Flat Gareth

Unlike most high school students in his native Brooklyn, New York, Gareth knows exactly what he wants in life. Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, Gareth has joined every socialist, pacifist, feminist, pro-abortion, environmental, vegetarian, civil rights, or communist group on the Internet. He travels extensively to participate in as many anti-capitalist rallies as his modest student budget allows.

Determined to cover even more geographical area this year, Gareth has taken up a second job at the Amoco gas station - that’s in addition to his weekend employment at McDonald’s, which made his already busy schedule even tighter. No more Doom and Star Trek - it’s strictly school, work, and political activism. But Gareth couldn’t be more excited.

Berkeley, California

Worldwide simultaneous protests are a challenge. Gareth can’t possibly travel to all world capitals in one day. Even if he could, there wouldn’t be enough time for the hippy pussy, so what’s the point? Inspired by the Roaming Gnome campaign and also by Flat Stanley globetrotter reading program back in the grade school days, Gareth came up with the idea of Flat Gareth cutout.

Somewhere in California...

He posted his own picture on the Internet, asking his foreign friends to print it out and make snapshots of it at the leftist rallies worldwide. Gareth became famous overnight after March 19, 2005, when his pictures appeared in every major city of the world as part of the protests marking the second anniversary of the US invasion in Iraq.