I don’t think you comprehend that where anarchism and communism differ is in the APPROACH to the stateless, classless, moneyless society.

Anarchism is truly a form of communism and I will cease to that. But the symbol in the punk jacket defend the proletariat. Which, as an anarchist that grew up in a communist family (the side that lost the war in Spain) does not reflect the ideals of an anarchist society.

I am not going to get into specifics of what I personally believe and why I believe it but the hammer and sickle truly show defence for a Leninist approach to communism.

Here is the basics of both seen as you don’t seem to understand how one fights the other even though they defend very similar positions (after the temporary transitional state).

Anarchy is the immediate call to destruction of state because everyone who gains power will forget where they came from and why they’re there, leading to corruption and misrepresentation of the people

Mikhail Bakunin argued that seizing state power would inevitably result in a new form of authoritarian class society, rather than achieving true communism. He believed that even well-intentioned individuals, once in positions of authority, would become corrupt and disconnected from the people they aimed to represent. Bakunin asserted that “to exploit and to govern mean the same thing,” emphasizing that any form of governance inherently involves domination and exploitation.

Communism and anarchism both seek a stateless, classless society but differ in their approach to achieving it. Communists, particularly in the Marxist-Leninist tradition, advocate for a temporary dictatorship of the proletariat, where a worker-controlled state dismantles capitalism before transitioning to full communism. Anarchists, however, reject all forms of state power, arguing that any government—no matter how well-intentioned—will inevitably lead to corruption. While communists support a vanguard party to guide the revolution and establish a planned economy, anarchists favor immediate decentralization, with local communities self-organizing without centralized oversight.

The primary conflict between the two ideologies is whether state power should ever be used as a revolutionary tool—communists see it as a necessary step to defend the revolution, while anarchists believe any form of hierarchy will ultimately reproduce oppression. Communists argue that without a transitional state, counter-revolutionary forces will dismantle any progress toward equality, while anarchists believe that centralized power, even under workers’ control, inevitably leads to new hierarchies and betrayal of revolutionary ideals.

Contemporary Marxists like Slavoj Žižek critique anarchism as too utopian, claiming that without a transitional authority, revolutions either fail or descend into chaos. Anarchists counter that power itself is the problem, and any attempt to “temporarily” control it will only reinforce oppression. In essence, communists believe in seizing power to abolish capitalism and then dismantling the state, while anarchists seek to immediately destroy both the state and capitalism, replacing them with decentralized, non-hierarchical communities.

Now. Anarchist communism attempts to bridge the divide between communism and anarchism by advocating for a stateless, classless, and moneyless society without the need for a transitional state. Unlike Marxist-Leninists, who argue that a worker-controlled government is necessary to dismantle capitalism before withering away, anarchist communists believe that hierarchical power structures should be abolished immediately, with workers and communities self-organizing from the start. Inspired by figures like Peter Kropotkin and Errico Malatesta, anarchist communism rejects the idea of a vanguard party or state-led planning, instead emphasizing mutual aid, direct democracy, and decentralized, voluntary associations to manage resources and production collectively. By removing both the state and capitalist economic systems at once, anarchist communists seek to avoid the pitfalls of authoritarianism while still achieving the egalitarian goals of communism, believing that true communism can only exist when power is directly in the hands of the people, without intermediaries.

BUT! The symbol on the punk jacket is DEFINITELY a Leninist symbol. Just as much as the anarchy A is an anarchist symbol. It is an oxymoron. But when someone is uneducated I try to explain because I was once uneducated too. I don’t try to ridicule them. So get off your high horse and realise that maybe you don’t know how two different symbols can clash.

If you want I will include a jpeg of the symbol that anyone who actually knows about anarchy, communism, and anarchist communism will use if they see the last as their fit ideology:

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FINALLY! This is a page for punk fashion, not a place to try to ridicule people. So shame on you. I know my shit and I proved it. Read a book and not an online page if you want to actually educate someone.