HISTORY LESSON: Why LA teachers union wraps itself in red during strike
January 22, 2019
By Victor Skinner
Teachers protesting for higher pay and increased staffing in Los Angeles schools are flooding the city’s streets in a sea of red, members donning “Red for Ed†in a show of force that’s leaving students to fend for themselves.
The color has long been associated with teachers unions in the U.S., but it has a much deeper history rooted in the communist and socialist philosophies that underpin Big Labor’s politics in America today.
The Communist Party of China explains why it chose red for the primary color of the country’s flag in 1942.
“The red color symbolizes revolution; the sickle and hammer are tools of workers and peasants, meaning the Communist Party of China represents the interests of the masses and people; the yellow color signifies brightness,†according to the CPC website.
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