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RED FLAG
Red flag may refer to: Signs and warnings * Red flag (idiom), a literal or metaphorical warning * Red flag (American slavery), signal of an upcoming slave sale * Red flag warning, issued by the National Weather Service in the United States * Bloody flag, maritime flag signaling an intention to give battle with no quarter (fight to the death) * Red flag in motor racing, when conditions are too dangerous to continue the session * Red flag in gridiron football * Red flag used by a railway conductor Politics * Red flag (politics), predominantly a symbol of left-wing ideologies ** Red Banner, a symbol of revolutionary struggle used in Russia and the Soviet Union ** Flag of the Soviet Union, known as the Red Banner * Red Flag Party, a communist party in Venezuela * Peruvian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist), originally Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag * Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag) * Communist Party (Burma), or Red Flag Communist Party * Communist Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Flag (idiom)
A red flag could either be a literal red flag used for signaling or, as a metaphor, a sign of some particular problem requiring attention. Background The term and the expression "to raise the red flag" come from various usages of real flags throughout history. A red flag is frequently flown by armed forces to warn the public of live fire exercises in progress, and is sometimes flown by ships carrying munitions (in this context it is actually the flag for the letter B in the international maritime signal flag alphabet, a red swallow-tailed flag). Red flags have also been used in the medical field during position interviews because of the importance of finding the right candidates for the positions. They have also been used to identify fraud in many cases. In many countries a red flag is flown to signify that an outdoor shooting range is in use. The United States Air Force refers to its largest annual exercise as Red Flag operation. Red flags are used for various signal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Flag Traffic Laws
Red flag laws were laws in the United Kingdom and the United States enacted in the late 19th century, requiring drivers of early automobiles to take certain safety precautions, including waving a red flag in front of the vehicle as a warning. Red flag law in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the law required self-propelled vehicles to be led by a pedestrian waving a red flag or carrying a lantern to warn bystanders of the vehicle's approach. In particular the Locomotives Act 1865, also known as ''Red Flag Act'', stated: The Red Flag Act was repealed in 1896, by which time the internal combustion engine was well into its infancy.Olyslager, 7 & 23 Red flag law in the United States In the United States, Vermont passed a similar Red Flag Law in 1894, only to repeal it two years later. This law stated that " e owner or person in charge of a carriage, vehicle or engine propelled by steam, except road rollers" must have a "person of mature age ..at least one-eight of a mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Flag (band)
Red Flag is a synth-pop act founded in 1984 in San Diego by brothers Chris and Mark Reynolds. After the death of Mark in 2003, Chris has continued as a solo act since 2007 under the name Red Flag. History Hailing from Liverpool, England, and after growing up there, the brothers moved to locations such as Montreal and Seattle, following their father's itinerant job. In 1979, the family settled in California, arriving first in Los Angeles. The brothers first started playing electronic music in 1982, when Mark Reynolds bought a Roland Juno-60 synthesizer over a guitar on a trip to a music store. The first song they recorded, "Distant Memories", under the name Shades of May, was discovered and selected for a compilation album by San Diego radio station XETRA-FM, 91X in 1984, prompting them to move to San Diego. Shades of May subsequently received offers to play live, and the brothers began to study music and computer technology seriously in turn. In this interim, the band also chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Rote Fahne
''Die Rote Fahne'' (, ''The Red Flag'') was a German newspaper originally founded in 1876 by Socialist Worker's Party leader Wilhelm Hasselmann, and which has been since published on and off, at times underground, by German Socialists and Communists. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg famously published it in 1918 as organ of the Spartacus League. Following the deaths of Liebknecht and Luxemburg during the chancellorship of the Social Democratic Party of Germany's Friedrich Ebert, the newspaper was published, with interruptions, by the Communist Party of Germany. Proscribed by the National Socialist Worker's Party government of Adolf Hitler after 1933, publication continued illegally, underground. History 1876 Wilhelm Hasselmann of the Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (now SPD) and member of the German Reichstag founded a short-lived, weekly newspaper called ''Die rote Fahne''. 1918–1933 Using the newspaper's subtitle as indicator of its political allegiance, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandera Roja (La Paz)
''Bandera Roja'' ('Red Flag') was a weekly labour newspaper published from La Paz, Bolivia, between 1926 and 1927. In total 52 issues of the newspapers were published, a record for Bolivian labour publications of the era. Early period Felipe Reque Lozano was the director and administrator of the newspaper.Lora, Guillermo, Laurence Whitehead, and Christine Whitehead. A History of the Bolivian Labour Movement, 1848-1971.' Cambridge tc. Cambridge University Press, 1977. pp. 141-144 Reque Lozano also owned the printing press used for printing ''Bandera Roja''. The first issue of ''Bandera Roja'' appeared on June 8, 1926. It was linked to different trade unions. Along with Reque Lozano the newspaper was run by a group of intellectuals during its early phase. The people behind ''Bandera Roja'' included Óscar Cerruto, Rafael A. Reyeros, Carlos Mendoza Mamani (a tailor, leader of the ''Federación Obrera del Trabajo'' union) and Julio M. Ordoñez. Editorial line Seeking to reach the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimbun Akahata
is the daily newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) in the form of a national newspaper. It was founded in 1928 and currently has both daily and weekly editions. ''Akahata'' has journalists based in the capitals of ten countries around the globe. They are Beijing, Berlin, Cairo, Hanoi, London, Mexico City, Moscow, New Delhi, Paris, and Washington, D.C. ''Japan Press Weekly'' is the newspaper's English edition. History The newspaper was founded in 1928, six years after the establishment of the JCP. It was banned in Japan because it was viewed as subversive, forcing it to operate underground. The newspaper was legalized along with the JCP during the American occupation of Japan. Content Some of their journalism deals with activist politics, but they also do original reporting on a wide variety of political issues which are often untouched in Japan. Most Japanese newspapers publish the names of alleged criminals, but ''Akahata'' often declines to publish their names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Flag (newspaper)
Red Flag is an Australian newspaper which is published fortnightly by the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative. It is also associated with the podcast Red Flag Radio. History The first issue of Red Flag was published on 12 June 2013. In July 2014, the newspaper was criticised after publishing an issue featured a front page depicting then Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott with a razor to his neck and the caption "One cut we'd like to see", in protest of the Abbott government's proposed budget cuts. In an interview, Abbott stated that the image "should not have any place in our public discourse". The editors refused to apologise and defended the cover as an homage to a 1977 poster and political slogan "Give Fraser Fraser may refer to: Places Antarctica * Fraser Point, South Orkney Islands Australia * Fraser, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen * Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory), a former federal ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Flag (magazine)
The ''Red Flag'' () was a Political journalism, journal on political theory, published by the Chinese Communist Party. It was one of the Two Newspapers and One Journal during the 1960s and 1970s. The newspapers were ''People's Daily'' and ''Guangming Daily (China), Guangming Daily''. ''People's Liberation Army Daily'' is also regarded as one of them. History ''Red Flag'' was started during the Great Leap Forward era in 1958. The journal was the successor to another journal, ''Study'' (Chinese: ''Xuexi''). The title of ''Red Flag'' was given by Mao Zedong. Chen Boda was the editor of the journal, which served as a crucial media outlet during the Cultural Revolution - China, Cultural Revolution. ''Red Flag'' was freely distributed in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia until 1958 when the "undesired" foreign publications were banned through the Undesirable Publications Ordinance. As a result, its circulation became 3,000 copies in contrast to 5,000 copies before the implementation of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Century
''People's Century'' is a television documentary series examining the 20th century. It was a joint production of the BBC in the United Kingdom and PBS member station WGBH-TV, WGBH Boston in the United States. The series was first shown on BBC in the 1995, 1996 and 1997 television seasons before being broadcast in the US and elsewhere in the world in 1998. Premise The 26 one-hour episodes examined the socio-economic, political movement, political, and cultural movements that shaped the 20th century. The series represented a departure from documentaries that present history through recounting the actions of Great man theory, great men; ''People's Century'' considers the century from the perspective of common people. Most of those interviewed were ordinary men and women who closely witnessed various events and who give personal accounts of the manner in which the developments and disruptions of the 20th century affected their lives. The British version was narrated by Sean Barrett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphas
''Alphas'' is an American superhero drama television series created by Zak Penn and Michael Karnow. It follows a group of people with superhuman abilities, known as "Alphas", as they work to prevent crimes committed by other Alphas. The series was broadcast in the United States on the cable channel Syfy and was a co-production between BermanBraun and Universal Cable Productions. It premiered on July 11, 2011. After initial reports that the show was canceled, on September 7, 2011, ''Alphas'' was renewed for a 13-episode second season, which premiered on Monday, July 23, 2012, at 10 p.m. ET. On January 16, 2013, Syfy announced that the program would not be returning for a third season, ending the series with an unresolved cliffhanger. Plot The series follows five people, known as "Alphas", led by noted neurologist and psychiatrist Lee Rosen ( David Strathairn), as they investigate criminal cases involving other suspected Alphas. Rosen and his team operate under the auspices o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Jericho Episodes
''Jericho'' is an American television drama series produced by Carol Barbee, Jon Turteltaub, Dan Shotz, Jonathan Steinberg, Josh Schaer, and Stephen Chbosky. The series is set in the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas in the aftermath of the simultaneous nuclear attacks on 23 American cities. Significant story arcs in the first season are the immediate aftermath of detonation of the bombs, the resulting isolation of the town, and confrontations between family, friends, bandits, and neighboring towns. The second season focuses on the arrival of a new federal government, the imposition of a police state, and Jake Green's (Skeet Ulrich) and Robert Hawkins' (Lennie James) attempt to expose the masterminds behind the attack. ''Jericho'' originally aired from September 20, 2006 to March 25, 2008 on CBS in the United States. For the first season, 22 episodes were ordered and separated into two runs of 11 episodes each. The series went on hiatus after the "fall finale" episode of Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Bostwick
Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom '' Spin City'' (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in '' The Robber Bridegroom'' and performing the role of Danny Zuko in the original Broadway production of '' Grease''. Early life Bostwick was born February 24, 1945, in San Mateo, California. He is the son of Elizabeth "Betty" (née Defendorf), a housewife, and Henry "Bud" Bostwick, a city planner and actor. His only sibling, older brother Henry "Pete" Bostwick, died at the age of 32 in a car accident on July 20, 1973. Bostwick attended San Diego's United States International University in 1967, majoring in acting, got his start on the Hillbarn Theatre stage now located in Foster City, and worked for a time as a circus performer. He also attended NYU's Grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
