On May 8, 1970, “the Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against ...

Watch a preview of Hard Hat Riot. Watch a preview of Hard Hat Riot. Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the ...

In December 1969, the United States Selective Service conducted its first draft lottery since World In December 1969, the United States Selective Service conducted its first draft lottery since World ...

The central question at the heart of so much of today’s political commentary is who best represents working Americans. Once the working class was solidly Democratic. Not anymore. Why did blue collar ...

Hard Hat Riot revisits New York in 1970, when student protestors violently clashed with construction workers against the Vietnam War. The violent 1970 clash between student protestors and construction ...

Filmmakers Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson’s focus on New York’s socio-economic conditions shows how the sometimes messy history of the city is often a precursor to developments in America at large.

David Paul Kuhn, producer of the Hard Hat Riot documentary on PBS, joins Smerconish to discuss how the riot shifted the working class away from the democratic party, forever altering American politics ...

On May 8, 1970, “the Hard Hat Riot” erupted in lower Manhattan. At midday, construction workers, including those building the World Trade Center, violently clashed with students demonstrating against ...

In 1970 NYC, anti-Vietnam War student protesters confronted construction workers in violent clashes, creating a cultural rift that transformed American politics. Social Security, Medicare are "going ...