Anarchist symbolism
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Anarchists have employed certain symbols for their cause since the 19th century, including most prominently the circle-A, the black flag or the black cat. Bisected flags, often using the black flag as
Front page of Le Monde illustré depicting Louise Michel carrying the black flag and inciting demonstrators to loot a bakery during the demonstration of 9 March 1883. Her flag has the inscription 'Bread or Death' but it's not certain that something was written on it during the event.
Black and red-and-black bisected flags at an anti-austerity march in London, 2011
First circle-A of history in the Bulletin des Jeunesses Libertaires
Circle-A graffiti on a laneway wall in Sydney. 2026
Black cat
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A black cat is a domestic cat with black fur. They may be a specific breed, or a common domestic cat of no particular breed. Most black cats have golden irises due to their high melanin pigment conten
Anarchist symbolism
…Anarchists have employed certain symbols for their cause since the 19th century, including most prominently the circle-A, the black flag or the black cat. Bisected flags, often using the black flag as a basis, are also frequent for various anarchist tendencies, such as the red and black or black and…
A black cat resting on a fence
Black smoke Egyptian Mau
Two black cats "rusting" (coat turning a lighter brown shade) in sunlight
Some cultures are superstitious about black cats, ascribing either good or bad luck to them.