Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation is one of the largest political education institutions in Germany today and is committed to the mainstream ideology of democratic socialism. The foundation evolved from a small political group, "Social Analysis and Political Education Association", founded in 1990 in Berlin into a nationwide political education organisation, a discussion forum for critical thought and political alternatives as well a research facility for progressive social analysis.

Forming the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation are:

• The general and sustaining members of the association and the executive board members with Heinz Vietze serving as chairman and Dr. Florian Weis as chief executive officer
• Academic scholars and scientists in advisory boards and as authors of our publications, stipendiaries and liaison professors, hundreds of volunteers
• Approximately 100 employees that work in either the academy of political education, the centre for international communication and collaboration, the "Studienwerk" (organisation providing social, financial and cultural support services to students in Germany), the archive of democratic socialism or areas of public relations, bookkeeping or finances

In 1996 the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation was officially recognised as a nationwide affiliated trust of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), presently known as "DIE LINKE " (The Left). As such it works closely with DIE LINKE affiliated state foundations and associations nationwide.