The military dictatorship left great and deep scars in a part of the inhabitants of the territory called the Chilean State, thanks to state terrorism that did not spare to crush everyone that could impede the implementation of the new neoliberal model. Thus the toughest face of repression was known in the thousands of people who were imprisoned, tortured, murdered and disappeared.
Fear and wounds left by the agents of the State can paralyze anyone. I cannot even intend to judge or criticize those who have chosen to stay in their homes, after having lived the torture and/or the loss and/or disappearance of a beloved being. On the other hand, there are other things that, full of scars, removed their fear and rose without victimization against the terror and oblivion of the system. Among the latter was Luisa.
Luisa could have lived her mourning within her most intimate space, but she preferred that her death would sow the rebellion of hundreds of young (and not so young) fighters.
I remember Luisa today, not only for being the mother of Rafael, Eduardo and Pablo and that they were combatants killed by state agents, I also remember her because she is a living part of the history of many who, like her children, decided to face domination and build for a different world.
This first anniversary of his death is full of nostalgia, for those who were moved to the core listening to her or that had the pleasure of receiving one of her affectionate hugs. It is also a day to soak up a little of the immense strength and resilience that characterized this comrade.
In this month, we also commemorate the departure of the tireless Herminia Concha, this great woman who made her life a constant confrontation against imperialism, jail etc.
That for our grandmothers candles are not lit but insurrection flames!!!!
Mónica Caballero Sepúlveda.
Anarchist prisoner.
July 2022
From: Publicacion Refractario