Agit-Pop and Andrew Boyd

At RootsCamp DC, I went to a workshop led by Andrew Boyd from Agit-Pop on the use of irony and humor in pushing progressive issues.

Boyd led the workshop along w/ a former Onion editor and another dude.

The session started out with everyone do jumping jacks.

They went on to show some video examples of media using humor/irony to carry social/political commentary.

He talked about this Yes Men project:

And a handful of other really funny media stunts that struck me as very effective.

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Here is a video Agit-Pop helped produce that won for best Youtube political video in 2007:

Twins Mirror Prank