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Today, we're bringing you a story about the country of Myanmar.

In this story, the military isn't control of a once-democratic government.

There are mass demonstrations in the streets, and the military is cracked down, killing protesters.

But the story isn't about what's happening in Myanmar now.

It takes place more than 30 years ago, when the country was still known as Burma, and

it had the longest-running military dictatorship in the world.

On August 8, 1988, the date chosen for its numerological power, University students called

for a nationwide strike.

They had been living under military rule their entire lives, and they had had enough.

The uprising ultimately failed, but it planted the seeds of democracy.

It was the moment Aung San Suu Chi first appeared on the political scene, and became the

icon of the democracy movement.

Today in the podcast, we take you back to the summer of 1988, a moment in Burma, when change

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