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image by António Martins, 8 July 1999
This is the flag of the Federazione dei Communisti Anarchici
(Anarchic Communists' Federation), reported by Dov Gutterman,
from: <www.pandora.it/fdca>
.Fairily usual anarchist red over black
diagonal, with yellow serif letters "FdCA" parallel to
the partition.
António Martins, 8 July 1999
image by Marcus Schmöger, 12 July 2002
CCD ("Centro Cristiano Democratico" = Christian
Democratic Center <www.ccd.it>)
- When the DC renamed itself in January 1994 into PPI the right
wing of the party (under Pierferdinando Casini) split off as CCD,
and joined the election coalition of Berlusconi (then named Polo
della libertà e del buon governo). Again for the 1996 and the
2001 elections the CCD joined the respective center-right
coalitions led by Berlusconi (together with the CDU). The current
leader is Marco Follini.
The logo shows - beside the name and abbreviation of the party -
a white sail on blue, the sail containing stripes in the national
colours and a blue escutcheon with white cross. The logo at <www.ccd.it/ccdsx_file/ccdlogo.jpg>.
The flag is basically a "banner-of-arms" of the logo.
It can be bought at <www.ccd.it/gadget.htm>
for 25000 LIT (about 13 EURO). Fotos of the flag at <www.ccd.it/lombardia/img/1.gif>,
<2.gif>,
<3.gif>,
<4.gif>
and other photos in this site.
Marcus Schmöger, 7 August 2002
image by Guillermo Tell Aveledo, 12 August 2000
image by Guillermo Tell Aveledo, 12 August 2000
image by Jaume Olle, 27 March 2005
As far as I know the flag that was used was the italian
tricolor with the emblem in center .Also I have reported the flag
with logo on white background and also in light blue backgorund.
Currently exist at least three parties issus from the old La
Democrazia Cristiana
Jaume Olle, 15 September 1998
The once-mighty Italian Christian Democrats - An Italian
tricolori with the crossed shield symbol of the DC, with the word
LIBERTAS in white on the horizontal arm of the red cross above
the withe shield. I've found it those two versions at some DC
books that I have at home
Guillermo Tell Aveledo, 12 August 2000
The "Democrazia Cristiana" has split into several
parts (mainly the PPI, the CCD, the CDU).
Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
image by Marcus Schmöger, 15 July 2002
Logo of PDC ("Partito Democratico Cristiano"). No
flag found. PDC belongs to the right-center coalition House of the Liberties (Casa delle
Libertà) led by prime minister Berlusconi.
Marcus Schmöger, 15 July 2002
PDC ("Partito Democratico Cristiano" = Christian
Democratic Party <www.partitodemocraticocristiano.it>)
- The PDC is another small christian-democratic party under the
leadership of Clelio Darida. It now seems to be part of the
"Casa delle Libertà" (as the logo appears on their
website <www.casadelleliberta.net>
), although it had not taken part in the parliamentary elections
in 2001.
I have not found any flag. The logo shows - beside the name of
the party - 12 golden stars in a circle and an escutcheon,
bordered in the national colours, with the inscription
"Difendi la tua libertà" (defend your liberty). The
logo at <cedweb.mininterno.it:8890>.
Marcus Schmöger, 7 August 2002
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image by Marcus Schmöger, 12 July 2002
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image by Marcus Schmöger, 7 August 2002
Logo of UDC (Unione Democristiana e di Centro), the coalition
of several christian-democratic parties (especially CDU and CCD);
no flag found.
Marcus Schmöger, 12 July 2002
UDC ("Unione Democristiana e di Centro" =
Christian-Democratic Union and of Center), formerly
"Biancofiore" (Whiteflower). Originally founded as
"Biancofiore" (Whiteflower), the UDC is a sub-coalition
of the "Casa delle Libertà" joining together parties
claiming heritage of the old DC ("Democrazia Cristiana"
= Christian Democracy). The more left-wing fission products of
the DC belong to "L'Ulivo", sub-coalition
"Margherita". The UDC (indeed only the CCD and the CDU)
currently holds 40 out of 630 seats in the Camera dei Deputati
and 29 out of 325 in the Senato. In the European Parliament the
CCD and CDU deputies belong to the European People's Party
(Christian Democrats).
The logo brings together the symbols of the participating
parties: in one version only the symbols of the CCD and the CDU,
in another version including the symbols of the DE as well. The
first variant of the logo can be found at
<cedweb.mininterno.it:8890>.
The other variant at <www.democraziaeuropea.it>.
Marcus Schmöger, 7 August 2002
image by Andrea Pollett, 22 April 2009
Lista Comunista e Anticapitalista (Communist and
Anti-capitalist List) - The new coalition called Communist and
Anti-capitalist List was formed in March 2009, to take part in
the forthcoming European elections, in June 2009. It groups
together the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (Communist
Refoundation Party), the Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (Party of
Italian Communists), Socialismo 2000 (Socialism 2000, a former
left faction of the Democratici di Sinistra, i.e. the Left
Democrats), and Consumatori Uniti (United Consumers, a small
political movement whose primary aim is to defend the consumer
rights).
The flag is red, with the logo in central position. The innermost
part of the logo features a red flag on white background, bearing
a yellow hammer & sickle and a star; the shape of the flag,
slanted to the left, recalls the one belonging to the Communist
Refoundation Party's logo (but the flag has no staff). It partly
overlaps a three-coloured Italian national flag of similar shape
and size, whose bottom and right edges are visible, as in the
Party of Italian Communists' logo (but the edges are straight,
not wavy).
The central part of the logo is surrounded by the words
RIFONDAZIONE (above) and COMUNISTI ITALIANI (below), in black
capital letters on white background; a red stripe fills the empty
space on both sides of the flag.
In the outer part of the logo run the following words, in white
capital letters on red background: SOCIALISMO 2000 above;
CONSUMATORI UNITI below; SINISTRA EUROPEA ("European
Left") on the left; GUE/NGL for Gauche Unitaire Europienne
("European United Left") / Nordic Green Left on the
right. The latter is the name of the group in the European
Parliament which the elected deputies of the coalition will join.
This pattern is an attempt to blend the logos of the two main
parties that form the coalition, i.e. Rifondazione Comunista and
Comunisti Italiani; the degree of similarity to Rifondazione
Comunista's own logo is greater, likely to underline the larger
size of this party, thus its major weight in the coalition.
Andrea Pollett, 22 April 2009
image by Andrea Pollett, 23 October 2007
I would like to report some changes to the flag of the Italian
politcal party named Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (or, in
short, Comunisti Italiani). The new flag has the same size
as the old one (i.e. 140 x 100 cm), and has maintained the
circular cyan/pale blue logo, whose diameter is approx.80 cm, on
a plain red background.
The logo, though, is now surrounded by a thin blue rim (which
used to be white). Also the lettering used to be white and is now
blue. The name of the party is spelt in a font somewhat similar
to Times New Roman, and a further text, PER LA SINISTRA
("for the left wing"), has been added in the upper part
of the logo, in Arial (Helvetica) font. The two
overlapping flags inside the logo are now slightly larger than
the ones in the old flag.
I first became aware of the new flag on October 20, 2007, on the
occasion of a national rally in Rome, but the aforesaid changes
in the party's official logo, featured in posters, etc., were
already extant since 2005.
Andrea Pollett, 21 and 23 October 2007
image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
The old PCI (Partito Comunista Italiana = Italian Communist
Party) underwent several fissions and renamings in the last 11
years. The flag of the old PCI showed the logo on a red field.
The logo of the PCI was a white circle with the inscription
"P.C.I." (in black) under a red flag (with yellow star,
hammer & sickle) partially covering the national flag.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
image by Marcus Schmöger and Tomislav Todorovic,
16 September 2007
Yesterday I saw a flag that is unknown to me. The flag was
used by the Italian Communist Party in '48. It is a typical
communist red flag with a device in the canton composed of the
S&H and the initials P.C.I. below, all in gold. Horizontally
centered and vertically shifted to the bottom, was the name of
the local organization of the party, also in golden capitals. How
official was this? And how was the flag of the party itself? The
same just with the stuff in the canton?
Jorge Candeias, 20 January 1999
In 1980, during the protests following the Bologna massacre -
terrorist bombing at the central train station of the city, which
took place on 2nd August that year - the flag of Italian
Communist Party was seen among other flags. It had red field,
with gold hammer, sickle, star and party name initials in the
canton. The photos on which I was seeing it were actually black
and white, but the newspaper reports from the protests did
mention the red flag, so this is how it looked in reality.
This flag is obviously the predecessor of the one with the logo
on the red field, as it became the part of that logo. I have no
information when the earlier flag was actually replaced with the
later one, but it probably happened in the mid-1980's.
Tomislav Todorovic, 16 September 2007
See also:
- Democras of the Left
(Democratici di Sinistra)
- Unitarian Communists (Comunisti
Unitari)
- Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della
Rifondazione Comunista)
Flag with 2004 logo
image by Marcus Schmöger, 8 June 2004
flag with 2007 logo
image by Andrea Pollett, 27 April 2009
The new version of Italy's Partito della Rifondazione
Comunista (Communist Refoundation Party), whose latest
design has a red crescent added to the left side of the previous
logo, saying SINISTRA EUROPEA (European left wing) in white
capital letters. The standard size of the flag is 140 x 100
cm.
Andrea Pollett, 3 June 2004
According to the "gadgets" shop of Rifondazione at
<www.rifondazione.it>,
the old flag is still in existence, the new symbol (and flag)
seem to be additional variants, presumably mainly for the
European elections. See the photos of the "crescent"
flag at <www.rifondazione.it/prc2004.jpg>
and <www.rifondazione.it/eleuro04.jpg>.
Marcus Schmöger, 8 June 2004
Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (Communist Refoundation
Party) use new logo The present version of the logo came into use
in November 2007, when it first appeared on the party's posters,
leaflets, etc., but some further time may have elapsed before the
flag was released.
Compared to the previous pattern, in use since 2004, the
following differences can be told:
- the Communist flag is slightly shorter, and so is its staff;
- the word RIFONDAZIONE runs above the flag and the words PARTITO
COMUNISTA runs below (in the old logo such positions were
reversed);
- the word RIFONDAZIONE is spelt in larger letters than PARTITO
COMUNISTA (whereas in the previous logo all lettering was equal
in size);
- the coloured stripes (green on the left, red on the right) that
fill the blank space on both sides of the flag, are tapered, so
to match the size of the letters on either end;
- a black outline no longer marks the boundary between the white
part of the logo and the red crescent on the left that reads
SINISTRA EUROPEA. However, the black outline that encircles the
whole logo has been maintained.
Andrea Pollett, 27 April 2009
Here is a photo of the
flag with 2004 logo.
Marcus Schmöger, 1 June 2009
1)
Still in use
image by Marcus Schmöger, 29 June 2002
There is a photo at <www.looksmart.com>.
Ole Andersen, 27 September 2000
At the 1st May demonstrations in Munich there are also always
political parties and groups from foreign countries including
Italy.
Flag of RC (Rifondazione Comunista = Communist Refoundation) -
The more radical fraction of the former PCI split off from the
PDS to found the RC. The party sometimes supported left-coalition
governments, but the cooperation was always difficult. Two groups
left the RC consecutively, as they wanted a better cooperation
with the government: First (in 1996?) the Comunisti Unitari
(Unitarian Communists), that joined DS in 1998; second (1998) the
PdCI (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani = Party of Italian
Communists), that is still an independent party in the L'Ulivo
coalition. The symbol of the RC is a white circle with a red flag
with yellow hammer&sickle in the center; at the top the black
inscription "PARTITO COMUNISTA", at the bottom
"RIFONDAZIONE"; on the left a green, on the right a red
panel. The flag is red with the symbol in the center.
Sources:
- own observations at the 1st May 2001 and 2002 demos in Munich
- website of RC at <www.rifondazione.it>
Marcus Schmöger, 29 June 2002
The minor fraction of the old Communist Party
(Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) split off from the PDS (Democratic Party of the Left -
Partito Democratico della Sinistra)) and founded a new communist
party, the RC (Rifondazione Comunista = Communist Refoundation).
In 1999, the RC introduced a new logo, that also appears on the
flags (on a red background). Two groups split off from the RC
consecutively: The first (in 1995) were the "Comunisti Unitari"
(Unitarian Communists) and The second fission of the RC occurred
in 1998: another more moderate group founded the PdCI ("Partito dei Comunisti
Italiani" = Party of Italian Communists).
Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
2)
image by Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
Due to the divisions of the communist in Italy, the flag have
suffered numerous changes and this one is no longer in use.
M.V. Blanes, 27 September 2000
The minor fraction of the old Communist Party
(Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) split off from the PDS (Democratic Party of the Left -
Partito Democratico della Sinistra)) and founded a new communist
party, the RC (Rifondazione Comunista = Communist Refoundation).
The first logo showed (on a white circle) a red flag with yellow
star, yellow hammer & sickle; at the top in a semi-circle the
inscription "PARTITO COMUNISTA", at the bottom a
semi-circle in the national colours. The flags showed this logo
(in different sizes) in the center of a red field. Although
obsolete, these flags have been in widespread use even in 2001.
Marcus Schmöger, 2 August 2002
For other flags used by this party, see PdCI
image by Andrea Pollett, 22 April 2009
Originally, Sinistra Critica was an internal faction of the
Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (Communist Refoundation
Party). When the latter joined the coalition called la Sinistra
Arcobaleno (the Rainbow Left), in December 2007, Sinistra Critica
broke off, mainly due to disagreement with the foreign policy
issues of the new partners.
Sinistra Critica took part to political elections for the first
time in April 2008.
The flag measures 140 x 100 cm. The upper 1/4 is white, the
rest of the flag is red. In the white part runs the word
"Sinistra" (in blue). In the red part is a small
human-shaped star (the party's logo) followed by the word
"Critica" (in white); further down is the sickle &
hammer symbol (in yellow) encircled in the lower half by a
smaller text that reads "ecologista comunista
femminista" ("ecologist communist femminist", in
white). All the aforesaid elements are rotated by 11 degrees to
the left.
At the right end of the flag runs vertically the URL of the
party's webpage ("www.sinistracritica.org",
in dark red). All lettering on the flag is in bold
Arial/Helvetica font.
A variant of this flag exists, with purple instead of red (purple
being the traditional colour of the feminist movement).
Andrea Pollett, 22 April 2009
