Juno News - January 15, 2024


Protesters arrive at WEF 2024

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Ender Gelände Klosters
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In this episode, we discuss the protests against the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Among them were the young socialists of Switzerland, as well as other environmental and climate groups who were here expressing a number of different concerns and grievances.

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00:00:00.000 Hey, this is Cosmin Georgia. I'm here in Davos, where we just saw several protests happening
00:00:07.120 right in the center of Davos, where the World Economic Forum 2024 is set to take place nearby.
00:00:15.600 The surprising thing is, while most of the criticisms against the World Economic Forum
00:00:22.480 seem to come from the right, today's protests were largely from left-wing groups.
00:00:28.440 Among those were the young socialists of Switzerland, as well as other environmental and climate groups
00:00:36.540 who were here expressing a number of different concerns and grievances.
00:00:41.260 So you're with StrikeWef here protesting today at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
00:00:47.160 So what was this protest about?
00:00:49.280 Yeah, it's about, yeah, against the super rich people because they claim, yeah,
00:00:55.100 we are doing good things for the people, for the environment, but actually it's a big lie.
00:01:02.540 It's greenwashing. They are polluting the environment.
00:01:06.020 They will fly here by their private jets.
00:01:08.920 So is it right to say that StrikeWef is an environmental climate group?
00:01:14.340 Yes, it's a climate movement and there are a lot of climate movements all over Europe joining this protest.
00:01:25.340 So there's Letzte Generation, Ender Gelände from Germany, Extinction Rebellion.
00:01:30.780 So it's a right international movement.
00:01:34.680 And from my understanding, you guys actually hiked into Davos today from outside of the town.
00:01:42.540 Is that correct?
00:01:43.120 Yes, it was a two-day hike.
00:01:45.340 So we started in Kublis and then we hiked to Klosters and today we hiked to Davos.
00:01:53.820 And was there any trouble with local authorities?
00:01:57.160 I heard there was a court proceeding that went on.
00:02:00.140 Yes, it's quite a mess.
00:02:02.200 So the Swiss democratic understanding is quite strange, I think.
00:02:08.120 So we have to pay for the movement actually.
00:02:12.760 So I think it's only rich people or people with money can afford to protest.
00:02:18.020 So I think this is really strange.
00:02:20.140 So it's interesting because you guys walked here, but we have all of these very wealthy people flying in.
00:02:25.600 Do you think that's a little bit hypocritical of them to do? 0.93
00:02:28.480 Oh yes, it's insane. 0.96
00:02:30.640 So they say they saved the world, but they are destroying the world.
00:02:36.640 And it's getting worse year by year.
00:02:41.300 Right behind me, the Black Rock building.
00:02:44.220 That is one of the sites of the protest.
00:02:46.580 We saw a group of about a dozen protesters there earlier today.
00:02:50.860 And they were escorted away by police off that property.
00:02:54.820 Programming will begin Monday night and we're going to see that continue until Friday.
00:02:59.440 So please make sure to tune in to our coverage at True North.
00:03:03.920 And if you want to support our Davos coverage, you can donate at donate.tnc.news.
00:03:09.440 Thank you.