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Red Scare — Red Menace redirects here. For the 2007 Wildstorm Productions comic book series see Red Menace (comics).The term Red Scare has been retroactively applied to two distinct periods of strong anti Communism in United States history: first from 1917… … Wikipedia
Red scare — Peur rouge Illustration de 1919 représentant un « anarchiste européen» s attaquant à la statue de la liberté. La « Peur rouge » (de l anglais Red Scare) désigne deux périodes anticommunistes de l histoire des États Unis. La… … Wikipédia en Français
red scare — noun a period of general fear of communists (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑panic, ↑scare … Useful english dictionary
Red Scare — either of two periods characterized by extreme public fear of Communists and the principles of socialism (during the 1920s and 1950s) … English contemporary dictionary
First Red Scare — In American history, the First Red Scare took place in the period 1917–1920, and was marked by a widespread fear of anarchism, as well as the effects of radical political agitation in American society. Fueled by anarchist bombings and spurred on… … Wikipedia
Red-baiting — is the act of accusing someone, or some group, of being communist, socialist or, in a broader sense, of being significantly more leftist at their core than they may appear at the outset. The term is used mainly with the intention of discrediting… … Wikipedia
Red squad — Red Squads are police intelligence units that specialize in infiltrating, conducting counter measures and gathering intelligence on political and social groups. Dating as far back as the Haymarket Riot in 1886, Red Squads became common in larger… … Wikipedia
Red Summer of 1919 — Red Summer, coined by author James Weldon Johnson, is used to describe the bloody race riots that occurred during the summer and autumn of 1919. Race riots erupted in several cities in both the North and South of the United States. The three with … Wikipedia
Red (disambiguation) — Red is a color.Red or RED may also refer to:General*Red Army the name of the Soviet Army until 1947 *RED Digital Cinema, a manufacturer of digital film cameras *Red (nightclub), in Washington, D.C. *Random early detection, a queue management… … Wikipedia
Red flag — Red flags can signify a warning, martial law, defiance, or left wing politics. The earliest citation for red flag in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1602 and shows that at that time the flag was used by military forces to indicate that they … Wikipedia
