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Hammer and sickle are symbols that have generally been associated with communism. The hammer is a symbol for work done in industry, the sickle stands for work done in agriculture. Several countries have made the use of these symbols illegal, when they outlawed the communist party. These countries include Hungary, Latvia and Poland.

Gallery

  • Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, Logo um 1920

    The logo of the Communist party of Germany was made in 1918. It shows both the hammer and the sickle. The party itself was active from 1918 to 1956, when it was banned. The filled red star is another symbol for communism.

  • Hammer and Sickle - Kerala

    A tableau vivant showing the hammer and sickle, in Kerala, India. The communists have been part of the government of Kerala, since 2006.

  • Logo of the Fourth International

    Logo of the Fourth International, 1938. The Fourth international is made of organisations with Trotzkyist background. It was founded because there were many organisations with Stalinist backgrounds at Comintern.

Images for kids

  • Peso Chileno 1933

    The chilean peso used the hammer and sickle symbol between 1895 and 1940

  • Lenpl 06

    The metro station, Plošča Lienina, Minsk

  • BWHammerSickle

    Sándor Pinczehelyi, Hammer and Sickle

  • Moscow Statue - panoramio

    Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, Moscow

  • Partito Comunista Italiano

    Flag of the Italian Communist Party

  • Flag of the Taiwan Democratic Communist Party

    Flag of the Taiwan Democratic Communist Party

  • Bandeira do Partido Socialista de Timor

    Flag of the Socialist Party of Timor

  • LankaSamaSamajaLogo

    The flag of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, it represents the Fourth International in the following logo

  • Bakdash communist party

    Flag of the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)

  • Jordanian communist party flag

    Flag of the Jordanian Communist Party

  • BANDERA PCCE

    Flag of the PCCE

  • Logo Italian Communist Party

    Logo of the Italian Communist Party

  • Partito comunista logo

    Logo of the Italian Communist Party

  • Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España (logo)

    Emblem of the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain

  • CPGB hi res

    Logo of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)

  • Norwegian Communist Party

    The Logo of the Communist Party of Norway

  • DKP-flag

    Logo of the Communist Party of Denmark

  • Kp logo

    Logo of the Communist Party (Denmark)

  • KTP Emblem 2019

    Logo of the Finnish Communist Worker's Party

  • Ncpnlogo-2016

    Logo of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands

  • TDKP Logo

    Logo of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey

  • Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) Emblem

    Logo of the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)

  • Communist Party of Indonesia

    Symbol of the Communist Party of Indonesia (1914‒1966)

  • Afghanistan Liberation Organization (emblem)

    Emblem of the Afghanistan Liberation Organization

  • Socialist Party of Bangladesh Official Logo

    Logo of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh

  • PCdoB

    Logo of the Communist Party of Brazil

  • Logo-PCCE-solo-01-1-300x137

    Logo of the Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)

  • Logo del PCU

    Logo of the Communist Party of Uruguay

  • Logo pce

    Logo of the Communist Party of Ecuador

  • Pcperu logo

    the logo of the Peruvian Communist Party

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