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The Yes Men Fix The World FULL MOVIE (2009)
1media/Screenshot 2014-07-24 14.16.42.png2014-07-07T15:14:57-07:00Karl Baumann8f815d830edc63efb3e0a280741f8a0e18e65a8f6101Yes Men Fix The World Thoughts and opinions welcomed! Please visit: http://theyesmen.org/ http://yeslab.org/plain2014-07-07T15:14:57-07:00YouTube2012-08-30T01:06:36.000Zvideo295gCWahBxcNonprofitGlobalDemocracy inEffectKarl Baumann8f815d830edc63efb3e0a280741f8a0e18e65a8f
12013-10-30T17:33:47-07:00Flash Mob/Prankster6plain2014-07-07T15:16:29-07:00Since the proliferation of the internet, great debates have been made upon the remaining power of physical space in civic and political engagement. But what the global protests and occupations of 2011 have proven is the remaining central importance of face-to-face community building and the direct intervention into centralized public places. On a smaller scale, flash mobs and public pranksterism provide similar tactics of disrupting the everyday habits and happenings of public spaces. Through large choreographed actions or absurdist costumes, these tactics great a public performance and spectacle that draw a crowd and deliver a message. Nevertheless, the role of documenting and distributing photo and video of these performances are vital to expanding the reach of their message and inspiring similar actions in others.
Within our library, there are a number of flash mobs...
The Yes Men are a quintessential example of modern political pranksterism...