Created in 2004 by the French Communist Party, the Gabriel Péri Foundation has two main goals. The first is to understand recent history, in particular the history of the workers and communist movement, of the left in France and in the world.

The second is to be a space for encounters and confrontations to encourage the emergence of reflections and proposals useful for the construction of a Europe and a democratic world of social and human progress. It provides citizens interested in the fight for human emancipation with tools and reflections to help them to develop their knowledge.