Please join us at the following event to commemorate the 1988 Nationwide people's uprising in Burma and to pay tribute to thousands who were killed in the brutal crackdown by the military thugs. The event also includes a free political prisoner photo show and a documentary film presentation.

Date: Saturday, August 9, 2003

Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Place: Alvarada Resource Center
4361 Agena Cr., Union City, CA 94587

10 am to 11 am - Free Political Prisoner Photo Show
11 am to 1:00 pm - Buddhist swan offering and dhamma talk
1:00 pm to 2 pm - A recent documentary film on Burma

Free lunch with authentic Burmese food and drinks will be served to all guests and attendees.

Organized by Burmese American Democratic Alliance (BADA) and Burmese American Women's Alliance (BAWA). Photo show is organized by Free Political Prisoners Campaign Committee based in Thailand-Burma border. Please visit www.aappb.org for more information.

Contact: U Sein Tun (5103960916); Dr. Kyaw Tint ( 408 720 8970); Victor Win ( 650 756 5887); Website: www.badasf.org

Burma: A land of Heroes:

Burma gained her independence from British on January 4, 1948. Six months before the independence, on July 19, 1947, the architect of Burma independence and national leader U Aung San (The father of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) and his cabinet members and a guard -- altogether 9, were gunned down. The whole country mourned, and the day is now known as Martyrs day or Arzani Nay in Burmese.

The assassination of U Aung San and other political leaders could be one of the reason, Burma was later overrun by Military thugs and developed a worse dictatorship on the face of the earth that continues until now for more than for four decades.

The brutal dictatorship produces more such heroes beginning from 7th-July students massacred in Rangoon University in 1962, to May-30 Black Friday ambush killings of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD party members and supporters in 2003. UN Secretary General U Thant Affair killing in 1974, and the crackdown killing of democracy uprising in 1988 are no less bloodier. That is not to forget the crackdown of labor uprising in 1975 and 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Thakhin Ko Daw Hmaing in 1976, in which thousands of students and workers were attacked, killed, arrested and some were hanged to death.

While we are seeking the demise the Military thugs in Burma to end their killing spree, it is important to remember all those brave fallen heroes who put their life on line and stood up against the smokey guns of Burma's military thugs.

Please kindly join us at the commemorative swan offering event this coming Saturday to pay tribute to all those Martyrs and fallen heroes of Burma.

To learn more about U Aung San, please visit http://www.aungsan.com/
To learn more about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, pelase visit http://www.dassk.org/
To help free political prisoners, please visit http://www.aappb.org/
To help Free Burma, please visit www.BurmaFreedomCampaign.org and sign the Burma Freedom Petition.

Towards Free Burma!

Nyunt Than
Burmese American Democartic Alliance (BADA)
www.badasf.org