Word: albanians
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Even if the anti-Marketeers composed a near majority of the Parliament, which they do not, they share virtually no other consensus. Among the most active in the opposition campaign were the young leftists--neo-Maoists--many of whom profess to see Norway eventually as an Albanian-type armed camp under attack and seige by the anti-popular forces of East and West. But among the most sympathetic voters were elderly Christians of quite different views. Combined with them, and providing the largest part of the majority vote, were the farmers and fishermen and family members of "outskirt Norway" whose...
Albania's best friend since its 1961 split with Nikita Khrushchev's liberalized Communism has been Red China, half a world away. Peking provided Tirana with everything from light bulbs to a giant hydroelectric dam that generates power for them. Albanian Party Boss Enver Hoxha in return offered the Chinese relentless praise for their brand of unswerving Marxism...
Malta's Prime Minister Dom Mintoff was welcomed on a recent Peking visit as an anti-imperialist champion. The Albanian press meanwhile lambasted "Maltese ruling circles" for selling out to Britain by negotiating a new military base agreement. The two allies disagree on the European Common Market (Tirana is opposed) and on Chinese overtures toward the Communist parties of Italy and Spain (in Albanian eyes both are revisionist). So far, the Chinese lion has ignored the roars from its Adriatic mouse...
Mutual Fears. The Greek-Albanian example is part of a growing trend toward regional cooperation. The area is divided into five political camps: pro-Western, nonaligned, Maoist, and two variations of Moscow-oriented Communism. But leaders of the Balkans, motivated mainly by pragmatic economics and a desire to keep big powers from exploiting the region's problems for their own purposes, are making efforts to end old disputes. Yugoslavia, for example, has ended its old quarrel with Albania and is granting greater autonomy to the Albanian minority within its borders...
Pecking Order. At a Peking reception honoring the 30th anniversary of the Albanian Communist Party last week, a new Politburo pecking order emerged-and there were some stunning surprises. Predictably enough, Chou occupied Lin's No. 2 position. But No. 3 turned out to be none other than Mao's wife Chiang Ching. She was one of the reddest of the Red Guard leaders during the Cultural Revolution, and her rise may spell new power for the small nucleus of relatively youthful leftists in the Politburo. One of its key figures is Yao Wenyuan, who is rumored...