Masaryk Democratic Academy

Masaryk Democratic Academy (Masarykova demokratická akademie, MDA) is a think-tank affiliated with the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). It was founded in 1896 by Josef Steiner and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk as Masaryk Workers' Academy (Masarykova dělnická akademie, MDA). Masaryk Workers' Academy changed its name in 2009.