7/3 Angel Island Presentation:BEFORE ANGEL ISLAND:The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americ

BEFORE ANGEL ISLAND:
The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans
Special Event for LaborFest
July 3 (Saturday) 11:30 AM (Free) 
At Angel Island Immigration Post - Inside the Mess Hall - North East side of the island
Talk and Slide Show by Jean Pfaelzer.
As part of LaborFest’s commemoration of the 100 years since the founding of An-
gel Island, Jean Pfaelzer, award winning author and historian, who wrote “Driven
Out: the Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans” (New York Times
Best Books, Asian American Book of the year) will talk about the brutal and sys-
tematic “ethnic cleansing” of Chinese American workers in California in the sec-
ond half of the nineteenth century, and how Chinese miners, railroad workers,
field laborers, domestic servants and prostitutes fought back--with the first general
strike in California, the earliest farmworker strikes, and the first law suits for repa-
rations. http://www.laborfest.net
July 3 (Saturday) 1:00 PM (Free) 
At Angel Island Immigration Post - Outside the court yard - North East side of the islan
The Trial of Harry Bridges & Immigration Talk On The 100th
Anniversary of Angel Island Immigration Station
By Harvey Schwartz, Mike Daly
Special guest Jean Pfaelzer, author of “DRIVEN OUT: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans
will also make a presentation on her book. (Pfaelzer’s presentation will start at 11:30 AM in the Mess
Hall) In 1939, the US government had the first of five trials in an effort to deport Australian born ILWU
president Harry Bridges for being a member of the Communist Party. The first trial was on Angel Island,
which also was an immigration station for newly arrived immigrants and war prisoners. ILWU historian
Harvey Schwartz will provide a report on the effort to deport Harry Bridges and Ironworker Mike Daly
will report on the history of immigration of this important island. It is also celebrating it’s 100th anniver-
sary as an immigration station.
Please bring your own lunch. (There is a store and a restaurant, however, the price might
be little high.) You may need to hike for 30 min. or more, so please wear comfortable
shoes. (You can take a tram with fee) You can bring your bike on the ferry.
Ferry from San Francisco by Blue & Gold $16.00, from Oakland $ 14.50 (415-773-1188)
Departure Schedule to Angel Island:
From SF Ferry Building - 9:20, 11:20 AM
From Pier 41 - 9:40, 11:45 AM (Ticket at the booth west of Pier 39)
(If you want to attend Jean Pfaelzer’s presentation, please catch 9:20, 9:40 ferry)
From Oakland - 9:00 AM, From Alameda - 9:10 AM
http://www.blueandgoldfleet.com, http://www.angelisland.com
LaborFest: http://www.laborfest.net, laborfest [at] laborfest.net (415) 642-8066