Today’s Solutions: December 16, 2025

Activism is no longer framed by boycotts and confrontations. People are finding positive new ways to convey the message of social, economic and political change. Watch videos from new activists like anti-corporate pranksters The Yes Men; comedian Reverend Billy; and Thailand’s most prominent AIDS awareness campaigner, Mr. Condom.

| May 2008 issue

The Yes Men – Exxon Hoax

The Buyer’s Army (Stoerevrouwen)

Cabbages and Condoms Restaurant in Thailand

Billionaires for Bush

Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping

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