In the West, more and more talk about taxes on the super-rich

The wave of strikes continues to sweep the UK, threatening to bring the country to a standstill: transport workers, healthcare workers and civil servants are on strike, The Guardian reports in the caption to its calendar of strikes in public institutions for February-March. Almost all the days until the end of this month are marked by already announced strikes, usually 2-3 (sometimes up to five) in one day. Workers demand fairer wages and working conditions from the state.

The dynamics of European protests with economic demands reflects the growing problems. Actions against rising prices and falling living standards in Western countries in 2022 gathered 3 times more participants compared to the previous year. And in January 2023, the trend towards the expansion of protests continues. Europe started 2023 especially actively. By February 1, the number of demonstrators had already reached 4.1 million people, which is 12 times more than in January last year, and exceeds the number of protesters in the entire first half of 2022, Vedomosti calculated according to ACLED (the largest open database of public actions and conflicts).