Britain: 'Enough Is Enough': Campaign website crashes

Workers here in the US should take note that events, in particular working class and oppressed people's struggles that take place in the rest of the world get almost no coverage by the Mass media in the US. In Britain at the moment there is an upsurge of activity and strikes of organized labor. We have tried to cover some of that here. There are trade union leaders stepping to the plate and condemning capitalism and the conservative government for it's attacks over decades on the material well being of working class people.

Class is being raised as the main issue as opposed to the normal obsession with identity politics as a means of obscuring the class question altogether, of affirming that we are all in this together which is pure nonsense. The Enough is Enough campaign is taking off and we are witnessing what this blog has predicted on numerous occasions, the post pandemic economy and working class resistance to it,  and decades of a neo-liberal assault on workers and the poor. If you are in a union raise these developments, share the videos of labor leaders condemning the market and calling for us to defend our class and be proud of our class. And send messages of support and build links with this movement.

Richard Mellor

'Enough Is Enough': Campaign website crashes as 'tens of thousands' sign up hours after launch 

Monday 8 August 2022 at 8:27pm

A new campaign promises picket lines and rallies if the government doesn't meet its five demands to tackle the cost of living crisis. Credit: PA

The website for a campaign promising protests and picket lines over the government's inaction at tackling the cost of living crisis reportedly crashed hours after launching as "tens of thousands" rushed to sign up.

Trade unions, community organisations and MPs have joined forces in the hopes of "winning back dignity for working class people" as Britain braces for the biggest economic crisis in a decade.

Rail, Maritime and Transport Union Secretary General Mick Lynch is among those heading up the Enough Is Enough campaign that is calling for pay rises, energy bills to be slashed, an end to food poverty, affordable housing and a tax on the richest in society.

Speaking in a campaign video shared on social media, Mr Lynch said: “People are fed up with the way they’re treated at work. We need to turn that mood into real organisation on behalf of the working class.”

Boris Johnson on Monday ruled out offering more emergency support

to struggling households, saying it is a matter for the "future prime minister".

This is despite former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling on Mr Johnson to trigger an emergency government meeting to deal with the crisis.

It comes after the Bank of England's bleak announcement that inflation is set to rise above 13% in October, while another projection found that the energy price cap could rise to £3,358 annually from October, and could hit £3,615 from January.

Just two hours after the Enough Is Enough campaign was launched, organisers said the website crashed as it “struggled” to cope. By the end of the day, it said 75,000 had signed up.

Dave Ward, General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), told ITV News the campaign is needed because "the country is on its knees".

"More food banks than McDonalds, millions of people unable to pay bills, millions more taking second jobs to even survive. All of this while the rich get richer," he said.

"This campaign is about rebalancing the economy and winning back dignity for working class people.

"We will force change by taking our messaging into every single corner of the UK... It’s time for trade unions, community groups and workers to come together like we haven't seen in decades – because that is the scale of this crisis."