"Throughout the summer of 2007, the price of general commodities was soaring in conjunction with the military government?s increase in fuel prices. This had a disproportionately large effect on ordinary people in Burma, who earn less than a dollar per day. In August of 2007, Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, Ko Pyone Cho, Jimmy, Htay Kywe, Mya Aye, Pannait Tun, Kyaw Kyaw Htwe, and Min Zeya, all leaders of the ?88 generation uprising, protested by marching from Shwe Gone Daing Traffic Point to Tarmwe Market..."