Pin made in Albania. PPSH stands for Party Of Labour Of Albania. The Party of Labour of Albania (PPSH), sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers’ Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945-1991). It was founded on 8 November 1941 as the Communist Party of Albania but changed its name in 1948. The party was dissolved on 13 June 1991 and succeeded by the Socialist Party of Albania. For most of its existence, the party was dominated by its First Secretary, Enver Hoxha, who was also the de facto leader of Albania.
Zija Xholi (1925-2012) was an Albanian philosopher, professor and politician. After serving as editor-in-chief of the Rinia newspaper in 1946-1947, Xholi studied at the M. V. Lomonosov University in Moscow and later obtained a master’s degree from the University of Tirana (1960). He was a member of the General Council of the Union of Albanian Trade Unions from 1967 to 1972. In 1972 he was promoted to its presidium, a position he held until 1976. In 1977-1980 he was a member of its cultural department. Professionally, he worked as a professor at the Higher Pedagogical Institute of Tirana from 1963 to 1957. From 1957 to 1973 he worked as a professor in philosophy and history of Albanian political and philosophical thought at the University of Tirana; and as rector of its Faculty of Political Science and Law, from 1974 to 1989. He was also one of the founders of the Albanian Academy of Sciences and the University of Tirana. In his last decade, he taught at the University of Pristina.