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This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.
[1] [12] In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (counter-clockwise) (卍) is called sauvastika, symbolising night or tantric aspects of Kali. [1] In Jain symbolism, it is the part of the Jain flag. [13]
Postcard sent in June 1910. This card was among those made by the Stanford Card Co. in Brooklyn, New York. [1]The swastika (from Sanskrit svástika) is an ancient Eurasian religious symbol that generally takes the form of an equilateral cross with four legs each bent at 90 degrees in either right-facing (卐) form or left-facing (卍) form.
The Three Arrows symbol is popularly used within the antifa movement in the United States, along with flags based on the symbol of antifa in Germany. Sections of the American Left , including the Young People's Socialist League , have adopted the Three Arrows as a logo.
Populism is regarded as having both left-wing and right-wing manifestations in the form of left-wing populism and right-wing populism, respectively. [50] Green politics is generally regarded as a movement of the left, although there are also green conservatives. Andrew Dobson suggests that green politics contains an inherent conservatism as it ...
That flag, a symbol of American resistance during the Revolutionary War, has been adopted by the far-right and Christian nationalist movements. It has been flown at Trump rallies and was seen ...
As seen from the Speaker's seat at the front of the Assembly, the aristocracy sat on the right (traditionally the seat of honor) and the commoners sat on the left, hence the terms right-wing politics and left-wing politics. [6] Originally, the defining point on the ideological spectrum was the Ancien Régime ("old order").
Bobbio argues that the criterion that determines left and right is the idea of equality. Left-wing movements have consistently held a "horizontal or egalitarian conception of society", where greater equality is the goal, whereas right-wing movements hold a "vertical or inegalitarian perception of society", where inequality is part of a social ...