political protest research

https://www.hrw.org/topic/childrens-rights/child-soldiers
this article has helped me understand how disposable child soldiers are seen and that they are treated inhumanly, this will be shown through Tom , who is playing the general, and his ruthlessness.

https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-child-soldiers 
facts about child soldiers to put on placards

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/lost-boys-what-became-of-liberias-child-soldiers-7637101.html
this article talks about what happens to the child soldiers after the militia and really illustrates how traumatising and damaging the experience is