The man who launched the Economic Blackout said he is "trying to cause economic resistance, against the corporations and ...

John Schwarz, who organized a viral shopping boycott, was previously registered as a sex offender after pleading guilty to ...

A consumer-activist group founded by John Schwarz has launched a grassroots campaign to halt all consumer spending on Friday, ...

The blackout was organized by The People’s Union USA and is the movement’s first action, described as “a symbolic start to ...

John Schwarz, a self-described “mindfulness and meditation facilitator,” proposed a 24-hour nationwide “economic blackout” of ...

U.S. consumers were encouraged to abstain from purchasing any non-essential goods on Feb. 28, as part of a 24-hour buying ...

The campaign urges consumers to spend no money for 24 hours to remind corporations of their economic power. A social media ...

If you could devise a protest that’s tailor-made for the Generation X “slacker generation” of Beavis and Butthead and Bill ...

The boycott planned for Feb. 28 garnered attention on social media and calls for consumers not to make any purchases.

Some experts were skeptical at how effective a one-day boycott might be in bringing about policy change, especially without a ...

A retail boycott is hitting major US businesses Friday as an online campaign calls for Americans to spend nothing at places ...