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Speech Delivered on Independence Day and on the Arrival of the Democratic Government in Tirana, November 28, 1944. From Selected Works Volume I, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1974, pp 399-40. First published in the Bulletin of the National Liberation War, N° 52, November 30, 1944.

Report to the 4th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Albania, October 17, 1945. Published in Selected Works Volume I, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1974. pp. 428-462. First published in the Bulletin of the National Liberation War, N° 52, November 30, 1945.

Speech to the Constituent Assembly on the Presentation of the Resignation of the Government, January 11, 1946. First published in the newspaper Bashkimi, N° 320; republished in Selected Works Volume 1, pp 469-471.

Program of the First Government of the People’s Republic of Albania presented to the People’s Assembly of the PRA, March 24, 1946, published in Selected Works, Volume 1, pp 519-538, originally published in Bashkimi, N° 382.

Request to the Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Paris, April 17, 1946, Selected Works Volume 1, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1974, pp 539-542.

Speech Delivered at the Plenary Session of the Paris Peace Conference, August 21, 1946. From Selected Works Volume I, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1974, pp 593-614. First published in the newspaper Bashkimi, N° 540, September 22, 1946.

Telegram to Secretary General of United Nations Organisation in protest against the violation of the territorial waters of the PRA in the Corfu Channel by warships of Great Britain and against the entry of warships of the United States of America to the port of Durrës without the consent of the Government of the PRS, November 11 1946, Selected Works Volume 1, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1974, pp 656-657.

Speech delivered to the People’s Assembly on the opening of the 3rd Regular Session of the 1st Legislature, July 12, 1947. From Selected Works, Volume I, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1974, pp 661-695.

On the intellectuals, theses drafted for discussion at the meeting of the Bureau of the Party Committee for the city of Tirana which, on March 21, 1958, was to take up for consideration the report ‘On the work for the education of intellectuals’.

We shall go to Moscow not with ten banners, but with only one, with the Banner of Marxism-Leninism (Speech at the 18th Plenum of the CC of the PLA Concerning Liri Belishova’s Grave Mistakes in Line), September 6, 1960. Published in Albania Challenges Khrushchev Revisionism, 1976, pp 88-101.

The Revolutionary Communists expect China to come out openly against Khrushchevite Revisionism, April 3, 1962. Reflections on China, Volume 1, page 7, publisher The Institute of Marxist-Leninist Studies at the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, 8 Nentori Publishing House, Tirana, 1979.

The Modern Revisionists on the way to degenerating into Social-Democrats and to fusing with Social-Democracy. Reproduced from Zëri i Popullit dated April 7, 1964. Published in The Party of Labour of Albania in Battle with Modern Revisionism, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1972.

The Defence of the Marxist-Leninist Line is vital for our Party and People and for International Communism (Contribution to the Discussion at the 18th Plenum of the CC of the PLA). September 7, 1960 Published in Albania Challenges Khrushchev Revisionism, 1976.

Speech at Meeting of 81 Communist and Workers’ Parties in Moscow on behalf of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, November 16th 1960, Tirana, 1960, 71 pages. The speech where Enver Hoxha attacked the Revisionists of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (and their hangers-on of the International Communist Movement) in Moscow in November 1960, one of the most important contributions in the struggle against modern revisionism.

Reject the Revisionist Theses of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Anti-Marxist Stand of Khrushchev’s Group! Speech delivered by Enver Hoxha as Head of the Delegation of the Party of Labour of Albania before the Meeting of 81 Communist and Workers Parties, Moscow, 16 November 1960. Different format of the speech above.

Speech at 81 Communist and Workers Parties Meeting, Moscow, 16 November 1960. Scanned from Selected Works Volume 3, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1980, pp 93-163.

Speech in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the Party of Labour of Albania and the 44th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, Tirana, November 7 1961 (excerpts). Delivered on November 7, 1961, at the ‘Tirana Festive Meeting Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the Party of Labour of Albania and the 44th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.’ Published in The Party of Labour of Albania in Battle with Modern Revisionism, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1972.

Marxism-Leninism is the guide and leader of every party and not Khrushchev’s conductor’s baton, from a conversation with a delegation of the Communist Party of Malaya, January 20, 1965.

Some Preliminary Ideas about the Chinese Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Speech to the 18th Plenum of the CC of the PLA, October 14, 1966. Text from Enver Hoxha. Selected Works Volume IV, 8 Nentori Publishing House, Tirana, 1982, pp 94-113.

Report on the activity of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, held at the 4th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania on February 13th 1961, Tirana, 1961, 193 pages.

Report to the 4th Congress of the PLA – On the activity of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, (extracts), February 13th 1961, Selected Works, Volume 3, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1989, pp 192-283. A cleaner version of the same report above.

For the Continuous Improvement of the Composition of the Party and its Growth — for the Protection of the Purity of its Ranks, Report of the Activities of the CC of the PLA, given at the 5th Party Congress of the PLA on 1st November 1966.

Report to the 5th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania, 1 November 1966, excerpt concerning membership.

Speeches, 1969-1970, On the further revolutionization of the Party and the whole life of the country, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1971, 343 pages.

The Demagogy of the Soviet Revisionists Cannot Conceal Their Traitorous Countenance, January 10, 1969. From Zëri i Popullit daily; from The Party of Labour of Albania in Battle with Modern Revisionism, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1972, pp 475-526.

Knowledge of the contradictions in the capitalist-revisionist world serves Marxist-Leninists in their struggle, from a conversation with a delegation of the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) December 8, 1969.

Conversations with Chou En-lai, Tirana, March 27-28, 1965, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 37 pages.

Literature and the arts should serve to temper people with class consciousness for the construction of socialism, the closing speech delivered at the 15th Plenum of the CC of the PLA, October 26 1965. Published in Enver Hoxha, Selected Works, Volume 3, pp 832-859.

Our younger generation marches along the revolutionary road of The Party, Enver Hoxha, Tirana, 1968, 38 pages. Speech delivered at the mass rally at the Gradishta sector of the Rogozhina-Fieri railway under construction on June 28, 1968.

Letter to Comrade Hysni Kapo, July 30, 1978.

The fist of the Marxist-Leninist Communists must also smash Left Adventurism, the offspring of Modern Revisionism. From a conversation with two leaders of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Ecuador October 21, 1968. Selected Works Volume IV, pp 498-514.

Twenty-five years of struggles and victories on the road to Socialism, Enver Hoxha, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, 1969, 95 pages. Speech delivered at the solemn meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Liberation of the country and the Victory of the People’s Revolution.

On further revolutionising our Party and the life of our country as a whole, Speeches 1967-68, Enver Hoxha, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, 1969, 345 pages.

Letter to the Ninth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, April 29, 1969, published in Peking Review No. 19, May 5, 1969.

It is in the Party-People-State power unity that our strength lies, Enver Hoxha, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, 1970, 72 pages. Speech delivered to the voters of the Tirana 219 electoral district on September 18, 1970.

Information Bulletin of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, No 3 1970, (not the full issue), Enver Hoxha, Speech at the 10th Plenum of the CC of the PLA ‘On the theoretical and practical significance of work organization’, 26th June 1970, Tirana, 1970, 21 pages.

Report submitted to the 6th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania, Naim Frasheri, Tirana, 1971, 251 pages.

Summary Report to the 6th Congress of the Albanian Party of Labor, Albania Report, New York, 1972, 17 pages.

Intensify the ideological struggle against alien manifestations and liberal attitudes towards them, Enver Hoxha – from the Report submitted to the 4th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, June 26 1973, Selected Works, Volume 4, pp812-849.

Study Marxist-Leninist Theory – linking it closely with revolutionary practice, Enver Hoxha, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, 1971, 56 pages. Speech at the solemn meeting commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of the ‘VI Lenin’ Party school.

Report on the role and tasks of the Democratic Front for the complete triumph of Socialism in Albania, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1974, 125 pages. Submitted at the 4th Congress of the Democratic Front of Albania, September 14 1967.

The Tragic Events in Chile. A Lesson for the Revolutionaries of the Whole World. Zeri i Popullit October 2, 1973.

On further revolutionising our Party and the life of our country as a whole, Speeches 1971-1973, Enver Hoxha, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, 1974, 408 pages.

Our policy is an open policy, the policy of proletarian principles, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1974, 82 pages. Speech delivered at the meeting with the electors of the Tirana No 209 precinct on October 3rd, 1974.

Speech delivered to electors of the 209 Precinct in Tirana, Enver Hoxha, Norman Bethune Institute, Toronto, 1974, 37 pages. Speech delivered on October 3, 1974, at the meeting of electors of the No 209 Precinct in Tirana.

Writers and artists are assistants of the Party for the Communist education of our people, Enver Hoxha, Speech delivered at the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania concerning the implementation to date of the tasks in literature and art set by the 4th Plenum of the CC of the PLA, December 20th 1974, from Enver Hoxha, Selected Works, Volume 4, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1982, pp888-917.

Report of 7th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania, November 1st, 1976 in Tirana, – Summary, Gamma Publishing, New York, 1976, 32 pages.

The crisis of Italian Modern Revisionism, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 64 pages. Contains two articles: an article first published in ‘Zeri i Popullit’ on November 13th 1964 and Comments on the Theses of the 10th Congress of the Communist Party of Italy, written in November 1962.

English abstract of Enver Hoxha’s The Theory and Practice of Revolution. A lengthy editorial published on July 7, 1977, in Zëri i Popullit (The Voice of the People), the official organ of the ruling Albanian Party of Labour, expressed indirect criticism of the basic policy orientation of China.

Khrushchev kneeling before Tito, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 64 pages. An article first published in the newspaper ‘Zeri i Popullit’, organ of the CC of the Party of Labour of Albania, on September 13th, 1963, under the title ‘Results of N Khrushchev’s Visit to Yugoslavia’, taken from the book Enver Hoxha – Speeches and articles (1963-1964), Tirana, 1977.

The line of our Party is a correct, revolutionary line, in conformity with the teachings of Marxism-Leninism, Enver Hoxha, Letter to all Party Basic Organizations, May 9, 1962, from Albania Today, 1977, No. 3 (34).

The PLA was formed in circumstances different from those of the other Communist Parties, Thursday, January 26, 1978. Published in Albania Today, No 5, 1987.

Albania is forging ahead confidently and unafraid, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1978, 51 pages. Speech delivered at the meeting with the electors of constituency No 219, Tirana, November 8, 1978.

Yugoslav ‘Self-Administration’ – a capitalist theory and practice, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1978, 102 pages. An article written to counter the erroneous and anti-Socialist views of E Kardelj expressed in the book Directions of the Development of the Political System of Socialist Self-Administration.

With Stalin – Memoirs, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1979, 224 pages. On the occasion of the Centenary of the Birth of the Great Marxist-Leninist Joseph Stalin.

The Democratic Front led by the Party is the great organization which unites, organizes and educates the people politically, article published in the newspaper Bashkimi, June 3, 1979. Republished in Albania Today, No 4, 1979.

The Marxist –Leninist Movement and the World Crisis of Capitalism. This material was prepared in August 1979, at Pogradec, published by the Institute of Marxist –Leninist Studies at the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albanian, 1986-3, Socio-Political Studies, Tirana – published for the first time as a document of the PLA.

The experience of Marxist-Leninist Parties should be studied and utilized to strengthen our common struggle, from the talk with Joao Amazonas, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Brazil, September 8 1979, 13 pages.

We must firmly oppose the reactionary tactics of the capitalist and revisionist bourgeoisie with our revolutionary tactics, Enver Hoxha, Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Institute, Toronto, 1980, 32 pages. From the talk with a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), November 14, 1970.

The great world economic crisis is intensifying, Tuesday July 1 1980, extracts from the political diary The Superpowers, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1986, pp. 560 -572.

Eurocommunism is Anti-Communism, Workers’ Publishing House, London, 1980, 291 pages. Reformist ideology and Political Opportunism – Fundamental Characteristics of the Eurocommunist Parties.

What lies behind the workers’ strikes at the Polish Baltic ports? Monday September 1 1980. Extracts from the political diary, The Superpowers, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1986, pp. 579 – 597.

The events which are taking place in the Moslem countries must be seen in the light of dialectical and historical materialism, from Reflections on the Middle East, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana; 1984; pp 355-392.

Report to the 8th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania, Enver Hoxha, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1981, 281 pages. Submitted to the 8th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania on November 1, 1981.

REFLECTIONS – Diary on International Questions, Pogradec, Wednesday July 15, 1981, from Socio-Political Studies 2, 1985, pp 49-66, The Institute of Marxist-Leninist Studies at The Central Committee of The Party of Labour of Albania.

Enver Hoxha on Mehmet Shehu, from The Titoites, Historical Notes, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana 1982 (extracts) pp581-633.

Comrade Enver Hoxha received a group of workers and had a cordial talk with them, published in Albania Today, No 5, 1983, pp5-7.

To the Congress of the Communist Party of Brazil. This document was first published in Albania Today, No 3, 1983.

Comrade Enver Hoxha’s message of greetings to the participants in the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Congress of Përmet. First published in Albania Today, No 3, 1984.

The Albanian Anti-Fascist women found their road of salvation through the National Liberation War – Enver Hoxha, Speech delivered to the 1st Congress of the Albanian Anti-Fascist Women’s Union, November 4, 1944, Published in Albania Today No 5 (78) 1984, pp 43-44.

The 40th Anniversary of the 1st Congress of the Anti-fascist Women’s Union of Albania. Message of greetings of Comrade Enver Hoxha addressed to the former delegates to the 1st Congress of the AWUA, November 3, 1984, published in Albania Today, No 6, 1984, pp30-31.

The State Power we are building is the future of our country and people – Enver Hoxha, from the report submitted to the 2nd Meeting of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation Council of Albania, October 20, 1944. Published in Albania Today No 5 (78) 1984, pp 39-42.

The Khrushchevites – Memoirs, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1984, 492 pages.

Message of greetings on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Albania, 29 November 1984, published in Albania Today, No 6, 1984.

Comrade Enver Hoxha’s message of greetings addressed to the participants in the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the 2nd Meeting of the Anti-fascist National Liberation Council. First published in Albania Today, No 6, 1984.

Profound Marxist-Leninist analyses of the situation of classes and social strata, the positive and negative influences within Albanian society during the years of the National Liberation War. Reprinted from Laying the foundations of the New Albania (Memoirs and Historical Notes), 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1974, 30 pages.

Excerpts from the Political Diary and other documents on Albanian – Greek Relations, 1941-1984, Tirana, 1985, Two friendly peoples, pp 431-444, December 30, 1984. One of the last things Enver wrote before his death in April 1985.

About the international situation in the light of current events, extracts from the political diary The Superpowers, Naim Frashëri Publishing House, Tirana, Albania, 1986.

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These pages include documents and decisions of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania and other state organisations of the Albanian state. Also there are articles that were originally published in ‘Zeri i Popullit’, the official newspaper of the CC of the PLA.

I apologise if some of the reproductions are a little messy. The paper used in the 1960/70s does not age well and I hope that the ‘staining’ doesn’t cause any problems. As far as I’m concerned the text (which, after all, is the most important) is still clear and legible.

The ideas of Marxism-Leninism will triumph on the Revisionism, no publisher, Tirana. 1962, 227 pages.

Fiftieth Anniversary of Albanian Independence, no publisher, Tirana, 1962, 71 pages. Contains three speeches by Enver Hoxha, Mehmet Shehu and Haxhi Lleshi on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Albanian Independence in November 1962.

Togliati’s ‘Testament’, the crisis of Modern Revisionism and the fight of Marxist-Leninists, reproduced from Zeri i Popullit daily, November 13, 1964, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1964, 43 pages.

Constitution of the People’s Republic of Albania, the Albanian Committee for Cultural Relations and Friendship with Foreign Countries, Tirana, 1964, 48 pages. The Constitution that was adopted in January 1946 and which was in place until it was changed in 1976 at the 7th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania.

The Belgrade Revisionist Clique – Renegades from Marxism-Leninism and Agents of Imperialism, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1964, 325 pages. A series of articles first published in Zëri i Popullit, the official newspaper of the CC of the PLA, relating to the counter-revolutionary activities of the Yugoslav Revisionists. The articles cover the period from January 1962 to September 1963.

The Facts about Soviet-Albanian Relations, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1964, 165 pages. Documents and letters from the period 1961-63 when the Khrushchevite revisionists of the Soviet Union abandoned Albania and in the process the revolutionary road of Marxism-Leninism.

Marxist-Leninist Ideology will certainly overcome Revisionism – Volume II, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1964, 462 pages. A series of articles, first published in Zëri i Popullit, the official newspaper of the CC of the PLA, relating to the Modern Revisionism in the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and other European ‘Communist’ Parties. The articles cover the period from May 1962 to June 1963.

Twenty Years of Socialism in Albania, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1964, 127 pages.

Communist and Workers’ Parties and Marxist-Leninist Groups greet the Fifth Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania, held in Tirana from November 1 to November 8, 1966, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1966, 207 pages.

The Soviet Revisionist clique works at a quick pace towards the re-establishment of capitalism, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1967, 35 pages.

Let the storm of Revolution burst out powerfully, reproduced from Zeri i Popullit daily, May 16th 1968, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1968, 39 pages.

The Budapest Carnivals, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1968, 33 pages.

The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic caught in the grip of Soviet Revisionist invaders, reproduced from Zeri i Popullit daily, November 19, 1968, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1968, 22 pages.

The working class in Revisionist countries must take the field and re-establish the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, reproduced from the ‘Zeri i Popullit’ daily, March 24, 1968, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1968, 40 pages.

The Soviet Revisionists and Czechoslovakia, reproduced from the ‘Zeri i Popullit’ daily, July 24, 1968, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1968, 31 pages.

Soviet-US Alliance at work against the Czechoslovak people, reproduced from Zeri i Popullit daily, May 23rd 1969, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1969, 16 pages.

The demagogy of the Soviet Revisionists cannot conceal their traitorous countenance, reproduced from the ‘Zeri i Popullit’ daily, January 10, 1969, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1969, 50 pages.

Open fire on Revisionist betrayal, articles from ‘Zeri i Popullit’ daily, organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1969, 68 pages.

Resolution of the CC of the PLA and the Council of Ministers of the PRA on Proclaiming the 1969 Year as a jubilar year of the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Fatherland and of the Triumph of the People’s Revolution, no publisher, Tirana, 1969, 4 pages.

Military Pressure – Basis of the Political Dictate and Blackmail of the Soviet Revisionist Leaders, reproduced from the April 11th 1969 issue of ‘Zeri i Popullit’ daily, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1969, 22 pages.

The Congress of capitalist restoration and Social-imperialism, reproduced from the ‘Zeri i Popullit’ daily, April 17, 1971, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1971, 33 pages.

Some questions of Socialist Construction in Albania and of the struggle against Revisionism, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1971, 229 pages. Presentations given at the National Conference of Social Studies in Tirana in November 1969, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. Includes contributions by Ramiz Alia and Nexhmije Hoxha.

An historic victory of Marxism-Leninism over Revisionism, reproduced from the ‘Rruga e Partise’, January 5, 1971, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1971, 59 pages. On the tenth anniversary of the Meeting of the 81 Communist and Workers Parties in Moscow in 1961.

The 6th Congress of the Albanian Labour Youth Union – held in Durres on October 23, 1972, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1972, 100 pages.

Culture People’s Heritage, Naim Frasheri Publishing House, Tirana, 1973, 88 pages. A review of Albania’s Cultural Heritage and how, after the liberation of the country from Fascism in 1944, the people were able to appreciate this historical treasury for the first time.

Albania’s Foreign Policy, speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations given by Foreign Minister Nesti Nase on October 2nd 1972, Albania Report, New York 1973, 15 pages.

A new victory of the policy of the Party of Labour of Albania in the uplift of the general well being of the people, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1976, 25 pages. Decision of the CC of the PLA and the Council of Ministers of the People’s Republic of Albania on the reduction of higher wages, on some improvements in the wage system of working people and on the furthering narrowing of differences between town and country

A Social Democratic Congress of the French Revisionists, editorial of Zeri i Popullit, organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, February 21, 1976, 16 pages.

The Congress of the Soviet Revisionists – a Congress of Social-Imperialist Demagogy and Expansion, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1976, 24 pages. Editorial of Zeri i Popullit, organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, March 12, 1976.

Draft Constitution of the People’s Republic of Albania, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1976, 42 pages. The Albanian people have found constant inspiration in the great doctrine of Marxism-Leninism, under the banner of which, united round the Party of Labour and under its leadership, they are carrying forward the construction of socialist society to pass over, later, gradually to communist society.

A meeting that sealed Revisionist betrayal, editorial of ‘Zeri i Popullit’, organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, July 7, 1976, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1976, 16 pages.

Two Opposing Lines In The World Trade Union Movement, Filip Kota, Gamma Publishing, New York, 1976, 178 pages. The difference between the role of the Trade Unions in capitalist countries and the part they play in the construction of Socialism in Albania. Reprint of original published in Tirana in 1974.

The Constitution of the Party of Labour of Albania, adopted at the 3rd Congress of the PLA (including amendments made at the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Congresses of the PLA), 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 64 pages.

A new step in the struggle against opportunism, reproduced from the newspaper ‘Zeri i Popullit’, organ of the CC of the PLA, November 22, 1977, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 19 pages.

The Albanian people have been and are with the just cause of the peoples, speech of Comrade Nesti Nase, head of the Delegation of the PSR of Albania at the 32nd Session of the General Assembly of the UNO, October 6, 1977, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 22 pages.

‘Eurocommunism’ or undisguised Revisionism, article from ‘Zeri i Popullit’, organ of the CC of the PLA, dated December 4, 1977, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 24 pages.

The Party of Labour of Albania on the Building and the Life of the Party, Part 1, Part 2. (This booklet is reproduced here in two parts due to file size.) 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 312 pages. A selection of Resolutions, Documents and Articles produced between the first days of the Party in November 1941 until February 1972. taken from the Party archives and from the Collected Works of Enver Hoxha.

The Ideas of the October Revolution are defended and carried forward in the struggle against modern revisionism, speech delivered at the Commemorative Meeting on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Great Socialist October Revolution (November 7, 1977), by Hysni Kapo, Member of the Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 46 pages.

Some Fundamental Questions of the Revolutionary policy of the Party of Labour of Albania about the Class Struggle, by Nexhmije Hoxha, Director of Marxist-Leninist Studies at the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania in 1977, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 67 pages.

The Theory and Practice of Revolution, editorial of the ‘Zeri i Popullit’, organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, July 7, 1977, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 35 pages.

In the light of the ideas of the 7th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania, Norman Bethune Institute, Toronto, 1977, 176 pages. Articles from ‘Zeri i Popullit’, organ of the Central Committee of the PLA, following the 7th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania.

Photo Album of Albanian Life, Norman Bethune Institute, Toronto, 1977, 174 pages. A collection of photos showing the history of the Liberation War and the Construction of Socialism in Albania, up to 1977.

Chinese Warmongering and Hua Kuo-Feng’s Visit to the Balkans, editorial of the newspaper ‘Zeri i Popullit’, organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, September 3, 1978, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1978, 22 pages.

The Social Class Structure of the Working Class in Albania, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1978, 218 pages. The working class is the principal force in the production of material blessing. It is the most progressive and the most revolutionary class of the society, whose historic mission is to overthrow capitalism from its foundations and to destroy it, to put an end to any exploitation of man by man, and to build socialist and communist society.

Letter of CC of the Party of Labour of Albania and the Government of Albania to CC of the Communist Party and the Government of China, July 29th 1978, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1978, 56 pages.

Sino-American Alliance – a great threat to the peoples’ freedom, independence and security, editorials of the newspaper ‘Zeri i Popullit’, Organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1979, 27 pages.

Who Incites Hostility Amongst the Peoples of Yugoslavia, article from of the newspaper ‘Zeri i Popullit’, Organ of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania, April 23, 1981, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1979, 29 pages.

Soviet Revisionism and the Struggle of the PLA to Unmask it, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1981, 208 pages. This book comprises the reports and a number of papers read at the Scientific Session ‘Soviet Revisionism and the Struggle of the PLA to Unmask it’, organised by the Institute of Marxist-Leninist Studies at the CC of the PLA on 17-18 November, 1980. The reports and papers are published in an abridged form.

The Museum House of the Party, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1981, 60 pages. The house in Tirana where the Albanian Communist Party (later the Party of Labour of Albania) was formed on 8th November, 1941. After liberation converted into a museum, currently with no public access.

Socialist Albania will always remain loyal to the great cause of Socialism and the Revolution, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1982, 26 pages. Speech by Adil Çarçani at the 8th Session of the 9th Legislature of the People’s Assembly on the program and composition of the Council of Ministers, January 15, 1982.

The youth – a great force of the revolution, Htypshkronja e Re, Tirana, 1982, 46 pages. A book celebrating the role of Albanian youth in the War of Liberation and the Construction of Socialism.

The Counter-revolution within the Counter-revolution – about the events of the years 1980-1983 in Poland, Spiro Dede, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1983, 303 pages. The Revisionists started the rot in Poland and opened the way for the out and out counter-revolutionary movement under the guise of trade unionism – Solidarity. Event since show the correctness of the Albanian analysis more than thirty years ago.

Report on the 8th Five-Year Plan (1986-1990), submitted to the 9th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania by Adil Çarçani, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1986, 89 pages.

Klasiket e Marksizem-Leninizmit – The Classics of Marxism-Leninism, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1986, 156 pages. The text of this book is in Albanian but has been posted for its photos of the great leaders and founders of Marxism-Leninism – Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.

Although not technically statements by the PLA the following two documents were published in Tirana and therefore reflect the views of the Party at that time.

Joint Declaration of the Delegations of the Marxist-Leninist Parties of Latin America, taken from the newspaper ‘No Transar’, Organ of the Communist Party (ML) of Argentina, No 192, January 12, 1977, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 15 pages.

Joint Declaration of Marxist-Leninist Communist Parties of Europe – Communist Party of Germany (ML), Communist Party of Spain (ML), Communist Party of Greece (ML), Communist Party of Italy (ML) and the Portuguese Communist party (Reconstructed), reprinted from the newspaper ‘Zeri i Popullit’, central organ of the CC of the PLA, November 4, 1977, 8 Nëntori Publishing House, Tirana, 1977, 32 pages.

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Albania Today – Political and Informative Review

Albania Today was a political and informative review produced bi-monthly from the first issue that appeared in November/December at the end of 1971 until everything hit the fan in 1990.

For 20 years it was the best way to keep up with the political developments within the country, including its relationship with the People’s Republic of China.

Although there is an emphasis on political statements and speeches there are also insights into the changes, developments and ideas existing within Albanian society during the 1970s and 1980s, including art and culture.

Albania Today: Index 1971 – 1979, Index 1980 – 1984, Index 1985 – 1990

Albania Today: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (missing), 1980 (missing), 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 (missing), 1988, 1989, 1990.

The precursor to Albania Today was the Information Bulletin. We only have had access to a few of these and they are presented here.

As with any missing editions of Albania Today if anyone has access to any copies of the Information Bulletin which aren’t listed below and could sell or would be prepared to loan them so they could be scanned it would help us to make all this important material available to a wider readership.

Information Bulletin, 1969, No 1, Central Committee of the Party of Labor of Albania, Tirana, 1969, 91 pages. Includes articles on the publication of ‘The History of the Party of Labour of Albania’.

Information Bulletin, 1969, No 3, Central Committee of the Party of Labor of Albania, Tirana, 1969, 111 pages. Includes a major speech by Enver Hoxha on Education.

Information Bulletin, 1970, No 2, Central Committee of the Party of Labor of Albania, Tirana, 1970, 96 pages. Includes speeches, or excerpts of speeches, by Enver Hoxha and Ramiz Alia.

Information Bulletin, 1971, No 2, Central Committee of the Party of Labor of Albania, Tirana, 1970, 96 pages. Includes Draft Directives of the 6th Congress of the PLA for the 5th Five Year Plan of Economic and Cultural Development of the People’s Republic of Albania for the Period from 1971 to 1975.

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