Description
Author: Lynn Walsh
Published: March 1997
Pages: 32
Format: pamphlet, glossy cover
Berisha’s regime, previously the darling of the Western capitalists, has been shattered by an uprising of the Albanian people. Enraged by the collapse of the fraudulent pyramid schemes, the impov-erished, cruelly oppressed workers and peasants seized arms and fought the dictatorship. This will inspire workers everywhere and strike fear into all capi-talist rulers. But lacking independent class leadership and organisation, the insurgent workers have not been able to give the movement clear anti-capitalist aims. This reflects the ide-ological vacuum after the collapse of Stalinism. As in other Blakan states, warlords and gansters have stepped in. This is a Mad Max phase of post-Stalinist turmoil, before the re-emer-gence of working-class forces. Now the capitalist powers are sending a Multinational Protection Force to safeguard their interests, which all socialists must oppose. The CWI ores the roots of the uprising and the prospects for the Albaniac workers.
