Blackout The System is a national, non-partisan grassroots movement focused on strategic, peaceful disruption—specifically through withdrawing labor and spending—while building community-based alternatives that reduce dependence on corporate systems. Their framing is blunt: they’re not asking to be heard; they’re organizing to “shut it down” and replace what’s failing with local resilience.
At its core, Blackout The System calls for coordinated, legal, nonviolent resistance actions (boycotts, strikes, and organized events) to pressure the economic and political structures it believes are driven by greed and protected by engineered division.
Alongside disruption, it emphasizes “parallel systems”, local networks for essentials such as support, food, health resources, and mutual aid, to help communities become more resilient and less exploitable.
Blackout The System repeatedly emphasizes three commitments: unity over division, 100% peaceful, nonviolent action, and legal/ethical organizing.
Their published Code of Conduct also emphasizes inclusion, de-escalation, confidentiality, and rejection of harassment, doxxing, or violence—aiming to keep the movement accessible and safe for everyday people.
Their “path forward” is presented as a blend of
- (1) movement advocacy and education,
- (2) coordinated pressure campaigns (including boycotts), and
- (3) community building—inviting partnerships with aligned organizations to expand reach and impact.
They also host recurring online gatherings (e.g., “Citizens Assembly” events) to help participants build the confidence and practical skills to develop local alternatives.
Blackout The System positions itself as “not a moment, but a movement”—a long-term strategy to convert widespread frustration into sustained leverage: coordinated non-participation where it counts (labor and spending), plus community infrastructure that makes people harder to squeeze.
Whether someone joins a single boycott or helps build a local support network, the message is that collective participation—at any level—adds up.
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