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Reveal date: Apr 19 2012 Status: Active Partners: Occupy Wall Street, Rainforest Action Network, New Bottom Line Tagged: banks, occupy

Executives, investors, and opponents alike reacted with surprise to the news that Bank of America, realizing it was heading for a taxpayer bailout, was asking Americans to start thinking about what they'll do with the bank once they own it, and to start advertising that vision too.

Three Strikes, You're In!

Reveal date: Mar 6 2012 Status: Complete Partners: People Enraged by Racist Policing Tagged: McDonald's, police, racism

To compensate victims of their racist and abusive "stop and frisk" policy, the New York Police Department partnered with McDonald’s to offer free Happy Meals™ to anyone stopped and frisked three times without charge or summons. Too yummy to be true?

Patriots for Self-Deportation

Reveal date: Jan 26 2012 Partners: Hemispheric Institute

If "anchor babies" are such a big issue, we should all look carefully to determine whether any one of our ancestors entered the country illegally. If they did, we should self-deport to (one of) our (many) illegal ancestors' country of origin. But which? SelfDeport.org can help you decide.

A Gift for Amsterdam

Reveal date: Jan 7 2012 Status: Active Partners: Op de Valreep

A stately old animal shelter, abandoned for years in the middle of a beautiful Amsterdam neighborhood, and finally taken over by a group of squatters. A corporation with big, vague plans to turn the place into something for profit. An impotent city council. The neighborhood prefers the squatters. Who will win?

Blog

The Yes Lab wants YOU (or an organization you know) May 14, 2012

Party ends badly for U.S. trade reps, federal agents May 12, 2012

Seeking organizations for the Yes Lab at Hemi May 9, 2012

This fall's Yes Lab @ Hemi! April 22, 2012

+Brigades at 5:30 today (Sunday, April 22) April 22, 2012

What's the Yes Lab?

The Yes Lab is devoted to helping progressive organizations and individuals carry out media-getting creative actions around well-considered goals. On this website you can:
• submit an idea to get collaborators
• sign up as a potential project participant
• learn techniques for causing trouble
• read about Yes Lab projects
• arrange to do a Yes Lab