People's Movement of Kosovo
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People's Movement of Kosovo
Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës |
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| Founded | 1982 |
| Newspaper | Zëri i Kosovës |
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Self-determination Albanian nationalism Kosovar–Albanian unionism Marxism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | Red, Black, Yellow |
The People's Movement of Kosovo (Albanian: Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës - LPK) was a political party in Kosovo after the Kosovo War, beside being a political movement of Albanian nationalists from 1981. Despite the several participations in the elections in Kosovo, the pre-war period is the most significant for its existence. Historically, its support and membership came from Albanian diaspora, especially within Switzerland and Germany, originating mainly from former Yugoslav republics.
The LPK was formed in the early 1980s, during turmoils which would bring the Albanian population of Yugoslavia in the center of attention. During the 1981 protests in Kosovo, protesters demanded Kosovo to become a republic within the Yugoslav Federation. It was crystallized on Feb 17th, 1982, in Switzerland, as a marxist union of Albanian diaspora organizations with support and sympathy for/from the communist regime of Enver Hoxha, struggling for the rights of Albanians throughout Yugoslavia and unification with Albania, originally named LRSHJ, to be renamed later as PMK.
The LPK's ideology was left-wing nationalism. Peter Schwarz, while talking about KLA in "Kosovo and the crisis in the Atlantic Alliance", (Sep, 1st, 1999), states: "In Germany a ban was in the course of being implemented against the core of the party, the Enver Hoxha-oriented KPM (Kosovo People's Movement)". Robert Elsie states in his "Historical Dictionary of Kosovo, 2011" that: "It was initially Marxist-oriented, seeing Kosova's salvation in Albania and thus supporting the regime of Enver Hoxha". The Marxist–Leninist orientation was necessary in order to achieve support from Albania, and was abandoned after fall of communism in Albania.
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