The Albanian people have stood up against the corrupt, criminal Berisha-Regime. For years, this regime has destroyed everything that the Albanian people had created in freedom, in the fields of industry, agriculture, medical benefits, and social and cultural organizations. It has made the country totally dependent on foreign credits and "aid." The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have dictated Albanian politics. At the same time, thousands of Albanians have been persecuted for their political beliefs, elections have been rigged, the mafiosi have been given governmental positions, etc. The Albanian people are paying for this with terrible misery, unemployment and hunger. Many thousands have left their country as emigrants. They, who had previously been deceived by Western "freedom" and "prosperity," were nowhere made welcome. As the criminal involvement of the Berisha regime in connection with the financial swindles of the pyramid societies became more and more obvious, the Albanian people had enough and is now rising in revolt. This revolt and its demands are just! In particular the demands: The resignation of Berisha! New democratic elections immediately! A free, democratic constitution! Independence for Albania! are progressive and fully justified. They deserve the support of all democrats, anti-imperialists, socialists and communists. In its distress, the Berisha regime wants to bring foreign troops into Albania. Berisha has appealed to the UNO, NATO and the EU to intervene militarily. Berisha as representative of foreign capital and the mafia has no right to speak in the name of the Albanian people. He has already caused the Albanian people enough damage. Also the intervention of the foreign regimes as well as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have in no way served the country, but have only increased the poverty and misery. A military intervention will likewise not serve the Albanian people, but only the reactionary, criminal elements around Berisha and foreign capital. Therefore we demand: Hands off Albania! No military intervention! This call is directed to all friends of the Albanian people, to all democratic and anti-imperialist minded people. We ask you to sign this call and to circulate it. Please send the collected signatures of support to: Zeitungsverlag RM Postfach 401051 70410 Stuttgart, Germany Fax 0711/8702445 Shawgi Tell University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED]