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With the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc in Europe, most of these countries' socialist emblems have been replaced with old pre-communist symbols or by wholly new coats of arms. The socialist style's influence is still seen in the emblems of several countries, such as the People's Republic of China .
Communist symbols have been banned, in part or in whole, by a number of the world's countries. [1] As part of a broader process of decommunization, these bans have mostly been proposed or implemented in countries that belonged to the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, including some post-Soviet states.
The following is a List of communist parties represented in European Parliament. This list does not contain communist parties previously represented in European Parliament . This article lists only those parties who officially call themselves communist ideologically.
The red flag is often seen in combination with other communist symbols and party names. The flag is used at various communist and socialist rallies like May Day. The flag, being a symbol of socialism itself, is also commonly associated with non-communist variants of socialism. The red flag has had multiple meanings in history.
Decommunization is believed to be a power game of elites. The difficulty of dislodging the social elite makes it require a totalitarian state to disenfranchise the " enemies of the people " quickly and efficiently and a desire for normalcy overcomes the desire for punitive justice.
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the collective term for an unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
Marc Bonnet's 1969 version of the fist and rose emblem, without his signature. The emblem was created in France within the Socialist Party (PS), at the time of its transformation from the prior SFIO at the Alfortville Congress (May 1969) and of its enlargement to the rest of the "non-communist left" at the Épinay Congress (June 1971).
Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) Communism [citation needed] Marxism–Leninism [51] Portugal: Portuguese Workers' Communist Party (PCTP/MRPP) Communism; Marxism-Leninism; Maoism; Anti-revisionism; Portugal: Socialist Alternative Movement (MAS) Socialism; Trotskyism; Scotland: Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) Democratic socialism [52] Anti ...