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'Tea' is for terrorism

When even the most ‘legitimate’ voices of the right validate dangerously unhinged anti-government rhetoric — DUCK!
A year ago, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) produced a memo outlining the growing threat posed to this country from right-wing extremists. It compared the situation to that of the early 1990s — which culminated in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | April 12, 2010

Right wing done wrong

Letters to the Boston editor, June 19, 2009
As someone who is Republican by party and conservative by inclination, I must take issue with your editorial “Right Wing Terror” on several fronts.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | June 17, 2009

White-supremacist code printed nationwide

One man's death spread the numeric code for "Heil Hitler" across the world.
While von Brunn survived to face federal criminal charges and may yet die slowly in federal prison, he did manage to get newspapers around the globe to print a white-supremacist code praising Adolf Hitler right next to his name.
By JEFF INGLIS | June 17, 2009

Right-wing terror

The murder of Dr. George Tiller
Conservatives scoffed in April when the Department of Homeland Security warned that the United States could face another wave of homegrown attacks.
By EDITORIAL | June 03, 2009

Beyond a joke

Letters to the Boston editor, October 31, 2008
Your recent “Chick Schtick” article contained a very interesting and revealing line.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | October 29, 2008

No hate, no discrimination

Letter to the Portland editor: April 18, 2008
I want to take this opportunity to thank Jeff Inglis for his blog post “Discrimination League of Maine.”
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | April 16, 2008

A child of Hitler

Growing up in the Third Reich (a memoir)
This article originally appeared in the February 1, 1983 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By ALFONS HECK | January 30, 2008

Kid stuff

An idyllic Summercamp!, a brutal This Is England
The three-week getaway at Swift Nature Camp is definitely idyllic.
By GERALD PEARY | August 07, 2007

Strange constitution

Politics and other mistakes
It would be easy to make fun of the Maine Constitution Party. So, I will.
By AL DIAMON | June 06, 2007

Fact and fiction . . .

The whole wide world is on screen at the 10th Annual Newport International Film Festival
Of the 16 narrative films on deck this year at the Newport International Film Festival, several could be termed “coming-of-age.”
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | May 30, 2007

Deadly art

Sorting out the life and career of Leni Riefenstahl
It’s tempting to see two new biographies of Leni Riefenstahl and assume they’ll push the envelope, and expose the dirt about her personal life.
By MICHAEL BRONSKI | April 10, 2007

Decontrolling the price of punk

This article originally appeared in the October 13, 1981 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By DOUG SIMMONS | November 14, 2006

Democracy and distaste

The Phoenix Editorial: What we can learn from the case of a Nazi apologist
David Irving is a British historian who has spent his professional career first denying that the Holocaust took place, then saying that it had been grossly exaggerated. He is a deeply unsympathetic character.
By EDITORIAL | February 22, 2006

By any other name

Gauging the distance between a horrific attack and a hate crime
From being physically harassed in my middle-class catholic high school in the mid 1960s to being assaulted in boston’s outdoor cruising areas, i’ve seen a lot of anti-gay violence up close.
By MICHAEL BRONSKI | February 10, 2006

Hate groups

Jacob Robida: Good or bad PR for hate?
Jacob Robida, the teenager who assaulted patrons of a New Bedford gay bar and ultimately killed himself after a chase with police in Arkansas, does not appear to have been active in local neo-Nazi social circles.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 09, 2006