The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests Protest ( MLCTS : `` hrac le : lum : '' ) , also known as the 8-8-88 Uprisings Violence , or the People Power Uprising Violence , the People 's Democracy Movement and the 1988 Uprising Violence , were a series of nationwide protests , marches and civil unrest Violence in Burma ( Myanmar ) that peaked in August 1988 .