Yes Lab

The Gazprom/Shell Polar Patnership

Reveal date: Aug 21 2013 Status: Complete Partners: Greenpeace Tagged: Amsterdam, arctic, Gazprom, oil, Shell

Royal Dutch Shell and Russia's Gazprom team up to open the newly accessible Russian Arctic to oil drilling. To help them celebrate, Greenpeace teamed up with the Yes Lab and activists from Russia and the Netherlands to throw a barge party on the canals of Amsterdam, complete with a drugged up polar bear, a marching band, and a singing Russian child.

Monsanto and the Carnival of Corn

Reveal date: Aug 14 2013 Status: Complete Partners: Sin Maíz No Hay Vida Tagged: corn, genetically modified, Mexico, Monsanto

In Chiapas, México, a group of students and activists issued a fake Monsanto press release announcing the Mexican government had officially approved the sale of their patented seeds on a commercial scale. Though the announcement was a fake, Monsanto apparently felt very threatened.

Deport the Statue

Reveal date: Jun 13 2013 Status: Complete Partners: Breakthrough Tagged: deportation, immigration, undocumented, women

Human rights organization Breakthrough partnered with the Yes Lab to focus on how immigration reform legislation affects women, and Legals for the Preservation of American Culture (LPAC) was born. The fictional group launched their anti-immigrant campaign by calling for the deportation of the beloved icon.

DREAMers Keep On Dreaming

Reveal date: Jun 5 2013 Status: Complete Tagged: education, immigration, students, undocumented

College for undocumented youth? The Common Application, Inc. finally accepts students without papers, offering equal access to upwards of 500 private colleges. The real Common App denies, denies, denies

Blog

Imposters ruin pipeline company's campaign of lies September 30, 2013

Canadian: YOU can stop TransCanada's latest earth-killing venture (spread the word!) September 16, 2013

U.S. Chamber Cries Uncle June 13, 2013

The DREAM lives on... June 5, 2013

Yes Lab presents 'revolutionary' speaker series at NYU! April 2, 2013

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