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The Robot, Unemployment, and Immigrants

Roberto Savio transform! europe
For every industrial robot introduced into the workforce, six jobs are eliminated. – Since a few days, Amazon has started Amazon Go. The idea is simple: a shop where you go in, take whatever you want from the shelves, and the cost goes automatically to a magnetic card that you carry.

Friday Nite Videos | March 2, 2018

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Melvin Van Peebles | This Ain't America, Is It? John Oliver | Italian Elections. Civil Rights Leader on Student-Led Movements of 1960s and Today. The Oligarch, the Escort and the Bureaucrat. Pete Seeger | Waist Deep In The Big Muddy.

This Ain't America, Is It?

Montage of images from Occupy Wall Street set to the 1971 song Love, That's America, by Melvin Van Peebles, from the soundtrack of Watermelon Man.

John Oliver | Italian Elections

 
Italy is in the throes of a turbulent race to elect a new prime minister. John Oliver discusses the colorful contenders and introduces an equally ridiculous candidate.

How New York City Won Divestment from Fossil Fuels

Nancy Romer Portside
This campaign was years in the making, but Donald Trump's election and the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord spurred the local activism that led to this important victory.