Coca Milan

Coca Milan: was a member of the Chilean MIR (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria — Movement of the Revolutionary Left) When Pinochet took over, she and her husband were exiled to Canada. She and Lumi Videla (a leader in the MIR who was captured and tortured to death in the days following the coup) had been childhood friends. She made the weaving, a reproduction of which appears in this issue of The Cafe Review, in tribute to her. This beautiful art piece was gifted to Margaret Randall when they met on a lecture tour in Canada in 1975.