Black Flag

Black Flag or black flag may refer to:

in anarchism:

  • Black Flag (newspaper), a publication in Britain
  • Czarny Sztandar, an organisation in Russia
  • An element of anarchist symbolism

in other uses:

  • Black Flag, Western Australia
  • Black Flag (insecticide), a brand of pesticide
  • Black Flag (band), a music group
  • Black Flag Army, a militia in Vietnam
  • False flag, a type of warfare
  • Pan-African flag, a trans-national unity symbol
  • Ferraria crispa, a plant
  • A type of racing flag
  • A signal to parley
  • One of various flags that are primarily black: list of black flags


Famous quotes containing the words black and/or flag:

    A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon—or rather the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
    The End
    Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)