Little Aspiring Activists Pillows

'I don't want to be a shepherd. I want to be the policeman who interrupts the play to tell all the mummys and daddys who have parked irresponsibly and dangerously outside to move their cars...'

"This is the most important election of our lifetime."

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

"Mom, I'm bored. Do you know something I can get hysterical and panicky about?"

'Ah, it's so precious to witness a child learn how government actually works...'

Florida Governor, Rick Scott, cuts funding for rape victims.

Denmark scrapped anti-blasphemy law!

Who should be the next eco-club president? The most vegan? The most carbon neutral? The most into solar? Eco-club. But we need someone who will attract kids to the environmental cause. Then it's obvious. The most popular. Or most athletic!

"Very fine people on both sides."

"I wish he'd actually play with his toy hospital, rather than just making strike placards."

"What I miss during school holidays is not going out on strike every Friday."

While guns don't kill people, recent horror shootings call for new stringent gun controls...

'I recorded this earlier today. . . they're his first intelligent words!'

World Economic Forum

More Unequal Than Others

'Oh,oh, Regina has her lawyer with her.'

"Welcome to the United States."

"Because that's what's at stake... our democracy."

"When I grow up, I want to impeach a president."

To Iraq with love.

Secretary to boss: 'You fooled some of the people all of the time, Senator, but they were all too young to vote.'

12-Tear-Olds Gone Wild

Student: 'Is the medical marijuana thing a grass-roots movement?'

"Can we see some ID please?" "We're indigenous Americans... What tribe are you guys from?"

Children hold hands around a map of the world with picnic food.

War on drugs... war on terror... war on lima beans.

Growing inequality

"Son, it's about time I told you the facts of life, the richest 1% own half the world's wealth."

"This machine kills fascists, and this machine kills fascists, and this one is just a guitar."

Food Stamp Nation

"I've got news for you. Kids don't have a union and doing your homework is not negotiable."

'No, the strike isn't over - they're burning the company flag.'

Will Israel's democracy survive this?

"The good news is, the children in the district have strong writing skills. The bad news is, we have sustained a letter-writing campaign from the third grade."

"With the Suzuki method, they start them campaigning as early as three or four."