Forty years after Alan Berg’s murder, his legacy remains powerful and poignant. The talk radio host was ambushed by a member of The Order, aka the Bruders Schweigen (German for Silent Brotherhood), firing a Mac-10 submachine gun into Berg in his central Denver driveway.
Berg’s assassination on June 18, 1984, reminds us of the persistent threat of bigotry and the perils of honest broadcasting. The threat of further extremism, directed by a president with immunity, felt more ominous after the awful Supreme Court ruling for Donald Trump. We remember Trump dining with a neo-Nazi leader and his affiliation with the Proud Boys.
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