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Speakers
JENNIFER ABBOTT
ALAN ABEL
MARK ACHBAR
MITCH ALTMAN
BILL AYERS
BRENT BAKER
BEEHIVE COLLECTIVE
ED BEGLEY JR.
SCOTT BEIBIN
STEVEN BLUSH
BOOTS RILEY of THE COUP
CHESA BOUDIN
BRENDAN BRAZIER
MAJORA CARTER
IAN CHENEY
ROSA CLEMENTE
ROBBIE CONAL
MOLLY CRABAPPLE
SEVERN CULLIS-SUZUKI
TIM DECHRISTOPHER
RICK DOBLIN PH.D.
HARRY/HARRIET DODGE
BERNARDINE DOHRN
JEFF "THE DUDE" DOWD
ERIC DROOKER
RON ENGLISH
JEFF FEUERZEIG
FLY
BRUCE FRIEDRICH
BRETT GAYLOR
SAM GREEN
DR. MICHAEL GREGER MD.
ALEX GREY
NASSIM HARAMEIN
MARK HOSLER
SILAS HOWARD
EUGENE JARECKI
DR. MITCHELL JOACHIM
NWENNA KAI
SCOTT KELLOGG
SCOTT HAMILTON KENNEDY
MAHDIS KESHAVARZ
ELIZABETH KUCINICH
AARON TAYLOR KUFFNER (ZEMI 17)
PETER KUPER
DR. STEVEN KURTZ
STEVE LAMBERT
AVI LEWIS
ANDREW LYNN
M-1 of DEAD PREZ
OMAR MAJEED
RON MANN
KEITH MCHENRY
MONOCHROM
ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ
ALISON MURRAY
INGRID NEWKIRK
ZACH NILES
JEHANE NOUJAIM
TREVOR PAGLEN
CHRIS PAINE
GREG PALAST
LESLIE JAMES PICKERING
TIM POOL
WILL POTTER
ELIZABETH PRESS
PAUL RACHMAN
JON REISS
BOOTS RILEY
FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ
DAVE ROSENSTRAUS
DAVY ROTHBART
RICK ROWLEY
MARK RUDD
JOSHUA KAHN RUSSELL
AMANDA SAGE
CHELSEA SEXTON
DR. VANDANA SHIVA
SHRINE
BILL SIEGEL
TIMOTHY SPEED LEVITCH
DJ SPOOKY (PAUL D. MILLER)
ANNIE SPRINKLE
RICHARD STALLMAN
TRISTAN TAORMINO
THE GUERRILLA GIRLS
THE YES MEN (ANDY BICHLBAUM AND MIKE BONANNO)
SUNAURA TAYLOR
ONDI TIMONER
SETH TOBOCMAN
LANCE WEILER
BANKER WHITE
FRANK WILDERSON
PETER YOUNG
JOHN ZERZAN
PERFORMERS 999 EYES FREAKSHOW
A-ALIKES
DEAD PREZ
DJ JORO-BORO
GAMELATRON: Robotic Gamelan Orchestra
LOST FILM FEST w vj Scott Beibin
MR LIF
SCIENTISTS ARE THE NEW ROCKSTARS
SCREAM CLUB
PRESENTATIONS + WORKSHOPS AMERICAN HARDCORE ROADTRIP
ART IS A WEAPON: with Eric Drooker
CROSSING THE EVENT HORIZON: THE UNIFIED FIELD THEORY OF SCIENTIST NASSIM HARAMEIN with Jamie Janover
GRASSROOTS PR AND PUBLICITY FOR FILM AND BANDS
GUERRILLA AND VIRAL MARKETING FOR MISCHIEF MAKERS
GUERRILLA POSTER ART with Robbie Conal
ILLEGAL PUBLIC ART IN UNDER 5 MINUTES! with Monochrom
INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED AUTONOMY
THE MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL ROAD SHOW
OCCUPY WALL STREET #SOLIDARITYTOUR
PANDEMIC PREVENTION: BIRD FLU AND OTHER EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES with Dr. Michael Greger MD.
PUBLICITY AND PR FOR SOCIAL CAUSES with Mahdis Keshavarz
RUST - RADICAL URBAN SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING with Scott Kellogg
SCIENTISTS ARE THE NEW ROCKSTARS with VJ Scott Beibin
SELF-DISTRIBUTION FOR INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS, MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS
THE BIOFUEL REVOLUTION 101
THE BRICOLEUR EXPERIENCE with Shrine
THE HOW AND WHY OF EFFECTIVE ETHICAL MASS CAMPAIGNS with Scott Beibin
THE LATEST IN HUMAN NUTRITION with Dr. Michael Greger MD
THE SECRET BASES: EXPLORING THE PENTAGON'S "BLACK WORLD" with Trevor Paglen
TRACKING THE CIA'S TORTURE PLANES with Trevor Paglen
USING YOUR WITS TO WIN with Alan Abel
FILMS (public screenings) ABEL RAISES CAIN
BEYOND THE WALLS: THE BATTLE FOR IRAQ'S FUTURE
B.I.K.E.
BOMB IT
BRAD: ONE MORE NIGHT AT THE BARRICADES
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
CONTROL ROOM
DESERTER
GRASS
HORNS AND HALOS
HOT AND BOTHERED: FEMINIST PORNOGRAPHY
MOUTH TO MOUTH
POPAGANDA: THE ART AND CRIMES OF RON ENGLISH
RIP! A REMIX MANIFESTO
SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS
STILL WE RIDE
TAQWACORE: THE BIRTH OF PUNK ISLAM
THE CORPORATION
THE FOURTH WORLD WAR
THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE
THE JENA 6
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
TRAIN ON THE BRAIN
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? '
The Evil Twin Booking Agency organizes club, campus, and festival tours for today's most mind expanding speakers and performers. Our issue and action oriented events are super entertaining, educational and fun for troublemakers of all ages. We can show you how easy and rewarding it is to set up consciousness raising events at your school or in your town focusing on social and economic justice, media, environmentalism, outsider art and the metaphysical. The Evil Twin Booking Agency is all about creating personal connections between passionate minds.
February 2, 2012
We are proud to announce that Vermin Supreme is available for booking at events through Evil Twin Booking. He's quite possibly the best presidential candidate of all time! Yay!
CLICK HERE TO BOOK VERMIN SUPREME
- Scott + Liz + Tess http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFXXAuDK1Ao&feature=player_embedded November 17 2011
Evil Twin Booking is organizing the Occupy Wall Street #SolidarityTour with Justin Wedes from OWS indie media team and NYC General Assembly. The #SolidarityTour was born out of the need for inter-occupation communication and training. It's a great way to learn how to start an occupation in one week, in a park, from scratch, and build a needs-based media center that will broadcast the movement into a million different neighborhoods every night. This workshop is awesome for people who like to make things happen.
If you'd like to bring the Occupy Wall Street #SolidarityTour to your campus, please send us a request and the dates when you would like to host. email us: info [at] eviltwinbooking [dot] com The OWS International Day of Action is today, November 17th.
If you are in NYC, after occupying the Stock Exchange, the subways and the square, come discuss the issues and see former Weather Underground member Mark Rudd, live, in "GRAMPA WAS A TERRORIST," at NYU's Steinhardt Auditorium, 34 Stuyvesant Street, Room 105, at 7:30pm.
Mark Rudd led the legendary 1968 occupation of five buildings at Columbia University, a dramatic act of protest against the university's support for the Vietnam War. As charismatic chairman of the Columbia chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, the largest radical student organization in the United States, Rudd became a national symbol of student revolt. He went on to co-found the Weathermen faction of SDS, which helped organize the notorious Days of Rage in Chicago in 1969 before going underground. Mark will speak about the intended and unintended humor of '60s activism. Mark's talk is part of the "Revolutionaries Live! " lecture series organized by the Yes Men and the Yes Lab which examines how revolutions and moments of social change happen by speaking with those in the thick of it. ENJOY!
And thanks so much.
xoxo Lizzie
October 4 2011 Evil Twin Booking's own Scott Beibin collaborated with Janel Sterbentz on the following documentary video focusing on consensus decision making and the NYC General Assembly (www.nycga.cc) at #OccupyWallStreet. Thanks to Adbusters were kind enough to post it on their site :-) Enjoy! -Liz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFygPMwbIM&feature=player_embedded
April 15 2011
THE YES MEN + US Uncut: General Electric to return billions to public - NOT The punch line: General Electric's stock shed $3.5 billion, after the AP and several other reputable news organizations picked up and ran with the bogus story. Media response has been good.
The GE hoax was developed in a Yes Lab, an awesomely empowering series of workshops, brainstorms and trainings that help people and organizations carry out Yes Men-style actions on their own. To book a Yes Lab with your campus or organization,
contact us .
The timing is perfect. GE recently came under scrutiny when the New York Times reported that GE - a company that posted more than $14.2 billion in profit —paid no taxes in 2010 and received a $3.2 billion tax credit.
Thanks so much!!!
xo Lizzie + Scott + Meredith
Wednesday February 23 2011:
DO YOU WANT TO BE ONE OF THE YES MEN?? The Yes Lab is a series of workshops, brainstorms and trainings that help progressive groups carry out Yes Men-style actions on their own.
The Yes Men have been doing their thing for about 12 years. Many of the best projects have been in collaboration with activist groups—the
BBC announcement on behalf of Dow Chemical came out of a collaboration with Greenpeace, for example. We collaborated with a coalition of groups to
release a much-improved end of the war edition of The New York Times . Also in collaboration with activists, we headed to the nations capitol and
re-branded the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , and preempted Chevron's enormous new “We Agree” ad campaign
with a satirical version of our own .
In part because of these successes, we've realized it's high time for us to get systematic about helping activist groups highlight life-or-death issues—with or without the Yes Men's participation. That's what the Yes Lab is all about.
The Yes Lab might be right up your alley if you want to learn about:
- Using humor to open minds, share ideas, and change the world
- Organizing an effective mass action with two hundred or so volunteers, minus a ginormous budget
- Fooling mainstream press outlets using satirical releases and websites cobbled together with string, thumbtacks and chewing gum.
- Various other tricks and techniques listed at challenge.theyesmen.org So far we've performed several Yes Labs. We've already seen some early successes - with more soon to come!
If you think you'd like to get involved, please tell us a little bit about yourself and what you hope to learn from a Yes Lab.
email us:
info [at] eviltwinbooking [dot] com Thanks so much!!!
xo Liz + Scott + Meredith
Friday February 11 2011:
REVENGE (OF THE ELECTRIC CAR) IS NEAR:
In Revenge of the Electric Car, director
Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to find the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. With almost every major car maker now jumping to produce new electric models, Revenge follows the race to be the first, the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world.
And we need your help to get the word out!
For more information on how to book Chris Paine and Chelsea Sexton for a live speaking appearance, go here:
Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever.
The filmmakers are incredibly proud of how the film has turned out and we know it's going to entertain and educate countless viewers. But how do we kick some oil industry tushy and get the film to you? That's what comes next...
Take a peek at the trailer, and please spread the word and request a screening in your town if you like what you see.
http://www.revengeoftheelectriccar.com/
ENJOY!!!
And thanks so much.
Lizzie
Friday November 19 2010:
Evil Twin Booking Agency speaker
DR. VANDANA SHIVA is honored as one of the top seven feminists in the world
by Vagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler [personal note: huge fan crush!] in Forbes Magazine.
or, email us
info [at] eviltwinbooking [dot] com
Ensler chose Dr Shiva for “breaking the silence, speaking truth to power, exposing atrocities and reminding us that women’s rights are inherently connected to the future of our world.”
The full story is here:
Thanks so much!
Excitedly,
Lizzie Cole
Wednesday, November 17 2010:
DO YOU WANT TO HELP THE YES MEN WRECK CHEVRON??
Evil Twin Booking Agency speakers
The Yes Men , along with Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch, pre-empted Chevron's new “We Agree” ad campaign with a satirical version of their own. The Yes Men's version highlights the very same social abuses Chevron perpetuates.
For more information on how to bring The Yes Men to your campus or community for a live speaking appearance or workshop, go here:
Friday, July 30 2010:
THE YES MEN NEED YOUR HELP!
Last week Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno released a unique peer-to-peer special edition of
The Yes Men Fix The World with exclusive video of The Yes Men impersonating the United States Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on how to bring The Yes Men to your campus or community for a live speaking appearance or workshop, go here:
Download the special edition of The Yes Men Fix The World here, and please spread the word if you like what you see: http://vodo.net/yesmen Because the Yes Men are being sued by the Chamber of Commerce, releasing the film as a free download and reaching out to the p2p community is the only way that this edition of the film will get seen by a lot of people.
ENJOY!
And thanks so much. xoxo Lizzie
Friday, July 2 2010:
DR. MITCHELL JOACHIM'S TED TALK: Don't Build Your Home, Grow It! Mitchell Joachim grows organic houses, designs soft cars and movable cities. His ideas might seem futuristic, far fetched and Cylon-esque if some of them weren't already in use. He presents his vision for sustainable, organic architecture: growing living homes by grafting trees together around scaffolds, and (animal-free) "meat" houses. Mitchell Joachim is available for lectures and live presentations through Evil Twin Booking Agency. His talks are perfect for people wanting to learn about urban environmental issues and a visionary approach to science and architecture. Contact Lizzie and Scott at our office (+1.215.473.0308) or email us, info [at] eviltwinbooking [dot] com , to bring Dr Mitchell Joachim to your campus or town. . Also check out TerreFarm, Terreform's annual gathering of students, architects and scientists who develop new urban farming techniques. For several weeks this summer, TerreFarm will convert a Brooklyn rooftop into a testbed for modular growing methods, maximizing sunlight, and ultra-lightweight soil mixes for rooftop gardens: http://www.terreform.org/farm.html
ENJOY!!!
Lizzie
Wednesday, May 19 2010:
EVIL TWIN BOOKING AGENCY 2010 INTERNSHIPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE The Evil Twin Booking Agency is currently taking applications for 2010 internships (starting now) in Philadelphia. We're seeking people who would like to have fun while helping us with outreach, production, and building out our sparkly new website launching this summer.
This is great for people with eclectic interests who like to make things happen. It's awesome for folks interested in the arts, collaborative cultural production, socially responsible business, science, metaphysics, healing, and of course s ocial & environmental issues. We're looking for folks with all levels of experience and interest in these fields:
- Campus and grassroots organizing - Event production - Publicity + promotion (w eb marketing and social networking)
- Copy editing + content development
- Journalism - Socially responsible business development (with an interest in B-Corporations) - Content management systems (Drupal + Wordpress) - Database management - Video / film production and editing
- Radio production - Graphic Production - Animation
- Data entry
If you'd like to participate, please send us a resume and the dates when you will be available. Also, tell us a little bit about yourself, what you'd like to contribute, and what you hope to learn from an internship with us . Make sure to include "2010 ETBA Internships" in the subject field.
contact us on Facebook:. or, email us:
info [at] eviltwinbooking [dot] com Let us know if you're coming from out of town. We might be able to help you find accommodations. GOOD LUCK!! & thanks so much.
xo Scott + Liz
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Wednesday, May 12 2010:
DO YOU WANT TO BE ONE OF THE YES MEN??
The Yes Lab is a series of brainstorms and trainings to help progressive groups carry out Yes-Men-style projects on their own.
The Yes Men have been doing their thing for about 12 years. Many of their best projects have been in collaboration with activist groups—the BBC announcement on behalf of Dow Chemical came out of a collaboration with Greenpeace, for example. In fall of 2009, they collaborated with a coalition of groups to release a much-improved "climate edition" of Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, and to launch an assault on the U.N. by sea ("Balls Across America"). Also in collaboration with activists, they visited Washington DC to re-brand the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, then headed to Copenhagen to successfully embarrass Canada about its terrible climate policies. In part because of these successes, they've realized it's was high time to get systematic about helping activist groups highlight life-or-death issues—with or without the Yes Men's participation. That's what the Yes Lab is all about.
Please visit www.theyesmen.org/lab for more info.
enjoy!!
Scotty
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Thursday, April 1 2010:
To cap off April Fool's day, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are featured in Readers Digest -- really. And no, they aren't impersonating Angela Lansbury. Andy and Mike finally arrive - at the geriatric ward.
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD DVD comes out today (April 1!). You can organize your own screening and use it as a fundraising tool. Whatever you do, it will help the Yes Men with their upcoming shenanigans and new projects, including the launch of the "Yes Lab," an institute to spread their techniques. GET IT HERE! http://www.theconnextion.com/yesmen/yesmen_index.cfm
Today The Raw Story features exclusive video of The Yes Men, Mordechai Tuchasman and Ursula Goldshiksa helping Mike and Andy to spread the word about the fake NYTimes by slipping a tiny exaggeration to the mainstream press. 1.2 million is a big number? Isn't it?? http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0331/exclusive-yes-men-nyt-spoof enjoy!!
Scotty
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Thursday, March 18 2010:
Bill Ayers + Wayne Kramer @ Music+Revolution panel 3/18 12:30pm hosted by @ http://ow.ly/1nD9o
- The Yes Men Fix The World comes out April 1st on DVD http://www.theconnextion.com/yesmen/yesmen_index.cfm ---------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, December 10 2009 :
ETB Agency at the COP15
We're in Copenhagen for the climate conference with The Yes Men , Vandana Shiva , Chris Paine and DJ Filistine . Take a peek at the schedule of fun stuff happening around Copenhagen. More to be announced soon. Yay! Tuesday 15 Dec: 8:00 pm Chris Paine screening Who Killed the Electric Car? UN Environmental Chief presenting, @ Danish Film Institute 7:45 pm The Yes Men open for Gogol Bordello @ Hopenhagen, by the globe Monday 14 Dec: 7:00 pm The Yes Men host the launch of *HQ with Avaaz.org Climate Action Factory, Thierry Geoffroy and Ms Actionaid @ Gallery Poulsen, Frederiksholms Kanal 4, st th 1220 Copenhagen K 7:30 pm Reclaim Power Party Naomi Klein & Michael Hardt talk, 9:30 Filastine live, @ Fredens Eng, Christiania, Copenhagen Sunday 13 Dec: 10:00 am Vandana Shiva presents The Third Pole, new film about the Himalayas and climate change @ Klimaforum Green Hall 1:00 pm Vandana Shiva and Caroline Lockhart on the panel on the Manifesto on climate change and food security @ Klimaforum Orange Hall Saturday 12 Dec: 10:00 am Vandana Shiva speaks on Organic Solutions w/ Shumei International @ Klimaforum Green Hall 12 noon Vandana Shiva speaks at Climate Bottom meeting @ Christiana, Meadow of Peace 1:00 pm Vandana Shiva speaking at the big march in Christianborg, Parliament Square 1:15 pm Vandana Shiva speaking at Talk at Meat panel: Holland Climate House, Bella Center Friday 11 Dec: 9:00 pm: The Yes Men and Survivaballs on the Stubnitz 11:15 pm The Yes Men Fix The World screening at the Grand Theater
Tuesday, November 24th 2009
We have some very exciting news. The long wait is over and we should finally be launching our new website sometime in the beginning of next year. it'll be a fantastic tool for folks who organize events through Evil Twin Booking, so Please keep checking back. Also, We've just added some fantastic new speakers, performers, and films to our roster, so take a second to examine further.
delighted!
Scotty Beibin
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Monday, October 19, 2009, 4 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WILL THE REAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEASE STAND UP? Business as usual; Chamber is its own parody
Contacts: people@theyesmen.org, info@beyondtalk.net, 202-596-2357 Complete comments: chamber-of-commerce.us News reports: Fox Business Network, CNBC, Washington Post Video and other updates: Please visit theyesmen.org/chamber TOMORROW: SurvivaBall rally, 10:30am, on the Capitol lawn, northeast corner, across from the Dirksen Senate Office Building WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a dramatic announcement at the National Press Club today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reversed its position on climate change policy, and promised to immediately cease lobbying against the Kerry-Boxer bill. Not. Within minutes of the Chamber's dramatic announcement, it was revealed that the "Chamber spokesperson" was an impostor, and the press conference an elaborate hoax designed by activists to draw attention to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "troglodytic" fight against climate change legislation. At the close of the news conference, a visibly rattled Chamber of Commerce spokesperson (Eric Wohlschlegel) barged into the room and declared the event a fraud. (Video here.) The stunt was pulled off by the Yes Men, the activists best known for posing as corporate executives in order to reveal how corporate greed negatively influences public policy. Recently, the Yes Men have focused their attention on the urgent need for action on climate change. Today they sought to highlight relentless corporate lobbying of elected officials aimed at derailing domestic climate legislation and a much-needed global climate accord. The group of reporters at the Press Club listened closely as U.S. Chamber "representative" "Hingo Sembra" (Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men) asserted that the Chamber would put its full weight behind supporting the Kerry-Boxer bill, while working with Senators Kerry and Boxer to strengthen the bill. "We believe that climate legislation currently being considered by the U.S. Senate is a great start towards a bill that will spur American innovation, create jobs, and give us all a good chance of survival," he said. To the visible delight of reporters in the audience, he added, "We at the Chamber have tried to keep climate science from interfering with business. But without a stable climate, there will be no business." The Chamber has recently come under fire for launching multi-million dollar advertising campaigns designed to derail climate negotiations. Their position has been so controversial that Apple, Exelon, PNM Resources, PG&E, PSEG, Levi Strauss & Co, and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce have all left the U.S. Chamber, and Nike very publicly stepped down from the board. "The Chamber's position against climate legislation is completely troglodytic," said Bichlbaum. "The rest of the world sees the need for urgent action on the climate. The rest of the world's rich countries have pledged large emissions reductions. With scientists saying if we don't reduce carbon emissions, then sooner or later we're doomed, the Chamber represents corporate America at its most backwards." "An entity claiming to represent the public good, but that opposes action on the climate, is obviously illegitimate," Bichlbaum added. News outlets were quick to jump on the story, including a Reuters story which was reprinted in the New York Times and elsewhere. The Chamber's "about-face" was also reported on Fox Business Network and CNBC before the anchors were forced to retract in mid-sentence. At the end of Sembra's remarks, Eric Wohlschlegel confronted Bichlbaum. In the stand-off, both accused the other of being a fraud. The standoff ended with Wohlschlegel dispensing his business card to reporters in the room, and attempting to field a number of pointed questions about the Chamber's real stance on climate legislation currently in Congress, which the real Chamber opposes. (Video here.) "Mr. Wohlschlegel was feeling defensive," added Bichlbaum. "He should, what with the Chamber's ridiculous stance in the face of all science." International climate talks are currently stalled, largely because the U.S. negotiators won't make any promises that Congress can't keep. Breaking the gridlock in negotiations will require the passage of ambitious U.S. legislation within the next 2 months. An official response from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce read: "These irresponsible tactics are a foolish distraction from the serious effort by our nation to reduce greenhouse gases." "The only irresponsibility and distraction here is the Chamber's doublespeak," said Bichlbaum. "They're pretending to support the idea of legislation while opposing actual proposed legislation." The Yes Men collaborated on