> >Louis, that's an interesting article, but is there any evidence that Hoxha > >actively sought to subvert Yugoslavia by arming ethnic Albanian Kosovars, > >propagandizing them, etc.? And did Tito and his successors respond in any > >way? > > I'll tell you the truth. I've been digging through the history of this > Kosovo question through the 1980s pretty thoroughly and I have found no > reference to this whatsoever. The only accusation that's been made is that > Berisha, Hoxha's successor, armed the KLA. There is strong circumstantial > evidence for this, but no smoking gun. > Louis Proyect I posted message about above some weeks ago...I'm away from my materials but will try to remember to check source later... in the early 1980s, separatist Albanian Kosovars received support - including direct interventions - from Albania which used discontent in the region to discredit Yugoslavian economic and political innovations (nowhere in Europe were such far-ranging concessions to nationalist rights granted in a region considered so potentially separatist and Kosovo, as the poorest area with the highest unemployment rate, received disproportionate investment and assistance)... Michael Hoover
