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Red and black diagonal flag of Anarchism

image by António Martins, 08 Aug 2004

Overview
Inverted variant
Non-diagonal variant

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Why the red-and-black flag? (part of An Anarchist FAQ)

Overview

Red and black is most commonly used by anarcho-syndicalists, anarcho-communists and libertarian-left unions or labour activists.
Matthias Speer, 05 Feb 2003

First used by anarchists during the Spanish Civil War: The red flag of socialism (Confederación Nacional del Trabajo) and the black flag of anarchism (Federación Anarquista Ibérica). The red and black colours are also often used by the syndicalism movement [trade unionism].
Marcus Wendel, 16 Aug 1999

The red and black flag goes from bottom left to top right, with red on top and black on bottom. The red is the red of the communist flag, and symbolises material equality, or the principle of «from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs». The black is the black of the anarchist flag, and symbolises social freedom, the freedom of each individual to do as they please so long as their actions don’t cause harm to others. Together red and black symbolise libertarian communism. It goes diagonally as a negation of nationalism and a reaffirmation of internationalism.
Ben, 02 Feb 2000

The red over black diagonal is most used as anarchist flag in Denmark.
Ole Andersen, 14 Aug 1999

Not in Portugal: The only anarchist flag I’ve seen around here was the black flag with encircled "A".
Jorge Candeias, 16 Aug 1999

Inverted variant

$[red\black diagonal]$
image by António Martins, 08 Aug 2004

At http://www.infoshop.org/faq/, there is another design of anarchist flag, with the red-black partition in the other diagonal.
João Madureira, 29 Apr 2003

Its not a case of unadverted flipping or turning of a flag cloth image, as the image at http://www.infoshop.org/faq/flag.gif shows red over black with diagonal from top hoist to lower fly.
António Martins, 08 Aug 2004

Non-diagonal variant

$[red\black diagonal]$
image by Marcus Schmöger, 10 May 2002

In the May 1st 2002 demonstration in Münich, a simple black over red bicolour was also shown.
Marcus Schmöger, 10 May 2002