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![[Brazilian Communist Party]](../images/b/br}pcb.gif)
by
Guillermo Tell Aveledo
The PCB flag can be seen at www.pcb.org.br.
Dov Gutterman, 8 March 1999
Typical communist party with a typical communist flag: red with a large
hammer and sickle centered and the initials PCB below.
Jorge Candeias, 7 June 1999
The PCB is the remnant left behind when the main portion of the old (pro-USSR)
Brazilian Communist Party became the Popular Socialist Party (PPS) in 1993.
Joseph McMillan, 16 April 2001
The flag is defined in Article 5 of the party statute: "red with the symbol of the hammer and sickle and the initials
PCB in yellow." The PCB failed to elect any federal deputies or senators in the 2002 election.
Joseph McMillan, 5 November 2002
by Jorge Candeias and Joseph McMillan
by Jorge Candeias
An animated image of this party flag can be seen at www.pcdob.org.br.
Dov Gutterman, 8 March 1999
Another communist party, with a somewhat original communist flag--original in having the hammer and sickle within an oval or circular ring. The version with the oval ring is based in an animated image found in the party site. Officially, it should have a circular ring and the name of the party in an arc below according to my interpretation of chapter I, title I of the party's regulations, which read:
Article 3 - The emblem of the Communist Party of Brazil - PC do B - is composed of a hammer and a sickle, crossed, symbolizing the alliance between the working class and the peasants, on the field of a