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| Rosa Luxemburg Foundation |
| Activities： |
Activist, Educational, Networking, Research |
| Type： |
Foundation |
| Areas of Focus： |
Peace and Peace Building | Democratic Participation | Youth Education and Empowerment | Democratic Reform | Social Justice Education |
| About Rosa Luxemburg Foundation： |
The predecessor of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation was set up in 1990 as a registered non-profit-making organisation called the "Social Analysis and Political Education - registered society". In 1996, at the party convention of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) it was recognized as the national foundation affiliated with the PDS.
In 1998, the Foundation was named after Rosa Luxemburg, an icon of the political Left and one of the most important representatives of left-wing socialist, anti-militarist, and internationalist positions in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany before 1918.
The Foundation is particularly active in adult and youth political educational in the Federal Republic of Germany and has developed into a nationwide institution in this field. In the short period of its existence it has become a major forum for critical thinking and the formulation of political alternatives as well as a valued partner in international cooperation. Science and research, arts and culture are also areas to which the Foundation devotes its attention as resources permit.
Within an association of like-minded institutions, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation cooperates closely with PDS-related regional foundations and associations in all the German federal states. In addition to promoting political education, it supports social movements and organisations aiming to further social and political participation, solidarity and peace locally and globally.
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation has become a centre of reflection and formulation of critical standpoints on problems of social justice and the sustainable democratisation of society, on international cooperation based on equal rights, on ecological sustainability, antifascism and antiracism - all this at a time when many people find it easier to envision the end of the world rather than the end of capitalism. |
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