The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116395   Message #2500737
Posted By: Ruth Archer
23-Nov-08 - 04:23 PM
Thread Name: neo-fascist-folk, please illuminate.
Subject: RE: neo-fascist-folk, please iluminate.
Robb Johnson is a good call - he's a really good songwriter, IMHO.

The following comes from the BNP's Mission Statement:

"Torch bearers of culture

The rich legacy of tradition, legend, myth and very real wealth of landscape and man-made structures is one of our island's richest treasures. The men and women of the British National Party are motivated by love and admiration of the outpouring of culture, art, literature and the pattern of living through the ages that has left its mark on our very landscape. We value the folkways and customs which have been passed down through countless generations."

I found two members of my local morris side (and it's a side that blacks up - am I right to find this even more disturbing?) on the recently leaked BNP membership list. Maybe I'm wrong to do so, but as they are both listed as "activists", I presume that their membership of a morris side is one expression of their political identity. I also presume that they are not an isolated case.