https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/6d2d0ced-5f47-43d3-ace7-b746c6e2196d A Pickaxe in One Hand, a Rifle in the Other" is an Albanian patriotic song written in 1961 in celebration of the great successes made by the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and Party of Labour of Albania (PPSH). In Albania, the pickaxe and rifle were used much more commonly to represent the PPSH, the leading communist vanguard party, than the sickle and hammer for the two's value to Albanian history, the rifle for the liberation and defense of the country, and the pickaxe to build it. The song became one of the most popular patriotic songs in Albania during the socialist period, being used as the radio interval for Radio Tirana until the fall of socialism, and seeing use throughout the world by pro-Hoxha Marxist-Leninist organizations in celebration of Albania and the PPSH during the 70s and 80s. (English Subtitles) Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:20:32 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/6d2d0ced-5f47-43d3-ace7-b746c6e2196d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.