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'''Harry Renton Bridges''' was an Australian citizen, a San Francisco labor leader and clandestine Soviet operative.
'''Alfred Renton Bridges''' was an Australian citizen, a San Francisco labor leader and clandestine Soviet operative.
Bridges was born in 1901 in Melbourne, Australia and settled in [[San Francisco]] in 1920 where he became an organizer of the longshoremen. In 1921 he joined the [[anarchist]] Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Between 1938 and 1956 the [[United States Government]] tried to [[deport]] Bridges. In four differnet federal hearings Bridges denied his [[CPUSA]] membership under oath.
Bridges was born in 1901 in Melbourne, Australia and settled in [[San Francisco]] in 1920 where he became an organizer of the longshoremen. In 1921 he joined the [[anarchist]] Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Between 1938 and 1956 the [[United States Government]] tried to [[deport]] Bridges. In four differnet federal hearings Bridges denied his [[CPUSA]] membership under oath.