Attac France
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Attac France is the French branch of the global Alter-globalisation network Attac, founded in France in 1998 as a result of the editorial appeal published in Le Monde diplomatique by Ignacio Ramonet; the network now operates in dozens of countries [source: attac-fr]. Attac France’s published programme covers global-economic-governance themes - international finance, free-trade agreements, climate and social justice, taxation justice, and the canal-seine-nord-europe opposition campaign currently featured on the homepage [source: attac-fr]. The homepage’s current campaign - the Alliance ecologique et sociale mobilisation against the canal Seine-Nord Europe from 9-12 July, against water-grabbing and the destruction of thousands of hectares of farmland - is the kind of multi-actor French progressive coalition campaign that Attac regularly convenes [source: attac-fr].
Coverage: Attac France’s programme spans the AES (Alliance ecologique et sociale) coalitions on climate and social justice; the NoTAV (high-speed-train opposition) networks that have shaped French infrastructure politics since the 1990s; European tax justice; free-trade negotiations (TTIP/CETA/Mercosur successors); and the global austerity-and-debt movement [source: attac-fr]. Attac France publishes position papers, briefing documents, mobilisation calls, and the Lignes d’Attac journal, and convenes the multi-day Universite d’automne (autumn university) as its annual training programme [source: attac-fr].
A campaigner reaches for Attac France when sourcing a French alter-globalisation position, when designing a French progressive-coalition mobilisation, or when accessing AES coalition calls for joint endorsement [source: attac-fr]. Treat as link-only; the underlying analyses and calls are reserved for distribution by Attac France and its coalitions. [source: attac-fr]
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A campaigner can use Attac France as a source to understand and promote opposition to large infrastructure projects that threaten environmental and social justice. [source: attac-fr] The source provides a concrete example of how to frame a campaign around the protection of water resources, agricultural land, and the rights of workers and communities, as seen in the mobilization against the Canal Seine-Nord Europe. [source: attac-fr]