On January 4 Paula Sawicka, the Chairwoman of the Program Board of our Association was a guest in „Fakty po faktach”, where together with Barbara Nowacka she discussed the reasons of incidents in Ełk, and about the broader problem of racism and hatred. She reminded that all of us, who do not react, have contributed to what happens now. By not reacting we accepted hate speech and now we deal with hate acts. Sawicka also recalled the words of Minister Sienkiewicz („We are coming to get you” addressed to the groups of skinheads and neo-Nazis) and stressed that now such a strong declaration of struggle against hate is missing. She also mentioned that the silence on the part of the ruling party is acceptance and permission for hatred and violence.