Editing Labrys (section)

===Political===
In Greece, the labrys was employed as a symbol of [[Metaxism]].<ref name=Metaxas>{{cite web |last=Markessinis |first=Andreas |date=August 22, 2006 |title=The labrys / pelekys: The symbol of thundergod Zeus and of the EON |website=Metaxas Project |url=http://metaxas-project.com/metaxas-symbols/ |access-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref> During the [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] period of the [[4th of August Regime]] (1936–1941), it represented the regime-sponsored [[National Organization of Youth]] (EON), as its leader, [[Ioannis Metaxas]], believed it to be the first symbol of all Hellenic civilizations.<ref name=Metaxas/>

The labrys symbol was also used prominently by the [[Vichy France]] regime, being featured on the personal flag of Chief of State [[Philippe Pétain]], on coins, and in various propaganda posters.<ref name=karlsgodt>{{cite book |first=Elizabeth |last=Karlsgodt |year=2011 |title=Defending National Treasures: French art and heritage under Vichy |publisher=Stanford University Press |pages=126–128 |isbn=978-0804770187}}</ref>

In the 1960s the labrys was also used by the Italian [[Neo-fascism|neo-fascist]] and [[Far-right politics|far-right]] movement [[Ordine Nuovo]], most prominently on their flag.<ref name="Ordine Nuovo">{{cite book |last1=Giannuli |first1=Aldo |last2=Rosati |first2=Elia | date=October 5, 2017 |title=Storia di Ordine Nuovo: La Piú Pericolosa Organizzazione Neo-Fascista Degli Anni Settanta |lang=it |trans-title=History of Ordine Nuovo: The most dangerous neo-fascist organization of the seventies |url=http://mimesisedizioni.it/passato-prossimo.html |place=Milan, IT |publisher=Mimesis Edizioni |isbn=978-8857538433}}</ref>