Protesters from Swiss Socialist Youth, Strike WEF and Greenpeace gathered in Davos Postplatz on Sunday to demand a climate tax for the ultra-rich attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Watch: Demonstrations on the first day of the World Economic Forum in Davos
Protesters from Swiss Socialist Youth, Strike WEF and Greenpeace gathered in Davos Postplatz on Sunday to demand a climate tax for the ultra-rich attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Watch: Demonstrations on the first day of the World Economic Forum in Davos
The activists had completed a two-day trek from Kobles to Davos, where they staged an authorized protest.
Banners reading “Tax the rich, save the climate” and “Global economic failure” were displayed in front of the 1,500 business leaders – including representatives of oil companies BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco – who attended the opening of the meeting on Monday.
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