Talk:Hammer and sickle
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who thought up the design? Kingturtle 00:49 May 4, 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Hammer and Plow
Can someone add information on the symbol used BEFORE the Hammer and Sickle, the Hammer and Plow?
-G
[edit] "Element of symbolics"
This isn't grammatical English. I've changed it to 'one of the symbols of' - is that what you mean? - David Gerard 17:20, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Communism Series
Seeing as this is an important part of Communist symbology, I was wondering if it would be appropriate to add it to the Communism Series?
- I think it would be very appropriate. Rugxulo 20:18, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What about Austria and Chile?
Hammer and sickle are also represented on the Coat of arms of Austria. How do we fit that in? Zocky 23:13, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Well, the Coat of arms of Austria page states:"The eagle's claws hold a golden sickle and a golden hammer. While at first sight this might lead to an association with communist symbols the golden mural crown on the head of the eagle makes it clear, that these three merely represent the unity of the three "classes" (workers, peasants and bourgeoisie) in the republic - not quite class war."
So, I don't think it would fit in here in the context of a page about a Communist symbol. Maybe, though, there could be a brief section about the appearance on the Austrian arms? BDWill Talk 21:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Chile used the symbols from 1895 to 1940 on coins with a condor on a rock on the obverse and an olive wreath on the reverse. Where the two branches cross is a hammer and a sickle, replacing the tied ribbon used before. The change was a consequence of the 1891 civil war between the parliament and president Balcameda. --Peterk2 20:12, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Unicode character
On the article, a Unicode character depicting the hammer and sickle is present. I am unable to view it. What can I download to be able to see it? 68.36.99.86 21:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
- You can try installing a font that covers most of the Unicode characters. Try out Code2000. --Abdull 20:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hammer and Sickle origins
The 'Hammer and Sickle' was origionally a Hammer and Plough. Should this be included (I can cite a source) in the article?
PJB 17:16, 26 February 2006 (UTC) (Talkin' to me?)
[edit] Hammer and sickle contradicts Marx, in that he said a revolution would only come from the proletariat...
The lines
It should be noted that, although the symbol is widespread in communism, it contradicts Karl Marx's beliefs that the revolution would come entirely from the proletariat.
are true in that Marx originally said this, but I think I heard somewhere that he (or Engels) later said that a revolution could also come from the peasantry too, or at least significantly include them. Can anyone back this up? It's probably a minor point, but still.
PJB 17:04, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
I think the story is Marx' thinking was based on the German situation and factory workers were the key to the revolution of the proletariat. Lenin included the peasants, because in the Russian situation, the proletariat was largely agricultural and factory workers far less important than in Germany. --Peterk2 20:16, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dead link
This link, which is in the external links section with the label "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)" is dead, showing the regular "Not found" message.
I've removed the link. BDWill Talk 00:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Random entry about Austrian arms
"A number of symbols show some stylistical similarity to the hammer and sickle without necessarily featurin design was meant to represent the two main classes in Austrian society at the time of its conception, the workers and peasants." was replaced with the version here.
[edit] Top or bottom?
It features a sickle superimposed on a hammer.
Maybe the hammer is superimposed on the sickle? --Abdull 20:25, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- Accoding to this, it's sickle on hammer. 68.39.174.238 03:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Death to the forces of reactionary capitalism!
...um, yeah. Since hammer and sickle is a generic symbol, not a proper noun or trademark, there's no need to capitalise the term, which fits better with Wikipedia style. (WP:MOSCAPS). –EdC 15:48, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mirror image variants
I've just been confused about the two mirror variants of the hammer and sickle. The variant depicted here (with the hammer's head to the upper-left corner, and the blade of the sickle to the right) seems to be the more common one, but on http://www.lutte-ouvriere.org/ we find the reverse. Should this be mentioned under "variants"? --Gro-Tsen 03:43, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
