How to Turn an “Economic Blackout” Into an All-Out War on Corporate Power

The People’s Union USA , a movement led by a former drum instructor John Schwarz , organized a 24-hour “economic blackout” that calls on American consumers to make no purchases, especially from major retail, gas, or fast food companies.

Future weeklong boycotts targeting Amazon , Nestlé , Target , and Walmart are planned from March until July .

The anti-capitalist degrowth movement calls for greater democratic control over production, and calls for production to be organized around human well-being and social progress rather than around profit maximization.

It's unclear what movements and ideas Schwarz is drawing from for the February 28 boycott, but Hickel sees overlap between Friday ’s economic blackout and degrowth.

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