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{{Infobox political party|name=Party of Labor of Albania|native_name=Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë|logo=PPSH logo.png|founded=8 November 1941|abbreviation=PPSh <small>(Albanian)</small>
{{Infobox political party|name=Party of Labor of Albania|native_name=Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë|logo=PPSH logo.png|founded=8 November 1941|abbreviation=PPSh <small>(Albanian)</small>
PLA|first_secretary=[[Enver Hoxha]] <small>(until 1985)</small><br>[[Ramiz Alia]]|dissolved=13 June 1991|successor=[[Communist Party of Albania (1991)|PKSh]]<br>[[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]|headquarters=Tirana|newspaper=''Zëri i Popullit''|think tank=Institute of Marxist–Leninist Studies|youth_wing=[[Labor Youth Union of Albania]]|membership_year=1986|membership=147,000|political_orientation=[[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-revisionism]]|position=[[Leftism|Far-left]]|slogan=''"Punëtorët e botës, bashkohuni!"''<br>''"Workers of the world, unite!"'' <small>(English)</small>|anthem=[[The Internationale]]|flag=Flag of Party of Labour of Albania.svg}}The '''Party of Labor of Albania''' ('''PLA'''){{Efn|Albanian: '''Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë''' ('''PPSh''').}} was the ruling [[communist party]] of the [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]]. The party was founded in 1941{{Efn|As the '''Communist Party of Albania''' (Albanian: '''Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë''').}} during a national liberation war, and would assume the rule of the [[Vanguardism|vanguard party]] of the Albanian people. It was an [[Anti-revisionism|anti-revisionist]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] party with [[Enver Hoxha]] as its first secretary until 1985.<ref>''[https://ia600204.us.archive.org/11/items/ConstitutionOfThePartyOfLabourOfAlbania/Constitution%20of%20the%20Party%20of%20Labour%20of%20Albania.pdf The Constitution of the Party of Labour of Albania]'' (1977). Available on the Internet Archive.  </ref> In 1991, the party was disbanded after its takeover by [[Revisionism|revisionists]] along with socialist Albania as a whole.
PLA|first_secretary=[[Enver Hoxha]] <small>(until 1985)</small><br>[[Ramiz Alia]]|dissolved=13 June 1991|successor=[[Communist Party of Albania (1991)|PKSh]]<br>[[Socialist Party of Albania|PS]]|headquarters=Tirana|newspaper=''Zëri i Popullit''|think tank=Institute of Marxist–Leninist Studies|youth_wing=[[Labor Youth Union of Albania]]|membership_year=1986|membership=147,000|political_orientation=Before the early 1950s: <br>
[[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-revisionism]] <br>
After the early 1950s: <br> [[Revisionism]] <br> [[Centrism]] <br> [[Nationalism]]|position=Before the early 1950s: <br> [[Leftism|Far-left]] <br> After the early 1950s: <br> [[Centrism]]|slogan=''"Punëtorët e botës, bashkohuni!"''<br>''"Workers of the world, unite!"'' <small>(English)</small>|anthem=[[The Internationale]]|flag=Flag of Party of Labour of Albania.svg}}The '''Party of Labor of Albania''' ('''PLA'''){{Efn|Albanian: '''Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë''' ('''PPSh''').}} was the ruling [[communist party]] of the [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]]. The party was founded in 1941{{Efn|As the '''Communist Party of Albania''' (Albanian: '''Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë''').}} during a national liberation war, and would assume the rule of the [[Vanguardism|vanguard party]] of the Albanian people. It was initially a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] party with [[Enver Hoxha]] as its first secretary<ref>''[https://ia600204.us.archive.org/11/items/ConstitutionOfThePartyOfLabourOfAlbania/Constitution%20of%20the%20Party%20of%20Labour%20of%20Albania.pdf The Constitution of the Party of Labour of Albania]'' (1977). Available on the Internet Archive.  </ref> until the early 1950s, after which it, alongside Hoxha himself, assumed a [[Revisionism|revisionist]] character tailing behind [[Soviet revisionism|Khrushchevism]] and later [[Maoism]], while propagating their own own theoretical deviations.<ref>The Red Spectre, "[https://theredspectre.com/against-hoxha.html Against Hoxha]", 2024</ref> In 1991, the party was disbanded.


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==


* ''[https://ia904600.us.archive.org/9/items/historypla1971/historypla1971.pdf History of the Party of Labor of Albania]'' (1971), by the PLA Institute of Marxist–Leninist Studies
* [https://theredspectre.com/against-hoxha.html Against Hoxha](2024), The Red Spectre


== See also ==
== See also ==
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Party of Labor of Albania

Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë
Abbreviation

PPSh (Albanian)

PLA
First Secretary Enver Hoxha (until 1985)
Ramiz Alia
Founded 8 November 1941
Dissolved 13 June 1991
Succeeded by PKSh
PS
Headquarters Tirana
Newspaper Zëri i Popullit
Think tank Institute of Marxist–Leninist Studies
Youth wing Labor Youth Union of Albania
Membership (1986) 147,000
Political orientation

Before the early 1950s:
Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism

After the early 1950s:
Revisionism
Centrism
Nationalism
Political position Before the early 1950s:
Far-left
After the early 1950s:
Centrism
Slogan "Punëtorët e botës, bashkohuni!"
"Workers of the world, unite!" (English)
Anthem The Internationale
Party flag

The Party of Labor of Albania (PLA)[a] was the ruling communist party of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. The party was founded in 1941[b] during a national liberation war, and would assume the rule of the vanguard party of the Albanian people. It was initially a Marxist–Leninist party with Enver Hoxha as its first secretary[1] until the early 1950s, after which it, alongside Hoxha himself, assumed a revisionist character tailing behind Khrushchevism and later Maoism, while propagating their own own theoretical deviations.[2] In 1991, the party was disbanded.

Further reading

See also

References

  1. The Constitution of the Party of Labour of Albania (1977). Available on the Internet Archive.
  2. The Red Spectre, "Against Hoxha", 2024

Notes

  1. Albanian: Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë (PPSh).
  2. As the Communist Party of Albania (Albanian: Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë).

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