congratulations Ruth and to all who worked on the launch and on the plans for St. G's day in 2010. FaF is exactly the sort of grass roots, real-world activism that makes a real difference and stops the spread of 'acceptable' fascism. If Nazis appropriate folk culture for their vicious ends then folk people must seize the culture back. Better to stop the mis-appropriation than to try to salvage it later, after the fascists have debased it; like other groups have had to 'reclaim' identities like 'queer' or 'black'.

Certainly don't be disheartened by a couple of negative comments on Mudcat. The active debate here is no more serious than a debate at the pub and you certainly should not take seriously people from country 'A' who are so fed up with the politics of country 'B' that they are compelled continually to choose to engage in discussions of those politics just to have another onanistic orgasm of prurient disapproval. It's as perplexing as those people that go watch a contentious TV program just to be outraged by it, and to complain about it.