Those with longer memories will remember the Jolly Roger flying over many a European squat - an image recalled by Ramor Ryan's Clandestines: the pirate journals of an Irish exile.
The truly historically-minded should have a look at Marcus Rediker's site for some great material, especially of course Villains of all nations: Atlantic pirates in the golden age - by some margin the best Marxist analysis of the Jolly Roger.
As for the rest of us:
