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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Join My High School Newspaper ...a note to students from Michael
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<P>Friday, February 18th, 2011 </P>
<P>Dear High School Students:<BR><BR>How inspired are you by the thousands of
students from Wisconsin high schools who began walking out of class four days
ago and have now occupied the State Capitol building and its grounds in
Madison, demanding that the governor stop his assault on teachers and other
government workers? I have to say it's one of the most exciting things I've
seen in years.</P>
<P>We are, right now, living in an amazing moment of history. And this moment
has happened because the youth around the world have decided they've had
enough. Young people are in revolt -- and it's about time.</P>
<P>You, the students and young adults, from Cairo, Egypt to Madison,
Wisconsin, are now rising up, taking to the streets, organizing, protesting
and refusing to move until your voices are heard. Effing amazing!! It has
scared the pants off those in power, the adults who were so convinced they had
done a heckuva job trying to dumb you down and distract you with useless
nonsense so that you'd end up feeling powerless, just another cog in the
wheel, another brick in the wall. You've been fed a lot of propaganda about
"how the system works" and so many lies about what took place in history that
I'm amazed you've been able to sort through all the bs and see the truth for
what it is. This was all done in the hopes you would just keep your mouths
shut, get in line and follow orders. And don't rock the boat. Because if you
do, you could end up without a good job! You could end up looking like a
freak! You've been told politics isn't cool and that one person really can't
make a difference.</P>
<P>And for some beautiful, unknown reason, you've refused to listen. Maybe
it's because you've figured out that we adults are about to hand you a very
empty and increasingly miserable world, with its melting polar ice caps, its
low-paying jobs, its incessant war machine, and its plan to put you in
permanent debt at age 18 with the racket known as college loans.</P>
<P>On top of that, you've had to listen to adults tell you that you may not be
able to legally marry the person you love, that your uterus isn't really yours
to control, and that if a black guy somehow makes it into the White House, he
must've entered illegally from Kenya.</P>
<P>Yet, from what I've seen, the vast majority of you have rejected all of
this crap. Never forget that it was you, the young people, who made Barack
Obama president. First you formed his army of election volunteers to get him
the nomination. Then you came out in record numbers in November of 2008. Did
you know that the only age group where Obama won the white vote was with
18-29-year-olds? The majority of every white age group over 29 years old voted
for McCain -- and yet Obama still won! How'd that happen? Because there were
so many youth voters of all races -- a record turnout that overcame the vast
numbers of fearful white adults who simply couldn't see someone whose middle
name was Hussein in the Oval Office. Thank you young voters for making that
happen!</P>
<P>Young people elsewhere in the world, most notably in the Middle East, have
taken to the streets and overthrown dictatorial governments without firing a
shot. Their courage has inspired others to take a stand. There's a huge
momentum right now, a youth-backed mojo that can't and won't be stopped.</P>
<P>Although I've long since left your age group, I've been so inspired by
recent events that I'd like to do my bit and lend a hand. I've decided to turn
over a part of my website to high school students so they -- you -- can have
the opportunity to get the word out to millions more people. For a long time
I've wondered, how come we don't hear the true voices of teenagers in our
mainstream media? Why is your voice any less valid than an adult's?</P>
<P>In high schools all across America, students have great ideas to make
things better or to question what is going on -- and often these thoughts and
opinions are ignored or silenced. How often in school is the will of the
student body ignored? How many students today will try to speak out, to stand
up for something important, to simply try to right a wrong -- and will be
swiftly shut down by those in authority, or by other students themselves?</P>
<P>I've seen students over the years attempt to participate in the democratic
process only to be told that high schools aren't democracies and that they
have no rights (even though the Supreme Court has said that a student doesn't
give up his or her rights "when they enter the schoolhouse door").</P>
<P>It's always amazed me how adults preach to young people about what a great
"democracy" we have, but when students seek to be part of it, they are
reminded that they are not full citizens yet and must behave somehow as
indentured servants. Is it any wonder then why some students, when they become
adults, don't feel like participating in our political system -- because
they've been taught by example for the past 12 years that they have no say in
the decisions that affect them?</P>
<P>We like to say that we have this great "free press," and yet how free are
high school newspapers? How free are you to write or blog about what you want?
I've been sent stories from teenagers that they couldn't get published at
school. Why not? Why must we silence or keep out of sight the voice of our
teenagers?</P>
<P>It's not that way in other countries. The voting age in places like
Austria, Brazil or Nicaragua is 16. In France, students can shut down the
country by simply walking out of school and taking to the streets.</P>
<P>But here in the U.S. you're told to obey and to basically butt out and let
the adults run the show.</P>
<P>Let's change that! <STRONG>I'm starting something on my site called, <A title=http://mikeshighschoolnews.com/ href="http://mikeshighschoolnews.com/" target=_blank>"HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER."</A> Here you will be able to write what
you want and I will publish it. I will also post those articles that you've
tried to get published at your school but were turned down. On my site you
will have freedom and an open forum and a chance to have your voice heard by
millions.</STRONG></P>
<P>I've asked my 17-year-old niece, Molly, to <A title=http://mikeshighschoolnews.com/mollys-note/01/23/2011 href="http://mikeshighschoolnews.com/mollys-note/01/23/2011" target=_blank>kick things off</A> by editing this page for the first six
months. She will ask you to send her your stories and ideas and the best ones
will be posted on <A title=http://www.michaelmoore.com/ href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/" target=_blank>MichaelMoore.com</A>. I'll
give you the platform you deserve. It will be my honor to have you on my site
and I encourage you to take advantage of it.</P>
<P>You are often called "our future." That future is today, right here, right
now. You've already proven you can change the world. Keep doing it. And I'd be
honored to help you.</P>
<P>Yours,<BR>Michael Moore<BR><A title=mailto:mmflint@aol.com href="mailto:mmflint@aol.com">MMFlint@aol.com</A><BR><A title=http://www.michaelmoore.com/ href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">MichaelMoore.com</A> </P>
<P>P.S. When can you get started? Right now! Just go <A title=http://mikeshighschoolnews.com/user/register href="http://mikeshighschoolnews.com/user/register" target=_blank>here</A> and
register. (You can use a made-up name if you want and you don’t have to name
your school.) Then once you’re done, start submitting <A title=http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add/blog href="http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add/blog" target=_blank>blogs</A>, <A title=http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add/featured-music href="http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add/featured-music" target=_blank>music</A>, <A title=http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add/featured-video href="http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add/featured-video" target=_blank>video</A> and <A title=http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add href="http://www.mikeshighschoolnews.com/node/add" target=_blank>more</A>!</P>
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