It wasn't until 1996 that the Socialist Party of Albania (which succeeded the Party of Labour of Albania in 1991) formally renounced Marxism-Leninism, when in practice it obviously renounced Marxism-Leninism in deeds from its establishment. Revisionism couches itself in "Marxist" ideology, only to gradually discard it as time goes on. Removing the hammer and sickle is just an aesthetic move at this point, one indicating the continuous right-wing march of the PCF.
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There's nothing wrong with updating their image if it will allow them to engage with the workers without all the baggage getting in the way.
Yes. Thats why they did it.
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Yeah and the fact is that the hammer and sickle has beeen somewhat sullied by the soviets. You may as well replace the symbol for something more relateable like a gear and tractor, or a jibaro with a kalishnikov.
A beer bottle and a tv remote would be a more accurate symbol for the modern proletariat.
Perhaps your personal symbol should be a keyboard and a trollface?
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A beer bottle and a tv remote would be a more accurate symbol for the modern proletariat.
It's a symbol, it is not a picture. Probably was never accurate, at least concerning the hammer - how much hammerwork would it be necessary in a mid-19th century textile plant?
Accordingly, the PCF's dereliction of the symbol is also symbolic. And I don't think it needs too much intellectual effort to understand what does it symbolise... or to realise that it is symbolic of something that has been happening for a long, long time.
Ah, yes... the hammer and sickle are also a recast of an older theme, that of the cross. Not only in the geometrical shape, but also in depicting instruments of torture.
Luís Henrique
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Do you guys seriously think the hammer and sickle is relevant in Western Europe? It has clearly been replaced with the mouse and keyboard. The proletariat in Europe is nigh-gone, instead we must talk of "proletarisation" of certain social classes.
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A beer bottle and a tv remote would be a more accurate symbol for the modern proletariat.
Don't left parties in Europe, genuine or otherwise, use red stars anyway?