Enver Hoxha and the people of Tirana
Enver Hoxha – Speeches and articles – 1 – 10
Enver Hoxha – Memoirs, Diary Selections and Compilations of Articles, Selected Works, Speeches and articles 11 – 20, 21 – 30
Conversations with Chou En-lai – Enver Hoxha
Tirana, March 27-28, 1965
The Crisis of Italian Modern Revisionism – Enver Hoxha
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
Study Marxist-Leninist Theory – linking it closely with revolutionary practice – Enver Hoxha
Speech at the Solemn Meeting Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Founding of the ‘V I Lenin’ Party school
Khrushchev Kneeling Before Tito – Enver Hoxha
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’.
Our younger generation marches along the revolutionary road of The Party – Enver Hoxha
Speech delivered at the mass rally at the Gradishta sector of the Rogozhina-Fieri railway under construction on June 28, 1968.
Twenty Five Years of Struggles and Victories on the Road to Socialism – Enver Hoxha
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
Albania is Forging Ahead Confidently and Unafraid – Enver Hoxha
Speech delivered at the meeting with the electors of constituency No 219, Tirana, November 8, 1978
It is in The Party-People-State Power Unity that our Strength Lies – Enver Hoxha
Speech delivered to the voters of the Tirana 219 electoral district on September 18, 1970
Report on the Activity of the CC of the PLA – 4th Party Congress
Report delivered at the 4th Congress of the Party of Labour of Albania on February 13th 1961
Report on the Role and Tasks of the Democratic Front for the Complete Triumph of Socialism in Albania
Submitted at the 4th Congress of the Democratic Front of Albania, September 14th 1967
The mistake that Hoxha made was that he hung-on too long. In the immediate post World War II period, a Hoxha was needed to secure Albania’s sovereignty as a number of surrounding countries had their territorial aims. However, once those threats faded and the internal infrastructures were solidified, Albania seemed to have got stuck in a time warp. It missed an opportunity to engage the best the world could offer while rejecting the worst. After Hoxha, Albania did not have the institutions in place for a modern late 20th century economy which created societal disorganization. This did not have to occur if Hoxha would have transitioned power much earlier.
Transition power to who? Albania hasn’t been able to give birth to a better leader yet.