Here’s what you need to know about the economic blackout. John Schwarz is the founder of the Peoples Union USA and lives in the Chicago area. The 57-year-year-old meditation teacher said he came up with the idea for a boycott as he was searching for a way to take action in response to the tumultuous start of the Trump administration,

A consumer-activist group is asking American shoppers to disrupt the nation’s economy and “take back control of our economy, government, and future of our country” by refraining from buying anything from major retailers on February 28th.

In late February 2025, a month after U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term in office, claims spread online that a day of "economic blackout" was set to happen on Feb.