Hammer and Sickle

most common design of Hammer and Sickle

the Hammer and Sickle (☭) is a symbol designed the represent communism.

The hammer represents industry and the sickle represents agriculture, 2 things which are a key part of communism, considering it’s all about seizing the means of production.

History

Prior the Hammer and Sickle's creation, the most common symbol used to represent communism was a Snow Plow.

Soon after taking other Russia, Lenin decided to commission an artist to create a new symbol.

As previously mentioned, The hammer represents industry and the sickle represents agriculture, 2 things which are a key part of communism, considering it’s all about seizing the means of production.

However, it’s important to note, after Lenin's death and when Stalin took other, the Soviet Union wasn't communist, not that it ever was. The Soviet Union claimed to be Socialist when in reality it was just capitalism in disguise.

What the hell is a sickle?

We all know what a hammer is, but not many people know about sickles besides the Hammer and Sickle.

A sickle is tool used for farming. The tool is used for cutting crops like wheat and stuff.

You might be familiar with scythes which are actually sickles specially designed for combat.

Cool Designs

Different communist parties around the world have different designs for the Hammer and Sickle. Hell, some even have their own original symbols.

This section will document those various different designs.

(please note, symbols will only be featured if they're different from the O.G Hammer and Sickle)

Russian Communist Party, still going strong after all these years...

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Communist Party Of Great Britain (England/UK)

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Communist Party of India. (Take note of how their symbol is just a sickle and wheat, makes sense considering India isn’t a very industrial country)

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Communist Party of Canada. Of course the, quote on quote, “nicest country in the world” has a communist party!

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Communist Party of Japan. Looks like the Windows logo?

Communist Party of America (country, not continent). The only good thing about that hellhole of a country

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Communist Party of Germany. Very close to the original, not very noteworthy...

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Communist Party of Spain. O.G hammer and Sickle with some other cool stuff added. How to do an O.G hammer and Sickle modification right! Take note germany