# Red flag

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'''Red flag''' may refer to:
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==Signs and warnings==
* [Red flag (American slavery)](/source/Red_flag_(American_slavery)), signal of an upcoming slave sale
* [Red flag warning](/source/Red_flag_warning), issued by the National Weather Service in the United States 
* [Bloody flag](/source/Bloody_flag), maritime flag signaling an intention to give battle with no quarter (fight to the death)
* Red flag [in motor racing](/source/Racing_flags), when conditions are too dangerous to continue the session 
* Red flag [in gridiron football](/source/Replay_review_in_gridiron_football)
* Red flag used by a [railway conductor](/source/Conductor_(rail))

==Politics==
* [Red flag (politics)](/source/Red_flag_(politics)), predominantly a symbol of left-wing ideologies
** [Flag of the Soviet Union](/source/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union), known as the Red Banner
* [Red Flag Party](/source/Red_Flag_Party), a communist party in Venezuela
* [Peruvian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)](/source/Peruvian_Communist_Party_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)), originally Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag
* [Communist Organization of Spain (Red Flag)](/source/Communist_Organization_of_Spain_(Red_Flag))
* [Communist Party (Burma)](/source/Communist_Party_(Burma)), or Red Flag Communist Party
* [Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Flag](/source/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Red_Flag)
* [Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)](/source/Marxist-Leninist_Party_of_India_(Red_Flag))

==Botany==
* Red flag, a common name for ''[Iris fulva](/source/Iris_fulva)'', a flowering plant endemic to the southern and central United States

==Law==
* [Red flag law](/source/Red_flag_law), a state law in the US that allows temporary confiscation of firearms
* [Red flag traffic laws](/source/Red_flag_traffic_laws), in the UK and US in the 19th century affecting drivers of early automobiles
** "Red Flag Act", [a Locomotive Act](/source/Locomotive_Acts), the 19th-century British road law
* [Red Flags Rule](/source/Red_Flags_Rule), to help prevent identity theft in the US

==Arts, entertainment and media==
===Film and television===
* ''Red Flag'', a 2012 film starring [Alex Karpovsky](/source/Alex_Karpovsky)
* ''Red Flag: The Ultimate Game'', a 1981 TV film starring [Barry Bostwick](/source/Barry_Bostwick)
* "Red Flag", [an episode of ''Chicago Fire''](/source/Chicago_Fire_season_12)
* "Red Flag", [an episode of ''Jericho''](/source/List_of_Jericho_episodes)
* "Red Flag", an episode of the TV documentary series ''[People's Century](/source/People's_Century)''
* Red Flag, fictional group in ''[Alphas](/source/Alphas)''

===Literature===
* [''Red Flag'' (magazine)](/source/Red_Flag_(magazine)), published by the Chinese Communist Party
* [''Red Flag'' (newspaper)](/source/Red_Flag_(newspaper)), by the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative in Australia
* ''[Shimbun Akahata](/source/Shimbun_Akahata)'' ('Newspaper Red Flag'), of the Japanese Communist Party
* [''Bandera Roja'' (La Paz)](/source/Bandera_Roja_(La_Paz)), a socialist newspaper in Bolivia of the 1920s
* ''[Die Rote Fahne](/source/Die_Rote_Fahne)'' ('The Red Flag'), a German communist newspaper created on 9 November 1918 by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

===Music===
* [Red Flag (band)](/source/Red_Flag_(band)), a synthpop band founded in 1984
* [''Red Flag'' (album)](/source/Red_Flag_(album)), by All Saints, 2016
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* "[The Red Flag](/source/The_Red_Flag)", a socialist song
* "[Bandiera Rossa](/source/Bandiera_Rossa)" ('Red Flag'), a famous song of the Italian labour movement
* "[The Standard of Revolt](/source/The_Standard_of_Revolt)" (French: ''Le drapeau rouge'' 'the red flag'), a French socialist song
* ["Red Flag" (song)](/source/Red_Flag_(song)), by Billy Talent, 2006
* ["Red Flags" (song)](/source/Red_Flags_(song)), by Mimi Webb, 2023
* "Red Flags", a 2023 song by [Josh Ross](/source/Josh_Ross)
* "Red Flags", a 2023 song [by Plain White T's](/source/Plain_White_T's_discography)
* "Red Flag", a song by Slipknot from the 2019 album ''[We Are Not Your Kind](/source/We_Are_Not_Your_Kind)''
* "Red Flag", a song by Gwen Stefani from the 2016 album ''[This Is What the Truth Feels Like](/source/This_Is_What_the_Truth_Feels_Like)''
* "Red Flag", a song by Kesha from the 2025 album ''[Period](/source/Period_(Kesha_album))''
* "Red Flag Day", a song by U2 from the 2017 album ''[Songs of Experience](/source/Songs_of_Experience_(U2_album))''
* "Red Flags", a song by Chris Brown from the 2023 album ''[11:11](/source/11%3A11_(Chris_Brown_album))''
* "Red Flags", a song by Tinashe from the 2024 album ''[Quantum Baby](/source/Quantum_Baby)''
* "Red Flags", a song by [Tom Cardy](/source/Tom_Cardy) and [Montaigne](/source/Montaigne_(singer)) from the 2022 album ''Big Dumb Idiot''
* "Red Flag", a song by BiC Fizzle, BigWalkDog, and [Gucci Mane](/source/Gucci_Mane) from the 2022 album ''So Icy Boyz 22''

==Other uses==
* [Red Flag Group](/source/Red_Flag_Group), a compliance risk firm in Hong Kong
* [Red Flag Linux](/source/Red_Flag_Linux), software
* [Red Flag Publishing House](/source/Red_Flag_Publishing_House), a book publisher based in China
* [Exercise Red Flag](/source/Exercise_Red_Flag), a series of United States Air Force training exercises
** [Red Flag – Alaska](/source/Red_Flag_%E2%80%93_Alaska)
* Red Flag, several classes of locomotives by [Kim Chong-t'ae Electric Locomotive Works](/source/Kim_Chong-t'ae_Electric_Locomotive_Works), in North Korea
* [Charles E. Taylor (politician)](/source/Charles_E._Taylor_(politician)), known as "Red Flag" Taylor, an American politician

==See also==
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* [Hongqi (disambiguation)](/source/Hongqi_(disambiguation)) (Chinese, 'Red Flag')
* [Jolly Roger](/source/Jolly_Roger), a pirate flag
* [Red Flag riots](/source/Red_Flag_riots), in Brisbane, Australia 1918–19
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