title: Masaryk Democratic Academy
text: # Masaryk Democratic Academy
  
  Masaryk Democratic Academy (Czech: 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 (Czech: Masarykova dělnická akademie, MDA). Masaryk Workers' Academy changed its name in 2009.
  
  