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NOTE from High School Newspaper Staff:  Dylan Fitzwater, Olivia Lawrence-Weilmann, Stefan Stackhouse, John Stuart, & Elan Goldman 

They say the economy is recovering.

We might have believed them if we weren't trying to figure out how the hell we are going to pay for college. After years of playing the game and getting good grades, sounds like we might as well have dropped out and had the same job prospects. Then we at least could have slept in for awhile. 

Fixing the economy is one thing. Fixing the country is another and until they know that the problems run deeper than irresponsible financial speculation, deep into the values of today's society, why should we believe anything they tell us anymore? 

What are we to do? OCCUPY OUR SCHOOLS. They should have always belonged to us, just as the future always actually has. We have seen that the adults intend to fix this catastrophe and frankly, right now, we wouldn’t trust them with a pet rock. Occupy Wall Street has had success in making themselves be heard. Perhaps we can have similar luck. We want a chance at a real education, a real chance at shaping our future.

We will OCCUPY the anemic shells they still call schools until we get our future back. 

What is happening: Revolution.
 
When it is going down: Now

What you can do: Occupy your school, put up posters, write an article, start an underground newspaper, make street art, join a movement, start a movement, hold a demonstration, give a speech, write poetry and, most importantly, record it! Take pictures, videos and post them on the site. Let your efforts be the inspiration of the rest of our generation. 

(10/27/11)     What's NEW!       As some of you may have noticed, we've added a few new features to High School Newspaper.   High School Newspaper should be more than just a place for people to vent their feelings over systems of oppression. The only way that the world will ever change is if the youth (myself included) get off their computers and take to the streets. With that thought in mind, we have re-designed the site to focus more on organizing, discussing, and publicizing direct actions. Here are some of the new features: 

 - The Take Action! page allows you to create your own profile for an action that you are organizing or just know is happening in your community. These action profiles show up on the map and calendar on the homepage so that anyone can look for upcoming actions in their area.  Anyone can also add photos or videos to the action's profile page.  You can see what tactics were successful to help organize other actions. 

- The Discussion page is an online forum for organizing, general discussion and connecting with others. Every action profile has a discussion attached to it where people can post updates, talk tactics,  and meet other activists. In the "off topic forum" you can add any topic you want to discuss with other people or just reply to what someone has already said. We also have a forum for how we can make improvements to this website.

We hope these new additions to the website will be useful for youth activists around the country, and hopefully, the world.  However, it won't be successful unless you use it.  And remember, if you have something that you want to change, don't just write a blog about it, get out in the streets and do it!

 -Dylan, Olivia, Stefan, John, & Elan

Hey High School Students:

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.

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.

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.