The double underscore. It mangles the name in such a way that it can't be accessed simply through __fieldName from outside the class, which is what you want to begin with if they're to be private. (Though it's still not very hard to access the field.)
class Foo:
def __init__(self):
self.__privateField = 4;
print self.__privateField # yields 4 no problem
foo = Foo()
foo.__privateField
# AttributeError: Foo instance has no attribute '__privateField'
It will be accessible through _Foo__privateField instead. But it screams "I'M PRIVATE DON'T TOUCH ME", which is better than nothing.