{"id":39878,"date":"2025-02-28T00:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39878"},"modified":"2025-02-28T00:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:19:28","slug":"february-28th-economic-blackout-gaining-steam-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/february-28th-economic-blackout-gaining-steam-2\/","title":{"rendered":"February 28th Economic Blackout Gaining Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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26 FEBRUARY 2025\/SF NEWS<\/a>\/LEANNE MAXWEL<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posts on social media have been calling for a mass boycott of major retailers on Friday. The event appears to be attributed to People\u2019s Union USA, whose mission is a bit vague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A call to action to boycott major retailers<\/a> and only shop locally for essentials this Friday has been gaining momentum over the past few weeks. According to Yahoo News, it\u2019s unclear who the official organizer<\/a> of the event is, but Yahoo claims the mission behind the blackout is to put pressure on corporations who are abandoning DEI initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some posts circling social media are attributing the boycott to People\u2019s Union USA<\/a>, a nonpartisan group founded by John Schwarz, who goes by \u201cJ \u201cor  \u201cTheOneCalledJai,\u201d a businessman and drummer in the Midwest who was born in Queens. The group doesn\u2019t seem to have a very clear mission, except that citizens\u2019 collective resistance can be a powerful tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The People\u2019s Union is planning two other blackouts focused specifically on Amazon from March 7\u201314<\/a> and Nestle March 21\u201328<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the People\u2019s Union USA website regarding Friday<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHAT NOT TO DO:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Do not make any purchases<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Do not shop online, or in-store<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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No Amazon, No Walmart, No Best Buy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Nowhere!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Do not spend money on:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Fast Food<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Gas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Major Retailers<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Do not use Credit or Debit Cards for non<\/em> essential spending<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Image: Pierre (Rennes)<\/a>\/Flickr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

26 FEBRUARY 2025\/SF NEWS\/LEANNE MAXWEL (SFist.com) Posts on social media have been calling for a mass boycott of major retailers on Friday. The event appears to be attributed to People\u2019s Union USA, whose mission is a bit vague. A call to action to boycott major retailers and only shop locally for essentials this… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39882,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39878\/revisions\/39882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}