University of California-Riverside Research Working Group
on
Transnational Social Movements
I. Demographics:
(1) What is your gender? Check one.
oFemale oMale oOther: _____________________________________________
(2) What is your age? Check one.
o11 or under o12-14 o15-17 o18-25 o26-35 o36-45
o46-55 o56-65 o66-70 o71 and above
(3) What is your race or ethnicity? Please write in. ____________________________________
(4) In what country or countries do you have legal citizenship? ___________________________
(5) Where do you currently live?
City _____________________ Country _________________________
(6) Please CHECK all the languages you speak and CIRCLE your primary language.
oArabic oBengali oChinese oEnglish oFrench oGerman oHindi/Urdu oJapanese oPortuguese oRussian oSpanish oTagalog
oOther: Please specify______________________________________________
(7) What is your current occupation? _______________________________________________
(8) What is your approximate current annual household income? ________________________
(a) What is the currency? ___________________________________________________
(9) Beginning with primary school, how many years of school have you completed? Check one.
oNone o1-5 o6-10 o11-15 o16 or more
(10) What is your most advanced formal educational degree? ____________________________
(a) In what subject is that degree? Check one.
oNatural Sciences o Social Sciences oArts/Humanities oTechnology
(11) Are you currently a student? Check one. oNo oYes
(a) If yes, what are you studying? ____________________________________________
(12) Do you have access to the Internet? Check one. oNo oYes
(a) If yes, where? o Home oWork oOther ______________________
II. Strategies:
(1) Do you think we need to reform capitalism or abolish it? Check one.
oReform it oAbolish it and replace with a better system
(2) Which of the following approaches would best solve the problems created by global capitalism?
oStrengthen the power of local communities oStrengthen the power of nation states
oCreate democratically-run global institutions
(3) In the long run, what do you think should be done about the existing international financial and trade institutions such as the IMF and the WTO? Check one.
oNegotiate with them oAbolish them
oAbolish and replace them with democratically-run international institutions
(4) Do you think it is a good or bad idea to have a democratic world government? Check one.
oGood idea, and it’s plausible oGood idea, but not plausible oBad idea
(5) Please rate your opinion on the following statement: "Overall the world needs less economic growth." Check one.
oStrongly agree oAgree oMildly agree
oMildly disagree oDisagree oStrongly disagree
(6) Please rate your opinion on the following statement: "The World Social Forum should remain as an open space for debate and should not itself take public positions on political issues." Check one.
oStrongly agree oAgree oMildly agree
oMildly disagree oDisagree oStrongly disagree
(7) Which groups, if any, do you think are underrepresented at the World Social Forum?
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(8) What suggestion, if any, would you make to improve the World Social Forum?
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III. World Social
Forum Participation:
(1) In what year did you first participate in a public demonstration or protest? ______________
(2) In how many public protests or demonstrations did you participate in the last 12 months?
o 0 o1 o2-4 o5 or more
(3) Which of the prior World Social Forums have you attended? Check all that apply.
o2001 o2002 o2003 o2004 oNone
(4) Have you attended any of the regional social forums? oNo oYes
(a) If yes, please list which ones: _____________________________________________
(5) What are your reasons for attending the World Social Forum? Check all that apply.
oOrganize oNetwork oLearn about the issues oResearch oWork
oOther: _____________________________________________________________________
(6) Before arriving at the 2005 World Social Forum, did you have personal friends based in countries other than your country of residence? oNo oYes
(a) If yes, where? _________________________________________________________
(7) Which of the following types of organizations are you affiliated with? Check all that apply.
oLabor union(s) oPolitical party(ies) oNon-governmental organization(s)
oGovernment agency(ies) oSocial movement or political organizations oOther:_____________________________________________________________________
(a) Are any of these organizations funded solely by its members? oNo oYes
(b) Do any of these organizations receive funding from foundations? oNo oYes
(8) Are you attending this forum on behalf of an organized group(s)? oNo oYes
(a) If yes, which type(s)? Check all that apply.
oLabor union(s) oPolitical party(ies) oNon-governmental organization(s)
oGovernment agency(ies) oSocial movement or political organizations oOther:________________________________________________________________
(b) Are any of these organizations funded solely by its members? oNo oYes
(c) Do any of these organizations receive funding from foundations? oNo oYes
(9) Are you planning to report on your experiences at the World Social Forum to a group or organization back home or elsewhere? oNo oYes
(a) If yes, which type(s)? Check all that apply.
oLabor union(s) oPolitical party(ies) oNon-governmental organization(s)
oGovernment agency(ies) oSocial movement or political organizations oOther:________________________________________________________________
(10) How did you fund your trip to the World Social Forum? Check all that apply.
oTravel funds from work oFunds from a political organization oPersonal funds oSponsorship from a business firm oTravel funds from an educational institution
oFamily oFriends oOther: _____________________________________________
(11) Are you a formal member or representative on any of the WSF committees? oNo oYes (a) If yes, which? _________________________________________________________
IV. Movement
Identification and Contradictions:
(1) Check all of the following movements with which you:
(a) strongly identify: (b) are actively involved in:
oAlternative media/culture oAlternative media/culture
oAnarchist oAnarchist
oAnti-corporate oAnti-corporate
oAnti-globalization oAnti-globalization
oAlternative
Globalization/Global Justice oAlternative Globalization/Global Justice
oHuman Rights/Antiracism oHuman Rights/Antiracism
oCommunist oCommunist
oEnvironmental oEnvironmental
oFair Trade/Trade Justice oFair Trade/Trade Justice
oGay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer
Rights oGay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer Rights
oHealth/HIV oHealth/HIV
oIndigenous oIndigenous
oLabor oLabor
oNational
Sovereignty/National Liberation oNational Sovereignty/National Liberation
oPeace/Anti-war oPeace/Anti-war
oFood Rights/Slow Food oFood Rights/Slow Food
oSocialist oSocialist
oWomen's/Feminist oWomen's/Feminist
oOther(s), Please list _______________________ oOther(s), Please list _______________________
(2a) Of the movements listed above, name the two or three pairs (e.g. environmental-labor) that have the most important contradictions between their goals and/or interests. For each of these contradictory pairs please write a short phrase that refers to the main issues.
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(b) How might these contradictions be resolved? ______________________________________
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(3) Of the movements listed above, which have the biggest within-movement contradictions? Please write short phrase(s) describing these contradictions.
internal contractions Main issue(s)
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(4) How might actual or potential contradictions between the environmental movements and the labor movements be resolved? _____________________________________________________
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(5) How might actual or potential contradictions between the labor movements in the developed countries and the labor movements of the less developed countries be resolved? _____________
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USA
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