Masaryk Democratic Academy | |
Type: | Association |
Founded Date: | 1896 |
Founders: | Josef Steiner &<br>Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk |
Location: | Prague, Czech Republic |
Key People: | Vladimír Špidla, Lubomír Zaorálek |
Focus: | Political education and transmission of Social democratic ideas to the public |
Homepage: | http://www.masarykovaakademie.cz/ |
Masaryk Democratic Academy (cs|Masarykova demokratická akademie, MDA) is a think-tank affiliated with the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD).[1] It was founded in 1896 by Josef Steiner and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk as Masaryk Workers' Academy (cs|Masarykova dělnická akademie, MDA).[2] Masaryk Workers' Academy changed its name in 2009.[3]