Red flag

Red flag may refer to:

• Red flag (idiom), a metaphor for something signalling a problem

Politics

• Red flag (politics), a symbol of socialism or left-wing politics
• Red Flag Party, a communist party in Venezuela
• Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag, a communist party in Peru
• "The Red Flag", a left-wing protest song written by Irishman Jim Connell in 1889
• Red Flag, an Australian left-wing newspaper published by Socialist Alternative

Law

• Red Flag Act, the 19th-century British road law
• Red Flags Rule created by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to help prevent identity theft

Military

• Red Flag exercise (also called "Operation Red Flag"), a series of military training exercise
• Red Flag – Alaska, a USAF military training exercise conducted in Alaska

Entertainment

• Red Flag (album), a 2016 album by All Saints
• Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag, a 2004 IMAX film
• Red Flag (band), a synthpop band founded in 1984
• "Red Flag" (Jericho episode)
• "Red Flag" (song), a song by Billy Talent from Billy Talent II
• Red Flag, television series characters in Alphas

Science

• Red flag warning, a term used by meteorologists
• "Red flag signs and symptoms", sometimes used in medicine to refer to signs and symptoms which indicate urgent need for treatment, or indicate a severe condition.

Other uses

• Pirate flag. The jolly roger flag was originally from the French for Red flag.
• Red flag (racing), used in auto racing when conditions are too unsafe to continue the session
• Red Flag, or FAW Hongqi, a luxury limousine made by First Automobile Works in China from the late 1950s
• Red Flag Linux, the Chinese Linux distribution
• Red Flag Publishing House, a book publisher based in China

See also

• Bandera Roja (La Paz), a socialist newspaper in Bolivia of the 1920s
• "Bandiera Rossa", one of the most famous songs of the Italian labour movement
• Bandiera Rossa Association, the Italian affiliate of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International
• Die Rote Fahne (The Red Flag), a German communist newspaper created on 9 November 1918 by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg