‘Killing spree’ crackdown on protesters in Myanmar, violence and repression escalates; Plus: Cuomo and cultures of abuse: we discuss power, rape culture and building systems of accountability; and Oakland poised to vote on new police-free mental health response program

0:08 – More than 138 protesters have been killed in Myanmar military crackdown on resistance against its coup

Seinenu Thein-Lemelson is a Burmese-American psychological anthropologist, currently a lecturer and post-doctoral candidate in the Anthropology Department at UCLA.

0:25 – Kayleigh Long is a researcher on Myanmar with Amnesty International. Their most recent report is “Myanmar: Vast arsenal and notorious troops deployed during nationwide ‘killing spree’ protest crackdown – new research”

0:34 – Author interview: Jonathan Daniel Wells, Ph.D. (@JonDWells) is Professor of History in the Departments of Afroamerican and African Studies and History, and Director of the Residential College, at the University of Michigan. His latest book is The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War. 

1:08 – NY Governor Cuomo facing abuse allegations, refuses to resign, we talk about the culture of politics and power and abuse, and what accountability looks like.

Rosa Clemente (@rosaclemente) is a grassroots organizer, lecturer, independent journalist, and scholar, and a former vice presidential candidate with the Green Party.

Samantha Corbin (@SamanthaCorbin) is founder of Corbin and Kaiser, a lobbyist and public relations firm in Sacramento, and co-founder of ‘We Said Enough,’ working to end harassment, bullying, discrimination and abuse in the workplace. 

1:34 – Oakland City Council to vote tonight on new MACRO program which would provide police-free emergency mental health services

Nikki Fortunato Bas (@nikki4oakland) is Oakland City Council President and Councilmember District 2, and co-chairs the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force.

Yeon Park is an Alameda County mental health worker, and Vice President of SEIU Local 1021, which represents over 4,000 Alameda County government workers.

George Galvis is the Executive Director of CURYJ, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice. 

Oakland City Council meeting: today Tuesday March 16 at 1pm. View the Agenda here (Item S21).