On SY's politics - I think the thing is, the band who wrote Confusion is Sex are a different, much more politically charged band than the one who crafted the Eternal. Again, I don't really believe that something like 'Youth against fascism' really says much - there are scant few white 'alternative' bands that don't oppose the vague cache-all term 'fascism'.
I think SY are still capable of gratifyingly political music/ lyrics - Female mechanic now on duty - but this decade they seem to have disappeared into more soporific territory. This isn't really a criticism per se - they've been playing music for long enough to do whatever they want - I just maintain that SY's properly political content is residual rather than active.
I think the problem I always have with the idea of political music is that Fugazi will always be the shittest band I can think of. So boorishly American in their opposition, it makes me wonder if
this won't turn out to be the most politically influential song from an American in years to come.