Education community SALZ

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The education community SALZ e. V. (Social, Work, Life & Future) is an association for left educational work. Some of its members advocate their conception of eco-socialism .

It was founded on 9 July 2005 as WASG , close by Political educational institution and is the party Die Linke close. The association has its seat in Düsseldorf and an office in Hamm . In their ranks there are members of various Marxist - socialist political groups or currents of opinion, as well as members who do not belong to any such group. As identity-building, SALZ represents the concept of left-wing educational work that aims to integrate representatives of different currents.

Cooperation after the merger process

The association accompanied the process of connecting the WASG and the Left Party as well as the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation , which is affiliated with the Left Party . While the political educational work of the RL Foundation for local and regional educational work is flanked by RLS clubs, in the case of the SALZ educational community, these are the educational groups that have a similar aim. The possibilities of cooperation after the merger process were the subject of various discussions. The Left in North Rhine-Westphalia, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein has now recognized SALZ as a party-affiliated educational institution alongside the regional associations of the RLS. SALZ, on the other hand, sees itself as politically independent and not fixated on Die Linke.

Structures and financing

The educational community does not currently receive any state or federal funds, as SALZ or the WASG have not yet met the necessary conditions. The financing is mainly done through contributions and donations.

The full-time managing director is currently Peter Schüren. The community is divided into a board of directors, a scientific advisory board, a patronage, a pool of speakers and a cultural project. The local branches of the SALZ are called educational groups and correspond to the Rosa Luxemburg Clubs of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Most of the donations go to local projects. SALT education circles exist previously in Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein, Weser-Ems, Bremen, East Westphalia-Lippe (OWL), North Hessen, HOUSE Dortmund ( Ha mm / circle U nna / Circle S oest / Sauerland), Cologne, Heinsberg - Roermond, Bonn / Rhine victory.

The patrons of the educational community are Inge Höger (Member of the Bundestag “Die Linke”) and Mag Wompel (editor in charge of LabourNet Germany ). Patrons were to end of life Peter von Oertzen and former editor in chief of IG Metall -Magazine metal , Jakob Moneta .

Board

In 2012, Heidemarie Behrens was elected to the board as chairwoman of SALZ and Angela Klein, Heiner Orth and Martin Gertenbach as their deputies. The board is elected every three years, but nothing is known about a more recent election on the part of the association.

Scientific Advisory Board

Gilbert Achcar , Wolfgang Dreßen , Klaus Engert , Daniel Kreutz , Thomas Kuczynski , Ekkehard Lieberam , Gisela Notz , Susanna von Oertzen , Bernhard Schmid , Winfried Wolf and Hans Albert Wulf . Former members are Edeltraut Felfe (retired in January 2013), Georg Fülberth (retired in May 2010), Ingo Nentwig (died in January 2016), Robert Steigerwald (died in June 2016) and Elmar Altvater (died in May 2018).

Values ​​and basis

According to its own presentation, the association propagates values ​​such as international understanding , social equilibrium, cross-border encounters, peace , internationalism and human rights . The basis of their work is "a Marxist-based criticism of capitalism " that has to face the problems of the time. It sees itself as standing in the tradition of an undogmatic labor movement .

proof

  1. ↑ § 1 of the statutes
  2. ↑ http://www.bildungsgemeinschaft-salz.de/bilder/Info_ueber_SALZ_25_12_09.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.bildungsgemeinschaft-salz.de/ Note: The board would have to be re-elected in 2015, but the information on the homepage is not up to date