The hammer and sickle? Classic, original, awesome. But my fav is the Starry Plough personally
the star, simple but strong
Just to add, there’s a ton of great looking versions of the hamsic:
Hungary one looks like an entire shed lol
Hands down the hammer and compass, especially when you put the wheat around it, perfect.
Yes, easily the best looking one.
DDR had best aesthetics out of all Warsaw Block countries. The music is insanely good too, from the hymn to the military marches.
Yeah. The anthem is hands down one of the best one. Der Offene Aufmarsch
I was waiting for this one. GDR was a gem.
CPUSA’s hamsic. It’s classic, but it’s got a unique flair to it. I like how half of the circle is a sickle, while the other is a gear.
Any specialized HamSic is worth extra to me, it sorta embodies the Marxist spirit of changing circumstances to fit the material conditions of a region. Some African symbols have Machetes or large Scythes and the Us uses a large gear symbol, I like it
Saw someone with this pfp on here and it reminded me:
It’s the symbol of the communists in the fictional world of the videogame “Disco Elysium.”
The creator of the game is from Estonia and thus their perspective of communism comes from their local history. The game is a little doomer-pilled about communism but overall I’d say their political takes and implications, while plenty self-deprecating, pessimistic and snide, are usually very solid.
Copy and pasted from the wiki:
The symbol was created 40 years before the current century, eventually being adopted by Mazov and the communards. The wreath of antlers represented a society that could both exist alongside and rule over the natural world, while the five-pointed star, a social-democratic symbol, was turned upside down to symbolize the toppling of the old order. The colour white was chosen as it is the colour of peace, also seeming to complement the black used by anarchists.
I was just about to mention the star and antlers, dammit
The classic Hammer and Sickle, specifically the Stalin era one
That’s prob one of my fav HamSic bc Stalin’s contributions are special to my family, my grandma was an orphan in East Poland, in the 1930s(current-day Belarus) and Stalin’s decree allowed her to stay in Leningrad as a kid, enjoying free education, food, a place to stay with other orphans and other subsidized needs. Whenever Stalin is shit-talked in public, I know immediately that it’s someone who never knew Stalin’s actions and is following US propaganda, nobody that knows Stalin could hate him so much
No one dropping the best one yet
Oldy but a goldy
Caution ⚠️ In case of Emergency, Vote Blue and wait for the next voting cycle./s
Hammer & sickle of course, it’s timeless classic.
But for actual modern use, best one out there is the juche symbol. Addition of brush is great and the symbol now represent entire working class.
That’s awesome!!
I’ve been wanting to see more alternative communist symbols, maybe even drafting a few of my own, but the hammer and sickle will always be the most badass, the most inspiring, and the most emotional for me as I have a long time attachment to it from even long before my days as a communist. It also helps that it so powerfully and instantaneously strikes fear into the hearts of capitalists and fascists.
I do think a modern iteration would be cool, but I don’t think a cell phone and a weed whacker crossed has quite the same effect.
I know it’s a cliche used by every movement and ideology across all of life and even fiction but I always liked the idea of a phoenix–especially in America, where it’s hard to imagine things turning for the better unless they first get much worse.
The catgirl, of course
the kalash… because it is the symbol of the struggle itself
Underrated answer lol, nobody can really try appropriating the калашников, the weapon of the defenders, according to its creator(lol maybe not always accurate considering its popularity among criminals but still)
well, revolution was never a legal business to begin with… not endorsing violence and not even a fan of guns, but yes. freedom doesn’t come for free
