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Who is John Schwarz, the man behind today's Feb. 28 Economic Blackout and founder of People's Union USA?

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John Schwarz is the founder of the People's Union USA , the advocacy group leading the campaign.

The group urges Americans to refrain from spending any money at any major retailer for 24 hours .

Schwarz says the idea for a blackout came to him while recording a series of videos in which he presents himself as president of the United States .

The Economic Blackout began at 12 a.m. EST Friday and is scheduled to go on until 11:59 p.m. : Feb. 28 .

The group plans to hold a second broad-based economic blackout on March 28 .

It's also organizing targeted boycotts against Walmart and Amazon , Nestle and General Mills .

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