Better dead than red

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"Better dead than red" was an anti-Communist phrase. The slogan was used in the United States in the 1950s by anti-Communists to express their opposition to Communism and left-wing politics.

[edit] Counter-slogan

The counter-slogan "Better Red than dead" also developed, and was popularized by Bertrand Russell.