A Brief History of the Uprisings

The so called eight eight eight eight uprising, because of the date, began with a general strike and huge non violent protests. Protesters fought back with moletof cocktails and rocks. The military fired into hospitals. And by september eighteenth, they launched a coup to take the country from a one party state back to a military dictatorship. T was during these protests that angsan suki, the daughter of independence herer angsan urge as a national figurehead,. especially in the west.