Radical Politics 1970 NYC Hard Hat Workers vs. Students In 1970, a group of "hard hats" or structural iron workers got into a battle with anti-war student protestors in lower Manhattan. New York has some ugly riots in its history. One of the strangest is the Hard Hat Riot, a clash between construction workers and war protesters
Black 1960’s Italian American Radicals vs. Black Panthers Joe Columbo formed the Italian American Civil Rights' League which teamed up with Meir Kahane's JDL against black radicals. However, Meir Kahane put some distance between himself as Michael Imperiale who he saw as a racist. Michael Imperiale was the founder of the "North Ward First Aid Squad"
