Cancel Black Friday?
Grassroots organizations join forces to promote nationwide economic shutdown
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Grassroots organizations are calling for a nationwide economic shutdown during the busy holiday shopping season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, to protest this administration and economic inequality.
Blackout the System, The People’s Sick Day, American Opposition, the Money Out of Politics Movement, and The Progressive Network urged Americans to stop all spending and refuse to go to work from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2. This movement is called “Mass Blackout,” and you can visit their website to learn more.
“We are living under a political system captured by special interests, where billionaires and corporations write the rules,” Isaiah Rucker Jr., founder of Blackout the System, said in a statement. “Congress serves donors, not the American people, and democratic norms are being dismantled in front of our eyes, with corporate backing. This campaign is about showing them where the power truly lies, with the people.”
Avoid travel and restaurants and cancel streaming and digital subscriptions, organizers said. “If you must spend: support small, local businesses only. Pay in cash.” Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30 is exempted from the blackout.
