On the 8th of august in 1988, a general strike began in Myanmar (Burma) as part of the 8888 Uprising, with mass anti-government demonstrations throughout the country demanding multi-party democracy from the ruling one-party state. Over the following days, the mass demonstrations devolved into violent riots as the military fired into crowds of protesters.
The 8888 Uprising, also known as the People Power Uprising, took place in the context of an economic crisis in the country, governed as a one-party state by the Burma Socialist Programme Party, led by General Ne Win. Students and farmers had been engaging in protest and campaigns of rebellion against various state economic policies since 1985.
On August 8th, 1988 (thus the uprising's name) mass anti-government demonstrations took place throughout the country. Participants came from a wide variety of demographics - Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, students, workers, young and old participated.
The protests began relatively peacefully, with only one casualty reported on the first day, the result of a frightened traffic cop who fired into the crowd and fled. Over the next few days, the protests devolved into violent riots as the military and police fired on the protesters, at one point even shooting doctors and nurses tending to the wounded.
Protesters responded by throwing Molotov cocktails, swords, knives, rocks, poisoned darts and bicycle spokes. In one incident, rioters burned a police station and killed four fleeing police officers.
On August 26th, Aung San Suu Kyi (eventual leader of the country and complicit in the rohingya genocide), the daughter of anti-imperialist revolutionary Aung San, addressed half a million people at Shwedagon Pagoda, becoming an international figure in the uprising, supported by the West. Her party would later go on to win elections in 1990, however these results were ignored by the military government and she was arrested.
On September 18th, the military retook power in the country, with General Saw Maung repealing the 1974 constitution and imposing martial law. The demonstrations were violently suppressed and, by the end of September, at least 3,000 people were killed, however estimates of casualties vary widely.
Eventually after another mass protests in the saffron revolution and the 2010-2015 reforms Aung San party the NLD would take power in 2015 and be overthrown by a coup in 2021 and banned 2 years later.
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Does anyone else forget the N*TO phonetic alphabet amd just wing it every time?
Uh yeah so to comfirm that's dennis, d for dinosaur, e for exczema, n for nodoze, yeah two of em, nodoze, i for iphone and s for slimy snake.
I'm not in the military and don't spell things on a radio. I'm not learning that trash. Nato made it so it's bad. I did learn it way back cause I read The Bourne Identity when I was like 11
It's useful for customer service/support via phone. I learnt it for that but also said fuck it and just make it up on the fly if the person on the other end is friendly(zulu for zed? Why not zangoose/zangief. Suss out if they're a gamer while you're at it). Also helped humanise yourself over the phone give the other person something to comment on, cos you need those moments in between the shittier customers/clients
Yeah making up funny ones was always a good way to break up the monotony of talking on the phone all day.
Well it's a documented fact that "M" is for "Mancy".
There seems to be a de facto Australian support line one. N is definitely Nelly.
I think it's cos of Wheel of Fortune? That's the one where they spin the wheel and choose the letters to spell a word? I could look this up but can't be bothered
Oh maybe
I think the British ww1 ones are cute. Apples. Butter