The working-class history of the Republic of Albania

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Albanian Workers Rebel Over Financial Fraud; Capitalist ‘market reforms’ ruin living standards
By Argiris Malapanis, The Militant, 10 February 1997. Capitalist market reforms since 1992, coupled with poverty, drew people into a pyramid scheme through which the population became further impoverished. Areas of Albania have been taken over by worker and peasant rebellions.
Attitudes Of Workers At Albania Shoe Factory Show Imperialists' Difficulty In Restoring Capitalist Rule
By Catharina Tirse'n and Bobbis Misailides, Militant, 17 May 1999. Rekor Albania S.A. one of the few privately owned plants in the country. It is a good example of what it will take for Washington, London, Athens, or other imperialist powers to reestablish capitalism here.