Brand of the Party

Social Democrats of America have long carried the torch of Lady Liberty on this side of the Atlantic for Freedoms many people of the world have never seen in hopes they one day will. The rose is a sign of the Socialist International and with that great hope we meet for socialism.

The Torch Meets The Rose

The Torch Meets The Rose

Brand of the YSD

The three arrow symbol is from a century past but still holds strong after 110 years of struggle. First used as a sign to combat European problem issues in how goverenment should work it stood against the forces of monarchy from the days of old, to later being against dictatorships from fascist forms rising out of Italy and Germany to also being against the Bolshevik Revolution of Communist Russia.

Today's more progressive Yipsel for change use terms more contemporary like education, direct action, and elections.

Young Social Democrats

Young Social Democrats

Three Arrows

"Three Arrows" are representative in social democracy as smashing the the three forces, monarchy, fascism, communism which work against true democracy as noted in this 1932 election poster that reads, "Against Papen, Hitler, Thalmann." Unlike socialism in the Marxist sense, which aims to replace the capitalist system entirely, social democracy aims to reform capitalism in order to remove its perceived injustices. Social democrats share many views and political issues with democratic socialists, democratic liberalism, Christian socialist, The Third Way.

The Young People's Socialist League refer to using the three arrows to represent education, direct action, and elections.

Fist & Rose

The "Fist & Rose" is social democracy's sign of solidarity with the Socialist International. The Fist and the Rose was created by the Movement of Young Socialists in France and designed by Yan Berrier in 1972.

The Democratic Socialist of America use another form of the same symbol having two hands.

Several international Social Democratic Parties use the rose only as a piece of art logo.

Other Social Democratic Parties worldwide use a native flower instead or native element related to their culture or history.

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Bread & Roses

Term coined in a poem by James Oppenheim after a strike in Lawrence, MA.
The Bread & Roses Festival still commemorates those events.

As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day,
A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray,
Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses,
For the people hear us singing: "Bread and roses! Bread and roses!"
As we come marching, marching, we battle too for men,
For they are women's children, and we mother them again.
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses!
As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead.
Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread.
Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.
Yes, it is bread we fight for -- but we fight for roses, too!
As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days.
The rising of the women means the rising of the race.
No more the drudge and idler -- ten that toil where one reposes,
But a sharing of life's glories: Bread and roses! Bread and roses!

Hand Holding Torch

There are several versions of a hand holding a torch. Each one is for a different state.

The two shown, left is New York and on the right , Pennsylvania.

The "concept" is welcoming and that of freedom, as Lady Liberty holds her torch in New York.

A gift from France after its revolution to the new country on the world map after its revolution, The United States of America.