Charles Edwin Taylor (February 27, 1884 – April 22, 1967), also known as "Red Flag" Taylor, "Red Flag Charlie" and Charley Taylor, was an American politician, editor, orator, who served as a member of the Montana State Senate from January 1, 1923, to January 5, 1931, and was candidate for United States Senate in the 1930 Election.

[1][2][3] Taylor started off as an editor of The Producers News which was a popular farmer-labor newspaper in Plentywood.

[4] He joined the Communist Party of the United States of America in 1922 but kept it a secret from the public.

[3] During his later years as a politician, his advocacy of the Communist Party contributed towards his political decline.

When he was first elected to the Farmer-Labor ticket for Montana State Senate[7][8] most people did not know he was a communist.