Ad Policy Protesters clash with the National Guard outside the Democratic National Convention on August 28, 1968. (CBS Photo Archive) With the Democratic National Convention wrapping up in Chicago ...

Michael James, 1968 Democratic Convention Demonstrator: You know, we thought of ourselves as revolutionaries in those days, and we were really irked by the Democratic Party and the war in Vietnam.

It’s become an election year ritual: Every time the Left protests at the Democratic National Convention, we hear the comparisons to 1968, the year that tensions over the Vietnam War caused chaos ...

Like this week’s gathering, the 1968 one took place in Chicago after the president exited the race, but its protests — featuring singer Phil Ochs and a pig — turned violent.

The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago stands out as a pivotal moment in American political history. Held from August 26-29, it became a flashpoint for protests and unrest, ...

He also famously was roughed up during the 1968 Democratic National Convention — which inspired Variety to ask Rather, still going strong at 92 (you can read his current “Steady” columns at ...

Filmmaker Haskell Wexler thus described Medium Cool, his violent feature set during Chicago’s riotous 1968 Democratic National Convention. His movie opened (sort of) exactly 55 years ago this ...

General view of the delegates from different states sit and stand during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Aug. 28, 1968.

“I directed the best political movie never released.” Filmmaker Haskell Wexler thus described Medium Cool, his violent feature set during Chicago’s riotous 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Still, for months, many pundits predicted a Democratic National Convention in Chicago this year would devolve into a scene out of 1968’s Vietnam era convention held in the city with days of ...

Politics / The Nation warned readers early on that the 1968 convention would be debacle. Richard Kreitner With the Democratic National Convention wrapping up in Chicago, many have pointed to ...

Chicago has hosted more presidential nominating conventions than any other U.S. city, going back to Abraham Lincoln in 1860. The notorious and consequential 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago ...