FAT Labs “Google Street View car” tactical media strike explained

We don’t see them as often anymore, the so-called tactical media strikes, where activists manages to get exposure in mainstream media by forging news – as carried out by ao. The Yes Men as well as other cunning activist groups. But last month there was a brilliant strike made by Berlin’s FAT Labs art activists. [...]

Yes Men pawn Chamber of Commerce over climate change legislation

From the Boing Boing blog: The Yes Men strike again. Posing as members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, they held a press conference today to announce that the chamber would abandon its opposition to climate-change legislation now in Congress. Watch the video: And read the press release. I love these guys. UPDATE (Oct 22, [...]

Tactical media strike extraordinaire

I know I’m a little late on blogging on this, but I want to do my part on spreading the word of the amazing New York Times spoof that took place a couple of weeks ago in the US. What a spectacle and what an incredible scale for political activism – one can only admire [...]