Talk:Red star
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- Since the fall of the Soviet bloc, the red star has been banned in many countries of Central and Eastern Europe (e.g. in Hungary, it is a criminal offense to publicly show or use the symbol).
What are the other CEE countries where the red star symbol is illegal? --romanm (talk) 23:53, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
It would be nice if we could find out when the star was first used and by which group - did it originate with Bolshevism, or did it pre-date it by many decades (like the use of red, the Internationale, the term "comrade", etc)?-86.133.48.187 12:31, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
This article should become a disambiguation page I think. If anyone has the time to do that... Julien Tuerlinckx 19:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Red Star Origins
In the book The Russian Civil War (1) The Red Army (ISBN 1-85532-608-6), the author Mikhail Khvostov says that the Red Star began when Russian units returning from the German and Austrian fronts (in WWI, 1917) flooded into Moscow. To distinguish the local Moscow garrison from this influx of soldiers from the front the Moscow garrison troops were given tin stars (pentagrams) to wear on their hats. When the garrison revolted they painted the tin stars red (for communism/bolshevism etc) and thus it came into being.
Any good?
PJB 17:12, 26 February 2006 (UTC) (Talkin' to me?)
[edit] Disambiguation Page
It seems to make sence to me to move this page and have the disambiguation of RED STAR be the first hit for red star.Tombride 23:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] SoCal Band
There was a statment under see also making note of a Southern California band of the named Red Star I moved this to the Disambiguation Page as it makes the most sense. -lewiscode
[edit] Rage Against The Machine
Correct me if I'm wrong....but the use of the red star by Rage Against The Machine was actually the flag of the EZLN and not just a symbolic representation of their ideas (if at all).
[edit] Mozilla
- A five-pointed red star is also used by California, Heineken, Mozilla, and Macy's, but without any socialist connotation.
Sure about that? Mozilla was quite open in its use of Communist imagery in the days before 1.0. Marnanel 18:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
