In this episode, Caitlin breaks down the 2025 Mass Blackout—a coordinated economic and labor strike happening from November 25 to December 2, 2025. This blackout overlaps with some of the biggest consumer spending days in the United States—Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and pre-holiday shopping—and asks participants to pause their participation in capitalism for one week.

💬"We collectively have the power people, people joining together with a shared mission have huge amounts of power." - Caitlin Liz Fisher

Caitlin shares the origins of the blackout, how it connects to worker rights, the political landscape, and the collective power we hold when we withdraw our labor and our money. They also shares personal reflections about navigating employment, healthcare, and consumerism, and offers a preview of the community events happening throughout the blackout week.

Give yourself a week away from capitalism. Just one. See what happens to your nervous system.

What We Explore in This Episode:

• What the Mass Blackout is and why it's happening now
• Key blackout dates: November 25 – December 2, 2025
• How to participate through non-shopping, non-working, and non-scrolling
• The realities of labor, healthcare, and privilege in American activism
• Community events, queer entrepreneur spaces, anti-capitalist education, and mutual aid offerings happening during blackout week

Caitlin's curated list of activities during the nationwide blackout:
https://www.askfishfisher.com/blackout