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There’s drama inside the Congress Centre here at Davos, where two Greenpeace International activists have held a protest calling for wealth taxes.

Two Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner reading “Tax the Super-rich! Fund a Just and Green Future”, above the main lobby near the WEF Congress Hall (where the big speeches take place).

“As the world faces increasing threats to democracy through the collusion of wealth and power, the urgency to tax the super-rich is ever increasing.

Having billionaires in positions of leadership, governing with impunity, is a stark reminder of the dangerous intersection of extreme wealth and politics, and its impact on democracy, people and the planet.”