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[[File:Hammer and sickle red on transparent.svg|thumb|The hammer and sickle symbol]]

The '''hammer and sickle''' ([[Unicode]]: {{unichar|262D}}) is a [[Communist symbolism|communist symbol]] representing [[proletarian]] solidarity between [[Industrial labor|industrial]] and [[Farmworker|agricultural]] workers. It was first adopted during the [[Russian Revolution]] at the end of [[World War I]], the [[hammer]] representing workers and the [[sickle]] representing the peasants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Union-of-Soviet-Socialist-Republics|title=Flag of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|website=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>

After [[World War I]] (from which Russia [[Decree on Peace|withdrew]] in 1917) and the [[Russian Civil War]], the hammer and sickle became more widely used as a symbol for labor within the [[Soviet Union]] (USSR) and for [[international proletarian unity]]. It was taken up by many [[communist movements]] around the world, some with local variations. The hammer and sickle remains commonplace in self-declared socialist states, such as [[China]], [[Cuba]], [[North Korea]], [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]], but also some [[former Soviet republics]] following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], such as [[Belarus]] and [[Russia]]. Some countries have imposed [[bans on communist symbols]], where the display of the hammer and sickle is prohibited.

== History ==
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=== Worker symbolism ===
One example of use prior to its political instrumentalization by the Soviet Union is found in [[Chilean peso|Chilean currency]] circulating since 1894.<ref>{{cite web|title=20 Centavos 1895 |url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces73608.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122201652if_/https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces73608.html |archive-date=22 January 2025 |website=[[Numista]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chilean peso example, 1927|url=https://archive.org/details/Numismatist1928February/page/n29/mode/2up?q=peso|access-date=22 Jan 2025}}</ref>

=== Inception ===
In 1918, [[Yevgeny Ivanovich Kamzolkin]] proposed a 'hammer and sickle' symbol as a decoration for the [[May Day]] celebrations in the [[Zamoskvorechye District]] of [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artru.info/ar/7491/ |title=АртРу.инфо - Художники - Камзолкин Евгений Иванович |website=Artru.info |date=1957-03-18 |access-date=2017-01-02 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205221/http://artru.info/ar/7491/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =  International Gallery of Contemporary Artists |url=http://www.picture-russia.com/en/painter/582|date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816163416/http://www.picture-russia.com/en/painter/582|access-date= 2015-11-06|archive-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> It originally featured a sword, but Lenin strongly objected, disliking the militaristic connotations.<ref name="HS Role and Symbolism">{{cite web |last1=Wharton |first1=Christopher |title=The Hammer and Sickle: The Role of Symbolism and Rituals in the Russian Revolution |url=https://www.westminstercollege.edu/myriad/?parent=2514&detail=4475&content=4797 |website=The Myriad: Westminster's Interactive Academic Journal |access-date=1 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810032536/https://www.westminstercollege.edu/myriad/?parent=2514&detail=4475&content=4797 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stites |first1=Richard |editor1-last=Acton |editor1-first=Edward |editor2-last=Cherniaev |editor2-first=Vladimir Iu. |editor3-last=Rosenberg |editor3-first=William G. |title=Critical companion to the Russian Revolution, 1914-1921 |date=1997 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-33333-9 |pages=568–569 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/criticalcompanio0000unse/page/568/mode/2up?q=sword |chapter=The Role of Ritual and Symbols}}</ref> On 6 July 1923, the 2nd session of the [[Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union|Central Executive Committee]] (CIK) adopted the emblem.<ref name="HS Role and Symbolism"/>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023}}

In 1919, the new [[First Austrian Republic|Republic of Austria]] introduced a sickle and a hammer to [[Coat of arms of Austria|its coat of arms]], one in each talon of its supporting eagle, to represent the farming and industrial classes. They were removed in 1934 with the establishment of the Fascist [[Federal State of Austria]] and returned in 1945 after the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] (which had [[Anschluss|absorbed Austria]] in 1938) in the Second World War.

In his work, ''Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy'', sociologist David Lempert hypothesizes that the hammer and sickle was a secular replacement for the [[patriarchal cross]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lempert |first=David |title=Daily Life in a Crumbling Empire: The Absorption of Russia into the World Economy |date=1996 |publisher=Columbia University Press/ Eastern European Monographs |isbn=0-880-33341-3}}</ref><ref name="Crangan">{{cite news |last1=Crangan |first1=Costel |trans-title=Where does the symbol "sickle and hammer" come from? Which country used it first and in which states it is forbidden |title=De unde vine simbolul "secera şi ciocanul". Ce ţară l-a folosit prima şi în ce state este interzis  |url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/galati/de-vine-simbolul-secera-ciocanul-tara-l-a-folosit-state-interzis-1_5b891e14df52022f75fe1d8f/index.html |publisher=Adevarul Holding |date=2018-09-01 |language=ro}}</ref>

=== Use in Soviet Union ===
[[File:Hammer and Sickle and Star.svg|thumb|150px|The hammer and sickle symbol and [[red star]].]]

[[File:Order of the Patriotic War (Ist class).svg|thumb|150px|A hammer and sickle on the insignia of the [[Order of the Patriotic War]].]]
* The [[State Emblem of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Coats of Arms of the Soviet Republics]] showed the hammer and sickle, which also appeared on the [[red star]] badge on the uniform cap of the [[Red Army]] uniform and in many other places.
* ''Serp i Molot'' ([[Romanization of Russian|transliteration]] of {{langx|ru|cерп и молот}}, "sickle and hammer") is the name of the [[Moscow Metallurgical Plant]].
* ''Serp i Molot'' is also the name of a stop on the [[electric railway]] line from Kurski [[railway station]] in [[Moscow]] to [[Nizhny Novgorod|Gorky]], featured in [[Venedikt Yerofeyev]]'s novel, ''[[Moscow-Petushki]]''.

== Meaning ==
At the time of creation, the hammer and sickle stood for worker-peasant alliance, with the hammer a traditional symbol of the industrial proletariat (who dominated the proletariat of Russia) and the sickle a traditional symbol for the peasantry, but the meaning has since broadened to a globally recognizable symbol for [[Marxism]], [[Communist party|communist parties]], or [[socialist state]]s.<ref name="HS Role and Symbolism"/>

== Current usage ==
=== Post-Soviet states ===
Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the [[Vladimir Oblast]] has them on its flag and the [[Bryansk Oblast]] has them on its flag and coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of [[Oryol]] also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag.<ref name="soviettours">{{cite web |title=Hammer and Sickle on Flags and State Emblems |url=https://www.soviettours.com/wanderer/which-countries-communist-hammer-sickle |website=Soviet Tours |date=May 13, 2020 |access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref>

The former Soviet (now Russian) national airline, [[Aeroflot]], continues to use the hammer and sickle in its symbol.<ref>{{cite web | title = Aeroflot Logo To Keep Hammer And Sickle | url = https://aviationweek.com/aeroflot-logo-keep-hammer-sickle| website = aviationweek.com| date = April 18, 2003| access-date = September 16, 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Flag of Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.svg|thumb|[[Flag of Transnistria]]]]
The ''de facto'' government of [[Transnistria]] uses (with minor modifications) the flag and the emblem of the former [[Moldavian SSR]], which includes the hammer and sickle. The flag can also appear without the hammer and sickle in some circumstances, for example on [[Vehicle registration plates of Transnistria|Transnistrian-issued license plates]], [[Armed Forces of Transnistria|military uniforms]], and [[Transnistrian ruble|money]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Potter |first=Benjamin |title=Unrecognized Republic, Recognizable Consequences |url=https://doi.org/10.21140/mcuj.2022SIstratcul010 |work=Journal of Advanced Military Studies |issue=''Special Issue on Strategic Culture'' |location=[[Quantico, Virginia]] |publisher=[[Marine Corps University Press]] |page=175 |date=2022 |access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref>

=== Communist parties ===
Three out of the five currently ruling Communist parties use a hammer and sickle as the party symbol: the [[Chinese Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] and the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]. In Laos and Vietnam, the hammer and sickle party flags can often be seen flying side by side with their respective national flags.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Many communist parties around the world also use it, including the [[Communist Party of Greece]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kke.gr/|title=KKE - Αρχική|work=kke.gr}}</ref> the [[Communist Party of Argentina]], the [[Communist Party of Chile]], both the [[Communist Party of Brazil]] and the [[Brazilian Communist Party]], the [[Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party]] from Bangladesh, the [[Communist Party of Sri Lanka]], the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]], the [[Communist Party of India]], the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]], the Indian [[Communist Marxist Party]], the [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]], the [[Egyptian Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of Pakistan]], the [[Communist Refoundation Party]] in Italy, the [[Communist Party of Spain (main)|Communist Party of Spain]], the [[Communist Party of Denmark]], the [[Communist Party of Norway]], the [[Romanian Communist Party]], the [[Lebanese Communist Party]], the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]] and the [[Shining Path]]. The [[Communist Party (Sweden)|Communist Party of Sweden]], the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcp.pt/estatutos-do-pcp#cap_13|title=Estatutos do PCP, art. 72|work=pcp.pt/estatutos-do-pcp|date=17 March 2010 }}</ref> and the [[Mexican Communist Party]] use the hammer and sickle imposed on the red star.

== Variations ==
[[File:Flag of Angola.svg|thumb|245x245px|[[Flag of Angola]]]]
[[File:Flag of Mozambique.svg|thumb|245x245px|[[Flag of Mozambique]]]]
Many symbols having similar structures and messages to the original have been designed. For example, the [[flag of Angola|Angolan flag]] shows a segment of a [[gear|cog]], crossed by a [[machete]] and crowned with a [[red star|socialist star]], while the [[flag of Mozambique]] features an [[AKM]] crossed by a [[hoe (tool)|hoe]]. In the logo of the [[Communist Party USA]], a circle is formed by a half cog and a [[Semicircle|semicircular]] sickle-blade. A hammer is laid directly over the sickle's handle, with the hammer's [[Hammer#Designs and variations|head]] at the logo's center. The logo of the [[Communist Party of Turkey (modern)|Communist Party of Turkey]] consists of half a cog wheel crossed by a hammer, with a star on the top.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TM |date=2019-06-17 |title=Turkey’s communist party to boycott İstanbul election |url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/06/17/turkeys-communist-party-to-boycott-istanbul-election/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Turkish Minute |language=en-US}}</ref>

Tools represented in other designs include: the [[Ink brush|brush]], sickle and hammer of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]; the [[spade]], [[torch|flaming torch]] and [[quill]] used prior to 1984 by the British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]; the [[pickaxe]] and [[rifle]] used in [[Socialist People's Republic of Albania|communist Albania]]; and the hammer and [[Compass (drafting)|compasses]] of the [[East Germany|East German]] emblem and flag. The [[Far Eastern Republic]] of Russia used an [[anchor]] crossed over a spade or pickaxe, symbolising the union of the fishermen and miners. The [[Fourth International]], founded by [[Leon Trotsky]], uses a hammer and sickle symbol on which the number 4 is superimposed. The hammer and sickle in the Fourth International symbol are the opposite of other hammer and sickle symbols in that the head of the hammer is on the right side and the sickle end tip on the left. The [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[League for the Fifth International]] merges a hammer with the number 5, using the number's lower arch to form the sickle. A sickle with a rifle is also used by the [[People's Mojahedin of Iran]].

The [[Communist Party of Britain]] uses the hammer and [[Peace symbol#The dove and olive branch|dove symbol]]. Designed in 1988 by Michal Boncza, it is intended to highlight the party's connection to the peace movement. It is usually used in conjunction with the hammer and sickle, and it appears on all of the CPB's publications. Some members of the CPB prefer one symbol over the other, although the party's 1994 congress reaffirmed the hammer and dove's position as the official emblem of the party. Similarly, the [[Communist Party of Israel]] uses a dove over the hammer and sickle as its symbol. The flag of the [[Guadeloupe Communist Party]] uses a sickle, turned to look like a [[capital letters|majuscule G]], to represent [[Guadeloupe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flagspot.net/flags/gp%7Dpcg.html|title=Parti Communiste Guadeloupéen|work=flagspot.net}}</ref>

In 1938, the [[Dobama Asiayone]], an anti-British nationalist group in the then [[British Burma]], adopted a tricolour flag charged with a red sickle and hammer.<ref>{{cite book |author=Khin Yi|date=1988 |title=The Dobama Movement in Burma (1930-1938)|url=https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780877271185/the-dobama-movement-in-burma-19301938/#bookTabs=1|publisher=Cornell University Press|page=39|isbn=}}</ref> From 1974&ndash;2010, the [[Flag of Myanmar#1974 flag|flag of Burma (Myanmar)]] featured a bushel of [[rice]] superimposed on a [[cogwheel]] surrounded by fourteen white stars; the rice representing the peasants and the cogwheel representing the workers, the combination symbolizing that the peasants and workers be the two basic social classes for State building, while the fourteen equal-sized white stars indicate the unity and equality of fourteen [[Administrative divisions of Myanmar|member states]] of the Union.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2006 |title=မြန်မာဖတ်စာ ဒုတိယတန်း (Grade-3)|trans-title=Myanmar Textbook for Second Standard (Grade-3)|url=http://www.myanmarbookshop.com/MyanmarBooks/BookDetails/7116|language=my|publisher=Ministry of Education, Government of the Union of Myanmar|page=1|isbn=}}</ref>

The flag of [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]] (CCM, Party of the Revolution in [[Swahili language|Swahili]]), currently the ruling political party of [[Tanzania]], has a slightly different symbol with a hammer and a [[Hoe (tool)|hoe]] (''jembe'') instead of a sickle to represent the most common farm tool in Africa.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The symbols of the [[liberal socialist]] parties of [[Radical Civic Union]] in [[Argentina]] and the [[Czech National Social Party]] in the Czech Republic feature a hammer and a quill, with the former representing workers and the latter representing clerks.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The election symbol of the [[Communist Party of India]] consists of a horizontal sickle, vertically crossed by [[Ear (botany)|Ears of Corn]] in the center.

== Art ==
The hammer and sickle has long been a common theme in socialist realism, but it has also seen some depiction in non-Marxist popular culture. [[Andy Warhol]] who created many drawings and photographs of the hammer and sickle is the most famous example of this.
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File:Lenpl_06.jpg|The metro station, ''Plošča Lienina'', [[Minsk]]
File:BWHammerSickle.jpg|Sándor Pinczehelyi, ''Hammer and Sickle''
File:Hammer and Sickle - Kerala.jpg|A [[Tableau vivant|tableau]] in a communist rally in [[Kerala]], [[India]]
File:Juche-Tower-2014.jpg | "Worker, [[peasant]] and the [[intellectual]]" in front of the [[Juche Tower]], [[Pyongyang]]
File:Animalism flag.svg|The Hoof and Horn flag described in the book ''[[Animal Farm]]'' is a parody of the hammer and sickle.
</gallery>

== Legal status ==
{{see also|Red star#Legal status|l1=Red star § Legal status|Bans on communist symbols}}
In several countries in the former [[Eastern Bloc]], there are laws that define the hammer and sickle as the symbol of a "[[totalitarian]] and criminal ideology" and the public display of the hammer and sickle and other Communist symbols such as the red star is considered a criminal offence. [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]],<ref name="Communist symbols to be banned in Georgia">{{citation|title=Communist symbols to be banned in Georgia|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27272993 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=4 May 2014|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> [[Hungary]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code, Section 335: Use of Symbols of Totalitarianism|url=http://thb.kormany.hu/download/a/46/11000/Btk_EN.pdf|page=97|website=Ministry of Interior of Hungary|access-date=21 February 2017|quote=Any person who: a) distributes, b) uses before the public at large, or c) publicly exhibits, the swastika, the insignia of the SS, the arrow cross, the sickle and hammer, the five-pointed red star or any symbol depicting the above so as to breach public peace – specifically in a way to offend the dignity of victims of totalitarian regimes and their right to sanctity – is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by custodial arrest, insofar as they did not result in a more serious criminal offense.}}</ref> [[Latvia]],<ref name="Latvia Bans Soviet, Nazi Symbols">{{citation|title=Latvia Bans Soviet, Nazi Symbols|url=http://en.ria.ru/russia/20130621/181788657/Latvia-Bans-Soviet-Nazi-Symbols.html|publisher=RIA Novosti|date=21 June 2013|access-date=14 September 2014}}</ref> [[Lithuania]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/7459976.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |title=Lithuanian ban on Soviet symbols|date=17 June 2008}}</ref> [[Moldova]] (1 October 2012 – 4 June 2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova-bans-communist-symbols/24643461.html |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe]] |title=Moldovan Parliament Bans Communist Symbols|date=12 July 2012}}</ref> and [[Decommunization in Ukraine|Ukraine]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-bans-soviet-era-symbols-1428606171|title=Ukraine Bans Soviet-Era Symbols |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.memory.gov.ua/laws/law-ukraine-condemnation-communist-and-national-socialist-nazi-regimes-and-prohibition-propagan|title=LAW OF UKRAINE. On the condemnation of the communist and national socialist (Nazi) regimes, and prohibition of propaganda of their symbols}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/317-viii|title=Про засудження комуністичного та націонал-соціалістичного ... - від 09.04.2015 № 317-VIII|publisher=rada.gov.ua}}</ref> have [[banned communist symbols]] including this one. A similar law was considered in [[Estonia]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16968/ | title=Free speech questioned as Estonia prepares to ban Soviet, Nazi symbols }}</ref> but it eventually failed in a parliamentary committee.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://epl.delfi.ee/arvamus/a?id=70252293 | title=Ants Erm: Erinevalt venelaste ajaloost on Venemaa ajalugu Eestis vaid vägivald, küüditamine ja kommunistlik diktatuur }}</ref> In Ukraine, the legislature equates communist symbols including hammer with sickle to [[Nazi swastika]] symbols.<ref>{{Cite web |title=У поліції нагадали, що за серп і молот можна сісти на 5 років |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/05/8/7292841/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Українська правда |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bobkov |first=Denys |date=7 May 2021 |title=Заборона символіки тоталітарних режимів: що мають знати миколаївці |url=https://suspilne.media/128684-zaborona-simvoliki-totalitarnih-rezimiv-so-maut-znati-mikolaivci/#:~:text=%D0%97%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%20%D0%B7%D1%96%20%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%8E%20436%2D1,%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%96%20%D1%83%20%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B4%D1%96%20%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%97%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%86%D1%96%D1%97.}}</ref>

In 2010, the [[Lithuania]]n, [[Latvia]]n, [[Bulgaria]]n, [[Hungary|Hungarian]], [[Romania]]n, and [[Czech Republic|Czech]] governments called for the European Union to criminalize "the approval, denial or belittling of communist crimes" similar to how a number of EU member states have banned [[Holocaust denial]]. The [[European Commission]] turned down this request, finding after a study that the criteria for EU-wide criminal legislation were not met, leaving individual member states to determine the extent to which they wished to handle past totalitarian crimes.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-12059475 EU won't legislate on communist crimes], BBC News (22 December 2010).</ref>

In February 2013, the [[Constitutional Court of Hungary]] annulled the ban on the use of symbols of fascist and communist dictatorships, including the hammer and sickle, the red star and the swastika, saying the ban was too broad and imprecise. The court also pointed to a judgement of the [[European Court of Human Rights]] in which Hungary was found guilty of violation of [[Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights|article 10]], the right to [[freedom of expression]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hungary, hammer and sickle ban declared illegal|url=http://www.ansa.it/nuova_europa/en/news/sections/news/2013/02/24/visualizza_new.html_1844118137.html|publisher=[[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]]|date=27 February 2013|access-date=12 November 2013}}</ref> In June 2013, the [[Constitutional Court of Moldova]] ruled that the [[Moldovan Communist Party]]'s symbols—the hammer and sickle—are legal and can be used.<ref>{{cite news|title=Constitutional Court rules that 'hammer and sickle' can be used|url=http://www.allmoldova.com/en/moldova-news/1249056313.html|work=allmoldova.com|date=5 June 2013|access-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112194049/http://www.allmoldova.com/en/moldova-news/1249056313.html|archive-date=12 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In [[Indonesia]], the display of communist symbols is banned and the country's [[Communist Party of Indonesia|Communist party]] was also banned by decree of president [[Suharto]], following the [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966|1965–1966 killings of communists]] in which over 500,000 people were killed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9bb9815e-b2e8-11e7-aa26-bb002965bce8|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171029180853/https://www.ft.com/content/9bb9815e-b2e8-11e7-aa26-bb002965bce8|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-29|title=Declassified files outline US support for 1965 Indonesia massacre|date=2017-10-29|website=archive.is|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Artists summoned over communist symbol exhibition|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/20/artists-summoned-over-communist-symbol-exhibition.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026114133/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/10/20/artists-summoned-over-communist-symbol-exhibition.html|archive-date=26 October 2008|url-status=dead|author=Dickie Christanto|publisher=[[The Jakarta Post]]|date=20 October 2008|access-date=12 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In January 2018, an activist protesting against [[Bumi Resources]] displayed the hammer and sickle, was accused of spreading communism, and later jailed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/indonesian-activist-jailed-for-advocating-communism/81355|title=Indonesian activist jailed for advocating communism|website=ucanews.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref><ref name="Human Rights Watch 2018">{{cite web | title=Indonesia's 'Anti-Communism' Law Used Against Environmental Activist | website=Human Rights Watch | date=2018-01-12 | url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/13/indonesias-anti-communism-law-used-against-environmental-activist | access-date=2021-07-21}}</ref>

In [[Poland]], dissemination of items which are "media of fascist, communist or other totalitarian symbolism" was criminalized in 1997. However, the [[Constitutional Tribunal (Poland)|Constitutional Tribunal]] found this sanction to be unconstitutional in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trybunal.gov.pl/rozprawy/komunikaty-prasowe/komunikaty-po/art/2628-nowelizacja-kodeksu-karnego/s/k-1110/|title=Nowelizacja kodeksu karnego.|language=pl|date=19 July 2011|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

== Usage gallery ==
=== Flags ===
==== Europe and Russia/Soviet Union ====
===== Current =====
<gallery class="center">
File:KPRF Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
File:Flag of Communists of Russia.svg|Flag of the [[Communists of Russia]]
File:Flag of the United Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[United Communist Party]] (Russia)
File:Flag of the Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.svg|Flag of the [[Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
File:Flag of SERB.svg|Flag of the [[SERB]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Bryansk Oblast.svg|Flag of [[Bryansk Oblast]] ([[Russia]])
File:Flag of Vladimirskaya Oblast.svg|Flag of [[Vladimir Oblast]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Oryol.svg|Flag of [[Oryol]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Dzerzhinsk (Nizhny Novgorod region).jpg|Flag of [[Dzerzhinsk, Russia|Dzerzhinsk]] (Russia)
File:Flag of Transnistria (state).svg|Flag of [[Transnistria]] (Moldova)
File:KKE Flag.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
File:Flag of the Communist Refoundation Party.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Refoundation Party]] ([[Italy]])
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Ireland.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Ireland]]
File:Flag of the Portuguese Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]
File:MKP-FLAG.svg|Flag of the [[Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)]]
File:Dhkp.svg|Flag of the [[Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front]] ([[Turkey]])
File:Flag of Communist Party of Britain.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Britain]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist).svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)]]
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1922–1923).svg|[[Flag of the Soviet Union]] from 1922 to November 1923
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924).svg|Flag of the Soviet Union from November 1923 to April 1924
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1924–1936).svg|Flag of the Soviet Union from April 1924 to December 1936
File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936–1955).svg|alt=|Flag of the Soviet Union from December 1936 to 1955
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|Flag of the Soviet Union from 19 August 1955 to 26 December 1991
File:USSR, Jack and fortress flag of naval fortresses 1964.svg|[[List of Soviet navy flags#Jack|Naval Jack of the Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] from 16 November 1950 to 26 July 1992
File:Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950–1991).svg|[[List of Soviet navy flags#Ensign and flag|Naval ensign of the Soviet Union]] and Russia from 16 November 1950 to 26 July 1992
File:Flag of the Aeroflot.svg|Flag of [[Aeroflot]] from 1961 to 1991
File:Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Russian SFSR]] from 1954 to 1991
File:Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Ukrainian SSR]] from 1950 to 1992
File:Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Byelorussian SSR]] from 1951 to 1991
File:Flag of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Uzbek SSR]] from 1952 to 1991
File:Flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1991); Flag of Kazakhstan (1991–1992).svg|Flag of the [[Kazakh SSR]] from 1953 to 1992
File:Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Georgian SSR]] from 1951 to 1990
File:Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956–1991).svg|Flag of the [[Azerbaijani SSR]] from 1956 to 1991
File:Flag of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1988).svg|Flag of the [[Lithuanian SSR]] from 1953 to 1988
File:Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Moldavian SSR]] from 1952 to 1990
File:Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Latvian SSR]] from 1953 to 1990
File:Flag of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Kirghiz SSR]] from 1952 to 1992
File:Flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Tajik SSR]] from 1953 to 1991
File:Flag of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1952–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Armenian SSR]] from 1952 to 1990
File:Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Turkmen SSR]] from 1953 to 1992
File:Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (1953–1990).svg|Flag of the [[Estonian SSR]] from 1953 to 1990
File:Flag of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.svg|Flag of the [[Karelo-Finnish SSR]] from 1953 to 1956
File:Flag of the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic]]
File:Flag of the Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.svg|Flag of the [[Decommunization (Russian political movement)|Decommunization]] (Russia)
File:Flag of PCR.svg|Flag of the [[Romanian Communist Party]]
File:National Bolshevik Party flag.svg|Flag of the National Bolshevik Party
File:Flag of the KSC.svg|Flag of [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Germany.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Germany]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Germany (reverse).svg|Reverse side of the Communist Party of Germany flag
File:Flag of East Germany.svg|Flag of [[East Germany]] from 1959 to 1990
File:Flag of the Italian Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Italian Communist Party]]
File:Sammarinese Communist Party flag, 1950s.svg|Flag of the [[Sammarinese Communist Party]]
File:League of Communists of Yugoslavia Flag.svg|Flag of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]
</gallery>

==== Asia minus Russia/Soviet Union ====

===== Current =====
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnamese Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Chinese Communist Party]]
File:Taiwan People's Communist Party Flag Updated.png|Flag of the [[Taiwan People's Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea.svg|Flag of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
File:CPI-banner.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of India]]
File:CPI-M-flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
File:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|Flag of various South Asian communist parties, including the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]
File:SUCI flag.svg|Flag of the [[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]
File:বাংলাদেশ কমিউনিস্ট পার্টির পতাকা.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Bangladesh]]
File:Communist Party of Bhutan Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)]]
File:Bandeira do Partido Socialista de Timor.png|Flag of the [[Socialist Party of Timor]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (alternative II).svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]]
File:Flag of LPRP.svg|Flag of the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]]
File:Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Lebanese Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash).svg|Flag of the [[Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash)]]
File:Flag of the Jordanian Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Jordanian Communist Party]]
File:Palestinian Communist Party Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Palestinian Communist Party (1990s)|Palestinian Communist Party]]
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of the Chinese Communist Party (Pre-1996).svg|Flag of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (before 1996)
File:中國工農紅軍軍旗.svg|Flag of [[Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army]]
File:Flag of the Taiwan Democratic Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Taiwan Democratic Communist Party]]
File:National Flag of Chinese Soviet Republic.svg|Flag of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] (1931–1937)
File:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|Flag of various South Asian communist parties, including the [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]
File:Flag of CMKP.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party]]
File:Flag of the CPN (Unified Socialist).svg|Flag of the [[Nepal Communist Party]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Indonesia.svg|Flag of [[Communist Party of Indonesia]]
File:Banner of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Kampuchea]]
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Malaya.svg|Flag of the [[Malayan Communist Party]] (1930–1989)
File:Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party 1978.svg|Flag of the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (1978–1995)
</gallery>

==== Africa ====
===== Current =====
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of Angola.svg|[[Flag of Angola]]
File:Communist Party of Kenya Flag.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Kenya]]
File:Flag of the South African Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[South African Communist Party]]
File:CPMK Party Flag.jpg|Flag of the [[Communist Party Marxist – Kenya]]
File:Communist Party of Swaziland flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Swaziland]]
File:Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg|Flag of the [[People's Republic of the Congo]] and the [[Congolese Party of Labour]]
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center">
File:Flag of Algerian Communist Party.svg|Flag of the [[Algerian Communist Party]]
File:Flag of FRELIMO (1997–2004).svg|Flag of [[FRELIMO]] (1987–2004)
File:Workers' Party of Ethiopia flag (variant).png|Flag of the [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]]
</gallery>

==== Americas ====

===== Current =====
<gallery class="center">
File:BANDERA PCCE.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)|PCCE]]
File:PCB_logo.svg|Flag of the [[Brazilian Communist Party|PCB]]
File:PCdoB flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Brazil|PCdoB]]
File:Bandeira do Partido da Causa Operária, do Brasil.svg|Flag of the [[Workers' Cause Party]] ([[Brazil]])
File:Flag of the Communist Party of Chile.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Chile]]
File:Partido comunista-ec.png|Flag of the [[Communist Party of Ecuador]]
File:Flag of Sendero Luminoso.svg|Flag of the [[Shining Path]] ([[Peru]])
File:Communist Party USA Flag.svg|Flag of the [[Communist Party USA]]
File:Pcrcolor 0.svg|Flag of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party (Argentina)|Revolutionary Communist Party]] ([[Argentina]])
</gallery>

=== State emblems ===
==== Soviet Union (in the constitutional order) ====<!--- Placed in the constitutional order. --->
<gallery class="center">
File:State Emblem of the Soviet Union.svg|[[State Emblem of the Soviet Union|State emblem]] of the [[Soviet Union|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]]
File:Emblem of the Russian SFSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Russia Soviet Socialist Republic|Emblem]] of the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]]
File:Coat of arms of the Russian Federation (1992-1993).svg|[[Coat of arms of Russia|Emblem]] of the [[Russian Federation]] (1992‒1993)
File:Emblem of the Ukrainian SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Byelorussian SSR (1981-1991).svg|[[Emblem of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Uzbek SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of Kazakh SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Georgian SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Azerbaijan SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Lithuanian SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Moldavian SSR (1981-1990).svg|[[Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Latvian SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Kirghiz SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Tajik SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Turkmen SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Estonian SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
File:Emblem of the Transcaucasian SFSR (1930-1936).svg|[[Emblem of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic]] (1923‒1936)
File:Emblem of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.svg|[[Emblem of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic]] (1941‒1956)
File:Emblem of the Armenian SSR.png|[[Emblem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic]]
</gallery>

==== Other ====

===== Current =====
<gallery class="center">
File:Coat of arms of Transnistria.svg|[[Coat of Arms of Transnistria|Emblem]] of the self-proclaimed [[Transnistria|Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic]]
File:Emblem of Angola.svg|[[Emblem of Angola]]
File:Coat of Arms of Bryansk Oblast.svg|[[Coat of arms of Bryansk Oblast]], Russia
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center">
File:Coat of arms of East Germany (1955–1990).svg|[[National emblem of East Germany|National emblem]] of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (1955–1990)
File:Emblem of the Tuvan People's Republic (1943-1944).svg|[[Coat of arms of the Tuva Republic|State emblem]] of the [[Tuvan People's Republic]] (1943‒1944)
File:Emblem of Laos 1975-1991.svg|[[Emblem of Laos|State emblem]] of the [[Laos|Lao People's Democratic Republic]] (1975‒1991)
File:Coat of arms of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg|Emblem of the [[People's Republic of the Congo]] (1970–1991)
File:National Emblem of the Chinese Soviet Republic.svg|[[National Emblem of the People's Republic of China#Historical emblems|State emblem]] of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]] (1934–1937)
File:Coa Hungary Country History (1949-1956).svg|Emblem of [[Hungarian People's Republic]] (1949–1956)
File:Coat of Arms of Moscow (Soviet).svg|Emblem of [[Moscow]] (1924–1937)
</gallery>

=== Logos ===
==== Europe ====
Current<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:KPRF Logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Greece.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Greece]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party (Italy).svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Italy)]]
File:Pce 2014.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Spain]]
File:Portuguese Communist Party logo.svg|Logo of the [[Portuguese Communist Party]]
File:Communist Party of Ireland.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ireland]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Britain.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Britain]]
File:CPGB hi res.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)]]
File:Kommunistiska Partiet.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Sweden)]]
File:Norwegian Communist Party.svg|The Logo of the [[Communist Party of Norway]]
File:DKP logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Denmark]]
File:Kp logo.jpg|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Denmark)]]
File:Partito Comunista (Svizzera).tif|Logo of the [[Communist Party (Switzerland)]]
File:Logo - Nieuwe Communistische Partij van Nederland (2022).svg|Logo of the [[New Communist Party of the Netherlands]]
File:PCB-CPB logo.jpg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Belgium (1989)]]
File:MLKP Badge.svg|Badge of the [[Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)|Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Turkey]]
File:TDKP Logo.svg|Logo of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey]]
File:Aeroflot.svg|Logo of [[Aeroflot]]
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Hammer and Sickle and Star.svg|The hammer and sickle symbol used with the [[red star]] used as a symbol of [[Soviet Union]].
File:КПСС.svg|Badge of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
File:Emblem of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]]
File:Coat of arms of PCR.svg|Emblem of the [[Romanian Communist Party]]
File:LogoBKP.svg|Logo of the [[Bulgarian Communist Party]]
File:Compass and Hammer.svg|Compass and hammer of [[East Germany]].
File:Hammer und Ähre.svg|Hammer and grain of the [[Hungarian People's Republic]]
File:Emblem of the SKJ.svg|Emblem of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]
File:Logo Partito Comunista Italiano.svg|Logo of the [[Italian Communist Party]]
File:Partito di Unità Proletaria logo.svg|Logo of the [[Proletarian Unity Party (Italy)]]
File:PCPE.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain]]
File:Logo du Parti communiste français.png|Logo of the [[French Communist Party]] (1980‒1996)
File:KPD-logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Germany]]
File:Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist) Emblem.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist)]]
File:Group of Social Revolutionary Nationalists.svg|Symbol of the [[Karl Otto Paetel|Group of Social Revolutionary Nationalists]]
</gallery>

==== Asia ====

===== Current =====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:WPK symbol.svg|Emblem of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
File:LogoKPT.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Tajikistan]]
File:Socialist Party of Bangladesh Official Logo.png|Logo of the [[Socialist Party of Bangladesh]]
File:Communist Party of Vietnam flag logo.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
File:Emblem of Vietnam Communist Party.svg|Alternative emblem of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]]
File:MSS globe logo.png|Logo of the [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]]
File:Danghui.svg|Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party (1996–present)
File:LankaSamaSamajaLogo.png|Logo of the [[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]], which features the symbol of the [[Fourth International]]
File:CPI symbol.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of India]]
File:Cpm election symbol.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Indonesia.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]] (1914‒1966)
File:Logo of the Acoma Party.svg|Logo of the [[Acoma Party]] ([[Indonesia]])
File:CPN-UML.svg|Logo of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (1991–2018)
File:Danghui (pre-1996).svg|[[Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party]] (1942–1996)
File:Emblem of the Yemeni Socialist Party (1978‐1990).svg|Emblem of the [[Yemeni Socialist Party]] (1978-1990)
</gallery>

==== Africa ====

===== Current =====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Cog and Machete.svg|Logo of the [[People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]]
File:PCBeninlogo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Benin]]
File:Roundel of Congo 1970.svg|Logo of the [[Congolese Party of Labour]]
File:Egyptian Communist Party logo.svg|Logo of the [[Egyptian Communist Party]]
File:Meison.jpg|Emblem of the [[All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement]]
File:PCCote-d-Ivoire.svg|Hammer and machete logo of the [[Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast]]
File:Communist Party of Kenya logo.png|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Kenya]]
File:Emblem of the South African Communist Party.svg|Logo of the [[South African Communist Party]]
File:Parti des travailleurs (Tunisie).svg|Logo of the [[Workers' Party (Tunisia)|Workers' Party of Tunisia]]
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Workers' Party of Ethiopia Logo.png|Flag of the [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]]
File:Logo of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party.svg|Emblem of the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party]] (ca. 1975)
File:FRELIMO Emblem.svg|Logo of [[FRELIMO]] ([[Mozambique]]) (1987–2004)
File:Emblem of Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party.svg|Emblem of the [[Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
File:Parti des travailleurs (Tunisie).svg|Logo of the [[Workers' Party (Tunisia)|Workers' Party of Tunisia]]
</gallery>

==== Americas ====

===== Current =====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Escudo del Partido Comunista Argentino.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Argentina]]
File:Logo of the Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress).svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)]]
File:PCB logo.svg|Logo of the [[Brazilian Communist Party]]
File:PCdoB logo.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Brazil]]
File:Logo PCO Institucional.svg|Logo of the [[Workers' Cause Party]]
File:Partido Comunista de Chile.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Chile]]
File:Logo del Partido Comunista del Ecuador.svg|Logo of the [[Communist Party of Ecuador]]
File:PCP paraguay.jpg|Logo of the [[Paraguayan Communist Party]]
File:Shining Path Hammer and Sickle.svg|Logo of the [[Shining Path]]
File:CPUSA logo.svg|Emblem of the [[Communist Party USA]]
</gallery>

===== Former =====
<gallery class="center" classes="center">
File:Emblema PCM Mexico.svg|Logo of the [[Mexican Communist Party]]
</gallery>

== Unicode ==
In [[Unicode]], the "hammer and sickle" symbol is U+262D (☭). It is part of the [[Miscellaneous Symbols]] (2600–26FF) code block. It was added to Unicode 1.1 in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://emojipedia.org/hammer-and-sickle/|title=☭ Hammer and Sickle Emoji|website=emojipedia.org|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{portal|Communism|Soviet Union|China}}
* [[Arm and hammer]]
* [[Fist and rose]]
* [[Communist symbolism]]
* [[Socialist heraldry]]
* [[Hammer and pick]] (<big>⚒</big>)
* [[Red flag (politics)|Red flag]] (<big><span style="color: red">⚑</span></big>)
* [[Red star]] (<big><span style="color: red">★</span></big>)
* [[Transport and Map Symbols]] Unicode block (contains <big>🛠</big> "hammer and wrench" as U+1F6E0)

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{reflist|group=image}}

== External links ==
* {{commons category-inline|Hammer and sickle}}
* {{commons category-inline|Hammer and sickle in heraldry}}
{{Soviet Union topics}}
{{Chinese Communist Party}}
{{China topics}}

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