Red Flags
In politics, a red flag is a symbol of Socialism, or Communism, or sometimes left-wing politics in general. It has been associated with left-wing politics since the French Revolution. Socialists adopted the symbol during the Revolutions of 1848 and it became a symbol of communism as a result of its use by the Paris Commune of 1871. The flags of several communist states, including China, Vietnam and the Soviet Union, are explicitly based on the original red flag. The red flag is also used as a symbol by some democratic socialists and social democrats, for example the Avami National Party (Pakistan), French Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The Labour Party in Britain used it until the late 1980s. It was the inspiration for the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.
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... The memo specified 30 numbered red flags based on 174 months (a little over 14 years) of Madoff trades ... The biggest red flag was that Madoff reported only seven losing months during this time, and those losses were almost statistically insignificant ...
... In the Middle Ages, ships in combat flew a long red streamer, called the Baucans, to signify a fight to the death ... the writers feel the need to explain it.) By the 17th century, the Baucans had evolved into a red flag, or "flag of defiance." It was raised in cities and castles under siege to indicate that they would not surrender ... "The red flag is a signal of defiance and battle," according to Chambers Cyclopedia (1727–41) ...
... In the Middle Ages, ships in combat hoisted a long red streamer, called the Baucans, to signify a fight to the death ... In the 17th century, a red flag signalled defiance ... A besieged castle or city would raise a red flag to tell the attackers that they would not surrender ...
... In the Middle Ages, ships in combat hoisted a long red streamer, called the Baucans, to signify a fight to the death ... In the 17th century, a red flag signalled defiance ... A besieged castle or city would raise a red flag to tell the attackers that they would not surrender ...
... common to find streets, buildings, businesses and product brands named after the Red Flag in nominally socialist countries ... famous line of limousine cars manufactured by China FAW Group Corporation has the brand name of Red Flag ...
Famous quotes containing the words flags and/or red:
“Gentlemen, those confederate flags and our national standard are what has made this union great. In what other country could a man who fought against you be permitted to serve as judge over you, be permitted to run for reelection and bespeak your suffrage on Tuesday next at the poles.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)
“It might become a wheel spoked red and white
In alternate stripes converging at a point
Of flame on the line, with a second wheel below,
Just rising, accompanying, arranged to cross,
Through weltering illuminations, humps
Of billows, downward, toward the drift-fire shore.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)