Letter to an American Friend: On replacing the Hammer and Sickle, by Andrew Taylor Nov 20, 2009

I recently read a speech by a national communist party figure where she suggested her party replace the Hammer and Sickle emblem. The argument was that the sickle is not a 21st century understandable symbol.I think those who want to replace the hammer & sickle show profound anthropological naivete! Our Symbols from the past cannot be discarded without intentionally or by sheer stupidity tossing our ideology. Yes, all symbols require Translation, but symbols also gain associations in communities over time. To ditch the hammer and sickle for a new bureaucratic up-to-date symbol is idiotic.