lobbying group this morning and was shocked that they referred to my video as "high quality" and also to me as an "award-winning filmmaker." For a bunch of Earth haters, they really know how to throw on the charm. Here is my video of the stunt and two articles about the lawsuit linked below.



From the NY Times:

U.S. Chamber Sues Activists Over Climate Stunt

By ANNE C. MULKERN of Greenwire


The U.S. Chamber filed a lawsuit yesterday against activists who last week staged a fake news conference announcing that the business trade group had changed its policy on climate legislation.

Link to Full Article


From the Wall Street Journal:

Chamber Says 'No Thanks' to the Yes Men

The pranksters who impersonated U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials in a bogus news conference last week are getting smacked with a federal lawsuit in reply.

Full Article (link to complaint in article (mentions my excellent video work))

Yes Men Series that I'm Producing

Babelgum Yes Men Series

I've finished the first eight of a series of 22 short films on the infamous Yes Men.





The full series is at :www.babelgum.com/yesmen