Red Scare

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Red Scare refers to bouts of extreme anti-communism in the United States, particularly during 1919-20 and 1947–57. The later red scare is also known as McCarthyism.

Red scare tactics have made something of a resurgence in American politics of the 21st century, especially among the Tea Party movement which has arisen during the Obama Presidency. Supporters of moderate reform such as universal healthcare, and movements such as Occupy Wall Street which criticise some of the worst excesses of corporate power, are routinely denounced as "socialist" or "communist" by conservative pundits.

The term was also common in apartheid-era South Africa, also known as "rooigevaar" (red danger), as a means to keep the white population afraid of the looming - and ultimately mythical - red menace just waiting to take over the country.

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