red fascism

English

Noun

red fascism (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) Communism; Marxism-Leninism.

   Synonym: communazism

   • 1947, J. Edgar Hoover, Investigation of Un-American propaganda activities in the United States: Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first session, on H.R. 1884 and H.R. 2122, Bills to curb or outlaw the Communist Party of the United States. Part 2. Testimony of J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. March 26, 1947.‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 37:

     The mad march of Red fascism is a cause for concern in America.

   • 1997 October 16, Sandra Mendoza, “Starship Troopers - NEW MOVIE PICS”, in rec.arts.movies.current-films‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-24:

     Sandra: And the lad who said Joe Stalin was a fascist was right. That's why they called it Red Fascism.

   • 1999 March 15, Harry Delaney, “Recognize Castro for what he is / MARCUS GEE, The Globe and Mail, Canada”, in can.politics‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-24:

     > > Where have you been for the last 40 years ?
     > Obviously in some dimension that runs parallel to your own. Perhaps you should return to yours, and your statement might be greeted with a little less incredulity...
     By apologists for red fascism you mean.

   • 2000 February 4, Dirk Mittler, “Naive statements in Montreal.”, in soc.rights.human‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-24:

     Red fascism is fascism and if facism is wrong, Communism is doubly so.

   • 2004 July 23, Robert J. Kolker, “what's wrong with eastern germans?”, in sci.econ‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-03-24:

     The East Germans were Hitler's children in a very real sense. They went from blue fascism to red fascism without a glimpse or memory of freedom.

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