Friday, March 1, 2013

Harry Bridges Remembered - Never Forgotten



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bridges

Harry Bridges (July 28, 1901–March 30, 1990) was an Australian-born American union leader, in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which he helped form and led for over 40 years. He was prosecuted by the U.S. government during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

His conviction by a federal jury for having lied about his Communist Party membership was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1953. On the West Coast, Bridges still excites passions both for and against the labor movement

http://harrybridges.com/home/

http://theharrybridgesproject.org/

"When the Chicago Unions began to work closely with the Longshoremen’s Unions, and other mob controlled Unions on the East coast they were opposed by Harry Bridges, an alleged communist, who controlled shipping on the west coast. It all ties in with the Communist threat in Hollywood, resulting in Senate hearings, noted hereafter"

Read the Welsh Mobster Murray Humphreys Story here :
http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/us-elections-in-20th-century-gangsters.html

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