[3] Thus, the Generation Wave served as a continuation and reinvigoration of the pro-democracy movement in Burma as well as a means to inspire youth engagement in political activism.
Generation Wave used graffiti and pamphlets to spread messages opposing the State Peace and Development Council, Burma's military government.
[1] The group also circulated anti-government films, including Rambo,[5] in which the titular character battles Tatmadaw (Burmese military) soldiers in Karen State.
But that is impossible, because all of our work is concerned with politics.”[10] As of February 2010, about thirty members of the group had been imprisoned,[9] including Phyo Zeya Thaw, who was arrested at a Yangon restaurant with friends on 12 March 2008.
[13] Amnesty International described this statute as "a vaguely worded law whose sweeping provisions can be interpreted as making it illegal to set up any kind of organisation".