To WLD, sure, unilateral action is unfortunately not a safe idea.

Still it will be interesting to see what others on the thread, who have been discussing broader possible actions to adressing the situation think?

Sensible discussion and further awareness raising on threads such as this amongst many things, will hopefully spur some further debate and inspire thoughts and ideas, which may generate collective real world action within the folk community? I had a vague discomforting notion that there was something dodgy going on, and thanks to some great feedback, I'm now aware that very clearly there is. Responses here have enlightened me greatly.

I do hope this thread doesn't get derailed by hair pulling and point-scoring exercises, on quite irrelevant side issues. Because there were indeed some interesting embrionic suggestions for real world action that could be taken, and some people onlist were very clear about their desire to become actively involved.

Very curious too, to hear updates about what those artists who have been told that thier music is being used as BNP propaganda, think on the matter??

If action is needed, it's got to begin with greater *awareness raising* within the folk community as a whole. I don't know how that would be initiated. But if concerned folk artists were to become vocal in some way and object, it might be a start.

For those who are concerned and well informed, and indeed may well have been concerned for a long time, what real world actions would they suggest in order to promote far greater awareness of the situation?