UN RENOUVEAU DE LA PARTICIPATION ASSOCIATIVE ? L'engagement et le militantisme au sein du comité Attac Isère

2.2.1.1.2 A militant formation

The second aspect of popular education concerns the militants. The objective would be, according to leaders' of association to answer a request of the militants who would be « on standby » of information but also of a formation. That Ci is presented like one « reappropiation » of information^456(*). Thus each militant would be in measurement « even without preliminary knowledge economic and financial, [of] to obtain the sufficient expertise financial to evaluate the direction and the range of a measurement, to include/understand what is concerned and the intellectual instruments of the action are given »^457(*).

The summer schools of Attac are intended to partly fill this training of the members. Their goal is of «to initiate with the wheels of the economy and finance starting from some great stakes of the moment and from the point of view of action citizen »^458(*). Their organization is carried out by the national office. The first summer schools were organized in Ciotat^459(*) from the 23 to August 26, 2000, they gathered 700 people^460(*). This summer school, entitled « For an economy with the service of the man », consisted of a series of one three hours duration old modules devoted to topics of reflection^461(*). Moreover, workshops were devoted to more practical topics^462(*). Among inquired, only Julie and Luc attended the summer school of Ciotat. It is besides on this occasion that certain local committees gathered for AG of St Brieuc.

* ⁴⁵⁶ «  But, very quickly, it appeared that the members wanted not only that one communicates information to them «  leaflet with the book  », elaborate in a rigorous way, but they also intended to adapt it in order to better act, which implied a teaching step. One passed from the one-way diffusion of a transmitter towards a receiver characteristic of the press to a diagram more interactive and more reagent, depending, him, formation  ». Cassen (Bernard), «  An economy with the service of the man  », op.cit, p. 13.

* ⁴⁵⁷ Ibid, p. 15.

* ⁴⁵⁸ Cf, Summer school 2001, general Presentation, p. 1.

* ⁴⁵⁹ Cf, Summer school 2000, Program.

* ⁴⁶⁰ One can note that last summer schools of Attac which took place in Arles from the 24 to 28 August 2001ont also gathered 700 people. It is astonishing that in spite of the progression of 10.000 members proclaimed by association, not more militants are not present. Perhaps that would confirm disproportion between the rapid rise of the number of asserted adhesions and the true representativeness of the movement. Cf, Losson (Christian), «  Tax Tobin  : Attac continues the combat.  », Release, 28/08/2000. Belleret (Robert), «  The militants of Attac adjust their arguments against liberal universalization  », The World, 28/08/2001, p. 5.

* ⁴⁶¹ «  That what the currency is  ? Its functions. The purse. The speculation. The contemporary influence of finance. Why the Tobin tax  ?  », «  Concerning the unemployment of mass and full employment.  », «  In connection with the retirements and wage saving.  », «  In connection with the environment  », «  In connection with the cancellation of the foreign debt  ». In addition, the speakers came for much the scientific council Attac, like Rene Passet, Bruno Jetin, Jacques Nikonoff or Michel Husson, others intervened as founder members of Attac, Philippe Frémeaux, editor of economic Alternatives, Pierre Khalfa or Susan George. Cf, Summer school 2001, p. 2.

* ⁴⁶² «  Social workers  have to become aware that they are the agents first of solidarity  », «  Electronics citizen  : how to control the machine, of its catch in hand with its use within a militant framework  ?  ». Ibid, p. 3.