[image description: combination of hammer and sickle and disability symbolism. a figure sits in the āsickleā part of the symbol, in a way that evokes a wheelchair, and is crossed by the hammer part of the symbol]
feel free to share this image i made 2 years ago. i may have gotten a shirt made out of it but i never intended it to be like, My Thing. itās two universally recognizable symbols around which countless movements around the world have been organized. by combining them, i am indicating the inextricable links between struggles for disability justice and struggles against capitalist exploitation. i would like it if people would do with this whatever and everything they want to: make pins, buttons, patches, stickers, shirts, flags, spray paint, whatevr DIY project you want to do to promote the links between communism and disability justice. you donāt have to credit me. think of a catchy phrase to go with it. go wild. literally this is just an idea in image form, and the ways this image can and should be used are not up to me to decide. im not the first to have this idea, as these movements have historically overlapped in significant ways, so this symbol is more or less a reflection of the past as much as a potential banner for struggles of the future.
i am not capable of making anything more than a symbol, alone. but please feel free to share as i think this is a great conversation starter at the very least, for people who are confused as to why youād combine the hammer and sickle and wheelchair symbolism in the first place. itās a great way to educate about the links between capitalist exploitation and the exploitation and neglect of disabled people. and above all itās an intuitive link that many disabled people and communists will understand and channel as they use the symbol, in whatever way works for them.
