Video came out kinda late cause my wifi has been dead for 2 days and I just got it working again LYRIC NOTES: "PLA" - Party of Labour of Albania, leading party before capitalist restoration "Seventh Congress" - the Seventh Party Congress of the PLA, held on the 35th anniversary of its founding in 1976. Was the most recent at this song's creation, though I don't think anything overly significant happened there “"Oh, Albania" was written by members of the second delegation of Party activists, who visited Albania in April, 1978. It was first sung on Albanian soil at a farewell banquet for the delegation in Shkodra, Albania. Its first performance in Canada was at the historic internationalist rally, held in Montréal on April 30th, 1978.” — Di Carlo, A. (1979). Oh Albania, Red Star That Burns Bright [Recorded by the Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee]. The Party Is The Most Precious Thing And Other Canadian Revolutionary Songs [Vinyl recording]. CPC(M-L). Oh, Albania, red star that burns bright, The world's illuminated by your light. Socialism is mankind's destiny, We swear to fight till final victory! We swear to fight till final victory! Workers and peasants of Albania, And the people's intelligentsia, The PLA makes them conscious of the task: Build socialism! The Party leads the class! The chains are broken, new forces are released, Workers and peasants have seized their destiny. Transforming mountains, the seacoast and the fields Under the control the working class wields. Oh, Albania, red star that burns bright, The world's illuminated by your light. Socialism is mankind's destiny, We swear to fight till final victory! We swear to fight till final victory! Resisting every invasion of her land, National traitors crushed by her hand, It's socialism Albania defends; Marxist principles will guide her to the end. The mighty eagle from the battlement Surveys the enemy encirclement, Life and death struggle requires vigilance; The Party arms two million soldiers for defence. Oh, Albania, red star that burns bright, The world's illuminated by your light. Socialism is mankind's destiny, We swear to fight till final victory! We swear to fight till final victory! The Seventh Congress cuts through all the lies That the opportunists in a frenzy have devised. The Marxist-Leninists grow stronger every day, Inspired by the glorious PLA. We must defend the socialist homeland, It's the proletarian internationalist stand. Led by our Marxist-Leninist communist party, We'll end the rule of the bourgeoisie! Oh, Albania, red star that burns bright, The world's illuminated by your light. Socialism is mankind's destiny, We swear to fight till final victory! We swear to fight till final victory!