Then and now.

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The Nation reports that the actor Sean Penn told thousands of anti-war protesters in the U.S. capital earlier today, “In a democracy we are the deciders.”

ABC News offers this snapshot:

Standing on her toes to reach the microphone, 12-year-old Moriah Arnold told the crowd: “Now we know our leaders either lied to us or hid the truth. Because of our actions, the rest of the world sees us as a bully and a liar.”

The sixth-grader from Harvard, Mass., the youngest speaker on the National Mall stage, organized a petition drive at her school against the war.

Go to United for Peace and Justice to sign a petition for Congress.

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