Hammer and sickle

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 industrial proletariat and the peasantry respectively; placing them together symbolises the unity between agricultural and industrial workers.

External links

• BBC report on plans to ban the hammer and sickle
• hammer and sickle shirts, hats and jackets for sale
• A rendition of the logo of Britain's Transport and General Workers Union (letter T and G crossed in the fashion of a hammer and sickle)
• Symbol of North Korea's Korean Workers' Party (hammer, pen and sickle)
• Old symbol of the British Labour Party (spade, torch and hoe).
• communist and soviet union site made by capitalists
• Serp i Molot Plant website (in Russian)