Editing Molotov cocktail (section)

== Symbolism ==
[[File:MolotovOnPolice.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|An anarchist protester with a Molotov cocktail aimed at police during protests in 2013 in [[Mexico]]]]
Due to the Molotov's ease of production and use by civilian forces, the Molotov cocktail has become a symbol of civil uprising and [[revolution]]. The Molotov's extensive use by civilian, and [[Partisan (military)|partisan]] forces has also thereby led to the Molotov becoming a symbol representing civil unrest.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1177/2378023118773614 |title=Sticks, Stones, and Molotov Cocktails: Unarmed Collective Violence and Democratization |year=2018 |last1=Kadivar |first1=Mohammad Ali |last2=Ketchley |first2=Neil |journal=Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World |volume=4 |s2cid=157184910 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Garnett |first1=Joy |last2=Meiselas |first2=Susan |title=On the Rights of the Molotov Man: Appropriation and the art of context |url=https://zscalarts.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/on-the-rights-of-molotov-man-susan-joy.pdf |magazine=Harper's Magazine |date=February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828142232/https://zscalarts.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/on-the-rights-of-molotov-man-susan-joy.pdf|archive-date=28 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Scalice |first=Joseph |title=A Planned and Coordinated Anarchy – The Barricades of 1971 and the "Diliman Commune" |url=https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/joseph-scalice-a-planned-and-coordinated-anarchy.pdf |year=2018 |pages=8, 9, 12, 13, 16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028174656/http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/joseph-scalice-a-planned-and-coordinated-anarchy.pdf |archive-date=28 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137530868_15 |doi=10.1057/9781137530868_15 |chapter=New Modes of Collective Actions: The Reemergence of Anarchism in Egypt |title=Contentious Politics in the Middle East |year=2015 |last=Galián |first=Laura |pages=351–371 |isbn=978-1-137-53720-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bib.irb.hr/564622?rad=564622 |title = Anarchism – Protests – Upbringing: Anarchistic implications in student protests and upbringing |website=Hrvatska znanstvena bibliografija |year=2011 |last=Miliša |first=Zlatko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211100448/https://www.bib.irb.hr/564622?rad=564622|archive-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> The contrast of a Molotov cocktail and an organized force has become a popular symbol in [[popular culture]],<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781847799616/9781847799616.00026.xml |isbn=978-1-84779-961-6 |title=Punk zines: 'Symbols of defiance' from the print to the digital age |date=15 September 2016 |pages=287–303 |publisher=Manchester University Press}}</ref> and is often utilized as a weapon in various [[video game]]s.