red-shirt

The suspension of hostilities, and the retreat of the Bourbon forces towards the sea, again inspired the people with confidence and daring; so much so, that we were obliged to station red-shirts at the advanced posts, to prevent the collisions between the Sicilians and the Bourbon troops which would have ensued from the intense hatred of the former for the latter.

A concrete indicator is the rapid growth of the dissenting 'red-shirt' grassroot people who ensured the victory of the Pheu Thai Party over the conservative yellow-shirt group.