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flag]] The hammer and sickle is a Symbol used to represent Communism and Communist Political Parties . It features a Sickle superimposed on a Hammer . The two tools are symbols of the Peasantry and the industrial Proletariat respectively; placing them together symbolises the unity between agricultural and industrial workers. It is best known from having been incorporated into the Red Flag of the Soviet Union , along with the Red Star . It should be noted that, although the symbol is widespread in communism, it contradicts Karl Marx 's beliefs that the revolution would come entirely from the Proletariat . Including the Peasantry as part of the movement was part of Lenin 's variation on the doctrine. The peasantry was also a strong force in the Chinese form of communism. SOVIET AND RUSSIAN USAGE The Hammer and Sickle was originally a hammer crossed over a plough, with the same meaning (unity of peasants and workers) as the more well known Hammer and Sickle. The Hammer and Sickle, though in use since 1917/18, was not the official symbol until 1922, before which the original Hammer and Plough insignia was used by Red Army and Red Guard on uniforms, medals, caps etc. Since . Initially it was rendered on the Coat Of Arms of the RSFSR , the union of workers and peasants having been declared the base of the state, and on the symbolics of the Red Army (created in 1918 ). Later it was featured on the Flag Of The Soviet Union , adopted in 1923 and finalized in the 1924 Soviet Constitution , and flags of the Republics Of The Soviet Union after 1924. Before this, the flags of Soviet republics tended to be a plain red field, with the golden text of the name of the respective republic superimposed on it, as stipulated in Article 90 of the 1918 Soviet Constitution .
Those Communist Parties affiliated to the Comintern and the Cominform (that is those who looked to Moscow) and also those who looked to Beijing for guiding leadership tended to employ the use of the hammer and sickle or similar designs in their symbology. However, even Communist Parties opposed to both the Soviet Union and China have often used the hammer and sickle as their symbol (though sometimes they made small stylistic modifications to it). Thus, the hammer and sickle has become the international symbol of nearly all communists, regardless of orientation. OTHER SIMILAR SYMBOLS .]] .]] A number of symbols show some stylistical similarity to the hammer and sickle without necessarily featuring an actual hammer or a sickle. For example, such symbols appear on the Flag Of Angola , logo of the Communist Party Of Portugal , Communist Party Of The USA , and on some renditions of Britain's Transport And General Workers Union logo. Further variations on the theme of crossed tools include the symbol of the Korean Workers' Party (hammer, writing brush and sickle), the old symbol of the British Labour Party (spade, torch and hoe), the crossed monkey wrench and tomohawk of the Earth First! movement, the Pickaxe and Rifle symbol of communist Albania , and the hammer and compasses of the emblem of the German Democratic Republic . In 1990, after Nelson Mandela was released from prison, he made a speech to the South African people from a balcony decked out with the hammer and sickle flag in Cape Town . The Far Eastern Republic used an Anchor crossed over a Spade or Pick axe, symbolising the union of fishermen and miners. The Communist Party of Guadeloupe uses a letter "G" in the style of a hammer and sickle on its flag {Link without Title} . The Austrian Coat Of Arms depicts an eagle holding an (uncrossed) hammer and sickle in each claw. Though unrelated to communism, the design was meant to represent the two main classes in Austrian society at the time of its conception, the workers and peasants. In Unicode , the "hammer and sickle" symbol is U+262D (☭). SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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