"black flag and a red star"

[closer]

what is the significant of a "black flag and a red star"? made notorious by ratm...

[closer]

...what is it symbolic of? i really want to know.

[ComradeRed]

anarcho-syndaclism!

[ComradeRed]

from red vocabulary:

Originally posted by "Anarchism"+--> ("Anarchism")ANARCHISM: Political ideology that emphasizes the belief that all forms of government are evil. It is the feeling of most Anarchists that all governments should be eradicated immediately. The father of modern individualist anarchism was philosopher Pierre Joseph Proudhon. The founder of violent, revolutionary anarchism is Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakunin. Two forms of socialist anarchism are Anarcho-Syndicalism and Anarcho-Communism. Anarcho-Syndicalists believe that militant trade unions will bring about the overthrow of government. This type of anarchist played a pivotal role in Spanish Civil War. Anarcho-Communists feel that the reason the ideals of Communism have yet to be achieved is because governments were involved. The leading figure of the Anarcho-Communist ideology is Piotr Kropotkin. Eco-Anarchism (a.k.a. "Bookchinism") is based on the ideas of Murray Bookchin. Eco-Anarchism believes that the destruction of the environment is a biproduct of human domination. Anarcho-Feminists believe the complete overthrow of the current system is necessary to end male domination. Anarchists have recently played a large role in the protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle and the World Bank/IMF protests in Washington D.C. An Anarchist hotspot in the US is Eugene, Oregon. While there are many small groups of Anarchists in America, the largest is perhaps the Anarcho-Syndicalist union Industrial Workers of the World. Recently-popularized Anarchist organizations include the Anti-Capitalist Convergence and the Black Bloc (an older organization than ACC).[/b] and...
"syndaclism"
SYNDICALISM: Form of decentralized leftism that puts strong emphasis on revolutionary unionist movements. Believing that the unions will be the vehicles of any workers’ revolution, syndicalists often pay little attention to forming political parties and often devote themselves to unionism instead. The main problem with syndicalism over the years is that it tends to be too purist in its ideology. They also tend to be too decentralized and poorly planned, allowing government forces to easily break them up. In America, the main syndicalist organizations have been the Industrial Workers of the World and the Socialist Labor Party. See also: DeLeonism.

[M_Rawlins]

from: http://www.accidentprone.com/ragefaq/ramfaq32.txt

[1-9] What is the significance of the red star?

Rage Against the Machine uses the imagery of a red, five-pointed
star frequently in their merchandise, artwork, equipment, and even
on their clothes. A red star has been used through history and to
the current day to signify solidarity with leftist activism and
movements. The flag used by the Zapatista movement, for instance,
is "a black flag and a red star..."

[SittingBull47]

didn't know that. interesting.

Where'd you go to get those definitions?

[M_Rawlins]

http://www.accidentprone.com/ragefaq/ramfaq32.txt

[commie kg]

Um, the Black Flag with a Red Star in the middle is the flag of the Zapatista movement in the Chiapas region of Mexico.

It has also been used to signify a leftist movement of united anarchists and communists.