Juno News - January 15, 2024


Protesters arrive at WEF 2024


Episode Stats

Length

3 minutes

Words per Minute

140.26959

Word Count

444

Sentence Count

35


Summary


Transcript

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?
00:02:28.480 Oh yes, it's insane.
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.