The hammer and sickle is a communist symbol representing proletarian solidarity between agricultural and industrial 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.
The metro station, Plošča Lienina, Minsk
Sándor Pinczehelyi, Hammer and Sickle
A tableau in a communist rally in Kerala, India
"Worker, peasant and the intellectual" in front of the Juche Tower, Pyongyang
Communist symbolism represents a variety of themes, including revolution, the proletariat, the peasantry, agriculture, or international solidarity. The red flag, the hammer and sickle and the red star or variations thereof are some of the symbols adopted by communist movements, governments, and parties worldwide.
A tableau in a communist rally in Kerala, India showing two farmers forming the hammer and sickle, the most famous communist symbol
Soviet Order of Victory Award (1945)
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (aka the "Little Red Book"), associated with Maoism.
A revolutionary worker in socialist realist style.