The organizer “Blackout Economic” of the US People’s Union has served in prison for sex tax

Mr. Schwarz says on his site the biography that he lives in Midwest. (A PO box in Ringwood, Ill.

The money from Gofundme will be used for “building the web site, pushing this movement before and working to officially and form a non -profit,” according to the Union US web site.

The site also promises transparency about the place where the money will go, listing about $ 5,000 in expenses for largely administrative needs, including site costs and a patent and trademark fee in the US. The site promises to provide periodic updates. It was last updated on February 26.

Mr. Schwarz said on his group’s website that the profits from the freight people in Union the USA will “go to future operational costs, including pay, extension and ensuring that this movement continues to increase and bloom.”

While the movement has pushed people to support small businesses in the United States, the merchandise is sold through a transport company. Mr. Schwarz said he was working to change the group’s freight operation in a local business in Illinois.

“I did not take any money for this money for me,” said Mr. Schwarz about Gofundme money. “We sell t-shirts and use the money to pay for the person who has to go to all the emails coming, because I will not reach gofundme for it, even if I could technically. Say administration and things like this, but I don’t want to. I want all these funds, people’s funds, to go directly to what we build. “

Friday’s boycott is one of several people that Union USA has planned for the next few months, according to its web site.

Kirsten Noyes Contributed research.