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BOYCOTT BLACK FRIDAY
The movement has the media’s attention and the support of the 99%, but corporate America and Washington continue with business as usual. What better way to show 1% that we mean business than denting their pocket books directly by boycotting the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday.

Just imagine it, the most frenzied shopping day of the year without lines of families that have camped out on Thanksgiving night to get the best deal. No reports of mobs of shoppers hysterically trampling employees and fellow bargain hunters for the new tickle-me-Elmo.

I believe this boycott would encompass the principles expressed in the movement and provide a non-violent means of protest that could include many others that are not yet involved. More importantly remind the corporations that it is the consumers who control the economy not the CEO’s in their ivory towers.

I do not wish to harm the economy, I hope that this could help boost local economies by redirecting shoppers to local businesses. Simultaneously, with the boycott events featuring local vendors and family shopping, it would show the world that we can get on just fine without big business.

A boycott of this measure would be sure to test the solidarity of the movement, but through effective communication between the cities across the nation we can achieve this vision. Fliers, street teams, and even door-to-door canvassing operations would all be effective means of getting the word out to those not yet involved. Media and press releases would be the biggest tool. Leaders would have to coordinate interviews on local stations, and if enough press is generated ideally even national news interviews pre-boycott to get the word out.

I am a member of the 99% a collage grad with mounting student loan debt, job prospects are slim and am forced to work positions that I am under-qualified for, but fortunately I do have work. Awaiting to go to law school to hopefully work in the arena of constitutional law, but more than anything I am just a supporter with a vision for the movement.