The “Naprzód” Foundation carries out its activities through the implementation of a wide range of projects of varying character — from research-based, through educational and popularising initiatives, to projects with an activating and community-oriented focus.
As part of our research projects, we have addressed issues such as electoral abstention among the left-wing electorate, industrial relations, militarism, and refugee-related topics. Our educational projects have focused primarily on historical issues. In this area, we have concentrated on recalling the consequences of far-right governments and on addressing events of particular importance to the left.
Through co-creating the Social Forum for the Exchange of Ideas and the “Active Naprzód” Fund for Cooperation and Solidarity, we have sought to bring together diverse left-wing communities and to support valuable initiatives undertaken by formal and informal groups as well as by individuals.
In November 2023, in Warsaw, we had the honour of co-organising the 5th International Conference on Marxist Feminisms. The three-day conference was attended by over 350 participants from various regions of the world, and the keynote address was delivered by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Projects
Research projects
- Electoral Abstention of the Left-Wing Electorate
- The Situation of Women in Poland
- The Turów Coal Mine: A Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition
- Energy Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe
- Between the Homeland and a New Home: Post-war Political Emigration of Greeks to Poland in the Context of the Cold War (in cooperation with the Greek organisation ASKI)
- The War Economy: Defence Spending in Poland and Europe
Educational projects
- Watch Out (in cooperation with the “Never Again” Association)
- August 1980: The Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal. The Labour Movement, Transformation, and Myth
Popularising projects
- Colours of Journey
- The quarterly journal Nasze Argumenty — presenting the positions of transform!europe and the Party of the European Left to a Polish audience
Activating projects
- Activities of the Social Forums for the Exchange of Ideas
- The “Active Naprzód” Fund for Cooperation and Solidarity