09-14-2009, 01:41 PM
Phil,
Pridnestrovie, while removing the hammer and sickle from their official national flag (and yes, you'll still see the Moldavian SSR flag used occasionally by individuals but not officially), they have chosen to keep the emblem on their State Seal, coins and medals out of respect for the past- this according to them. I do know that the two Communist parties in the country are not in control of the government and both do not seem to think much of the President- Ygor Smirnov.
The hammer and sickle, while a long time symbol associated with Communism and Socialism (until they adopted the rose), does not, in and of itself, mean anything other than labour. There are several badges of the Third Reich that depict these two items, albeit in a different configuration, and we all know that National Socialism and Communism are pretty much like oil and water.
Pridnestrovie seems to be reaching for a western style democracy and I doubt seriously that they will settle for anything else. Any activity pursued by either of the Communist parties there will have to be in that context- more or less like what is going on in Russia now.
Pridnestrovie, while removing the hammer and sickle from their official national flag (and yes, you'll still see the Moldavian SSR flag used occasionally by individuals but not officially), they have chosen to keep the emblem on their State Seal, coins and medals out of respect for the past- this according to them. I do know that the two Communist parties in the country are not in control of the government and both do not seem to think much of the President- Ygor Smirnov.
The hammer and sickle, while a long time symbol associated with Communism and Socialism (until they adopted the rose), does not, in and of itself, mean anything other than labour. There are several badges of the Third Reich that depict these two items, albeit in a different configuration, and we all know that National Socialism and Communism are pretty much like oil and water.
Pridnestrovie seems to be reaching for a western style democracy and I doubt seriously that they will settle for anything else. Any activity pursued by either of the Communist parties there will have to be in that context- more or less like what is going on in Russia now.
"We are Marching for the Victory of Communist Labour"
V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin)
V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin)
