Rikicin 8888 jerin zanga-zangar ne a duk faɗin ƙasar, ^[83] maci, da tarzoma ^[84] a Burma wanda ya kai kololuwa a watan Agustan 1988. Muhimman abubuwan da suka faru sun faru ne a ranar 8 ga Agusta 1988 don haka an fi saninsa da "Tashe ta 8888".^[85] An fara zanga-zangar ne a matsayin motsi na dalibai kuma daliban jami'a ne suka shirya su a Jami'ar Rangoon Arts da Kimiyya da Cibiyar Fasaha ta Rangoon (RIT).Dalibai ne suka fara zanga-zangar 8888 a Yangon (Rangoon) a ranar 8 ga Agusta 1988. Zanga-zangar dalibai ta bazu ko'ina cikin kasar.^[86] Dubban daruruwan sufaye, yara, daliban jami'a, matan gida, likitoci da sauran jama'a sun yi zanga-zangar adawa da gwamnati.^[87] An kawo karshen tashin hankalin a ranar 18 ga Satumba bayan juyin mulkin soja na jini da Majalisar Dokokin Jihar (SLORC) ta yi.Dubban mutane ne aka kashe da sojoji a lokacin wannan bore, ^[86] yayin da hukumomi a Burma suka ce kimanin mutane 350 ne suka mutu.^[88]A lokacin rikicin, Aung San Suu Kyi ta fito a matsayin tambarin kasa.Lokacin da mulkin soja ya shirya zabe a 1990, jam'iyyarta, National League for Democracy, ta lashe kashi 81% na kujerun gwamnati (392 daga cikin 492).^[89] <> Amma, gwamnatin mulkin soja ta ƙi amincewa da sakamakon da aka samu kuma ta ci gaba da mulkin ƙasar a matsayin Majalisar Dokokin Jiha.An kuma tsare Aung San Suu Kyi a gidan kaso.Majalisar Dokokin Jiha da Dokar Maido da oda za ta zama canjin kwaskwarima daga Jam'iyyar Socialist Programme ta Burma.^[87]