to have begun with the Red August of the Cultural Revolution. According to Mao Zedong himself: "Red terror ought to be our reply to these counter-revolutionaries. We must, especially in the war zones and in the border areas, deal immediately, swiftly with every kind of counter-revolutionary activity." Indian Red Terror — a name which was given to the "Nandigram violence" (November 2007) in Nandigram, West Bengal, critics use it in order to allude to the actions of the local administration Communist Party of India, the ruling party in West Bengal. The situation was also called a "Red Terror" by the media. Finnish Red Terror — the 1918 Civil War in Finland. Yugoslavian Red Terror — another name for the period from 1941 to 1942 in Yugoslavia known as the "Leftist errors." See also Notes References and further reading See also: See also text on marxists.org. External links Down with the Death Penalty! by Yuliy Osipovich Martov, June/July 1918 The Record of the Red Terror by Sergei Melgunov More 'red terror' remains found in Russia UPI, July 19, 2010. Mass murder in 1918 Political and cultural purges Political repression in the Soviet Union Communist terrorism Politicides Russian Civil War Soviet war crimes War crimes in Russia