On 04/18/2012 11:36 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > Absolutely fascinating film, distributed free on YouTube > (for now) and on the torrentnet (which the U.S. Chamber Of > Commerce cannot intimidate), about the antics of a group > of social activists who decided to take a new approach to > social change. > > In their first effort, they put out a fake press release, > purporting to come from the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce (a > for-profit corporation deeply in the pocket of its corporate > sponsors), saying that they were reversing their position on > Climate Change. Then they actually *held* the press conference, > at which a real U.S. Chamber Of Commerce dweeb showed up and > embarrassed the corp even further (this bit is in the first > of eleven segments at the link below). Shortly after which > the USCoC decided to sue the Yes Men (perpetrators of this > activist prank). And yet, two weeks later, the USCoC > reversed its policy on Climate Change. > > The bottom line is that the Yes Men won. The U.S. Chamber > Of Commerce changed its position on Climate Change. > > A prank forced America's largest business lobby to reverse > its position on Climate Change. > > That same organization (the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce) has > demanded that every copy of this video be impounded and > destroyed. So please pass it around. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXrv9fYGPys
I used to know Jacques Servin (aka Andy Bichlbaum), an ex computer programmer who underwent a career change. ;-)
