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It was originally the Red Stockings, then the Reds, and, briefly, called the Red Legs in the 1950s (to escape the association with Communists, called Reds), then back to Reds again and remains the "Reds" today.
workers who were "Reds" or communists
it is a throwback/ in homage to the "red" communists in Russia
The term "Reds" usually referred to the Soviet Red Army, but was sometimes used as a general term for Russians.
The Communist's opponents were known as White Russians or Whites and their military was referred to as the White Army. This was to distinguish them from the Red that the Communists had chosen as their symbolic color.
bolsheviks or reds
bolsheviks or reds
During the "Red Scare" the reds changed there name from the Reds to the Red Legs. But after this, they changed it back to the Reds.
It was originally the Red Stockings, then the Reds, and, briefly, called the Red Legs in the 1950s (to escape the association with Communists, called Reds), then back to Reds again and remains the "Reds" today.
As what it sounds to me, the Reds were the Bolshevik faction (Communists) in the Russian Civil War, and the Whites were the people that opposed them (Royalists, Republicans, the Church, etc.)
workers who were "Reds" or communists
The flag of the Communist International is red. All communists see the red flag as their symbol hence REDS. The association of red with the radical left dates back centuries. It's likely that it began with an association between red and sacrifice, conflict, revolution (bloodshed).
The Reds and the Whites. The reds were the revolutionaries pro-communists, the whites were the supporters of the previous regime Tzarism.
it is a throwback/ in homage to the "red" communists in Russia
The Reds and the Whites. The reds were the revolutionaries pro-communists, the whites were the supporters of the previous regime Tzarism.
Yes. The enemy was referred to as "Reds" or "Commies."
The term "Reds" usually referred to the Soviet Red Army, but was sometimes used as a general term for Russians.