I know they had Hoxha and even though I disagree with some of his criticisms(like calling Guevara an adventurist for traveling to other countries to help with Revolution, absolutely small brain take) I didn’t understand why Albania fell in 1992. They were not the Soviet Union, they weren’t in the Warsaw pact for long and were not Yugoslavs, so why did they fall? Was it lack of support from the USSR after it had fallen, because I had heard that was the main cause of DPRK’s Arduous March? Was Albanian Socialism a good system? What were the issues and what went right(I know that Hoxha helped bring electricity not much else I know)
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Quote from Killing Hope by William Blum (chapter 51):
Nor, apparently, would [socialism] be allowed in nearby Albania. On 31 March 1991, a Communist government won overwhelming endorsement in elections there. This was followed immediately by two months of widespread unrest, including street demonstrations and a general strike lasting three weeks, which finally led to the collapse of the new regime by June. The National Endowment for Democracy had been there also, providing $80,000 to the labor movement and $23,000 “to support party training and civic education programs”.
