The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (MLCTS: hrac le: lum:) also known as the People Power Uprising was a series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots in Burma (Myanmar). Key events occurred on 8 August 1988, and therefore it is known as the 8888 Uprising.
Since 1962, the country had been ruled by the Burma Socialist Programme Party regime as a one-party state, headed by General Ne Win. The catastrophic Burmese Way to Socialism had turned Burma into one of the world's most impoverished countries. Many firms in the formal sector of the economy were nationalised and the government combined Soviet-style central planning, although the process was rather ineffective, with Buddhist and superstitious beliefs.
The 8888 uprising was started by students in Yangon (Rangoon) on 8 August 1988. Student protests spread throughout the country. Hundreds of thousands of ochre-robed monks, children, youngsters, university students, housewives, doctors and people from all walks of life demonstrated against the regime. The uprising ended on 18 September, after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). Thousands of deaths have been attributed to the military during this uprising, while authorities in Myanmar put the figure at around 350 people killed.
From Inside Myanmar 2007, the people of Myanmar were still living under harsh military rule. Among the first major international news stories Al Jazeera covered was the Myanmar government's brutal crackdown on peacefully protesting monks.
News reaching the outside world at that time was scarce. But Al Jazeera correspondent Tony Birtley was one of the few international journalists who had managed to get into the country, and was able to film the unfolding events while working undercover at the very heart of the protests.
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The 8888 Uprising (Burmese: ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power Uprising[7] and the 1988 Uprising,[8] was a series of nationwide protests,[9] marches, and riots[10] in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising".[11] The protests began as a student movement and were organised largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT).
From Inside Myanmar 2007, the people of Myanmar were still living under harsh military rule. Among the first major international news stories Al Jazeera covered...
From Inside Myanmar 2007, the people of Myanmar were still living under harsh military rule. Among the first major international news stories Al Jazeera covered was the Myanmar government's brutal crackdown on peacefully protesting monks.
News reaching the outside world at that time was scarce. But Al Jazeera correspondent Tony Birtley was one of the few international journalists who had managed to get into the country, and was able to film the unfolding events while working undercover at the very heart of the protests.
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From Inside Myanmar 2007, the people of Myanmar were still living under harsh military rule. Among the first major international news stories Al Jazeera covered was the Myanmar government's brutal crackdown on peacefully protesting monks.
News reaching the outside world at that time was scarce. But Al Jazeera correspondent Tony Birtley was one of the few international journalists who had managed to get into the country, and was able to film the unfolding events while working undercover at the very heart of the protests.
From the archives, originally published in 2007. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UqQaizM15Q
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The 8888 Uprising (Burmese: ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power Uprising[7] and the 1988 Uprising,[8] was a series of nationwide protests,[9] marche...
The 8888 Uprising (Burmese: ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power Uprising[7] and the 1988 Uprising,[8] was a series of nationwide protests,[9] marches, and riots[10] in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising".[11] The protests began as a student movement and were organised largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT).
The 8888 Uprising (Burmese: ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power Uprising[7] and the 1988 Uprising,[8] was a series of nationwide protests,[9] marches, and riots[10] in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising".[11] The protests began as a student movement and were organised largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT).
From Inside Myanmar 2007, the people of Myanmar were still living under harsh military rule. Among the first major international news stories Al Jazeera covered was the Myanmar government's brutal crackdown on peacefully protesting monks.
News reaching the outside world at that time was scarce. But Al Jazeera correspondent Tony Birtley was one of the few international journalists who had managed to get into the country, and was able to film the unfolding events while working undercover at the very heart of the protests.
From the archives, originally published in 2007. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UqQaizM15Q
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The 8888 Uprising (Burmese: ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power Uprising[7] and the 1988 Uprising,[8] was a series of nationwide protests,[9] marches, and riots[10] in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising".[11] The protests began as a student movement and were organised largely by university students at the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University and the Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT).
The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (MLCTS: hrac le: lum:) also known as the People Power Uprising was a series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots in Burma (Myanmar). Key events occurred on 8 August 1988, and therefore it is known as the 8888 Uprising.
Since 1962, the country had been ruled by the Burma Socialist Programme Party regime as a one-party state, headed by General Ne Win. The catastrophic Burmese Way to Socialism had turned Burma into one of the world's most impoverished countries. Many firms in the formal sector of the economy were nationalised and the government combined Soviet-style central planning, although the process was rather ineffective, with Buddhist and superstitious beliefs.
The 8888 uprising was started by students in Yangon (Rangoon) on 8 August 1988. Student protests spread throughout the country. Hundreds of thousands of ochre-robed monks, children, youngsters, university students, housewives, doctors and people from all walks of life demonstrated against the regime. The uprising ended on 18 September, after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). Thousands of deaths have been attributed to the military during this uprising, while authorities in Myanmar put the figure at around 350 people killed.
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Student activists went underground for more than two decades, meeting quietly but not resurging in public with any significant numbers until the 8888Uprising of 1988, named for Aug ...Athens Polytechnic uprising ... SowetoYouth Uprising in South Africa.
Student activists went underground for more than two decades, meeting quietly but not resurging in public with any significant numbers until the 8888Uprising of 1988, named for Aug ...Athens Polytechnic uprising ... SowetoYouth Uprising in South Africa.
(March 20, 2021) (AP) ...Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here ... Her involvement in politics during the late 1980s, after the 8888Uprising, represented a significant shift in Myanmar's battle for democracy and ethnic harmony.
Yet, the movement, now known as the ‘8888Uprising’, revealed the first signs of inter-ethnic unity ... into military cooperation, the memory of 8888 has endured in Burmese revolutionary politics.
Thousands of civilians were killed in the subsequent 8888Uprising, as it became known, which still affects Myanmar’s politics today (it launched Aung San Suu Kyi to international prominence and is often compared to today’s anti-coup resistance).
She rose to political prominence during the 8888 uprising \u2014 named for the date it took place, August 8, 1988 \u2014 and for many she has been the beacon of hope that the country will one day become a true democracy.
In 1988, Zah took part in the student-led 1988 People PowerUprising. Because it took place on August 8, it is sometimes known as 8888, shortened here to 88 (the name of the mini-mart), reflecting the event and its importance in their lives.
As the 2024 U.S. Presidential election campaign kicked off, one of the candidates, Robert F ... One of Myanmar's most notable instances of demonetization occurred in 1987, leading to the historic "8888Uprising." ... “It is still skeptical in our community.
It set the example for similar transformative, people-led protests with varying methods and results, such as the 8888Uprising in Myanmar in 1988 that started as a student movement; 1989’s Tiananmen...
