Resistance political, intellectual networks and editorial activities in the exile during the Military Dictatorship in Chile

Abstract

Intellectuals and politicians, most of them linked to leftist parties in Chile, had to leave the country for various destinations, after the 1973 coup. From the exile, they established ways of sociability and solidarity that enabled the formation of intellectual networks of political opposition to the military dictatorship. In this article, we aimed to detail and reflect on some editorial activities of the Chilean exile, initiatives that included the founding of publishing houses, and the publication of important magazines and books in countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, Italy and Spain. We did not pretend to list and analyze the entire editorial universe provided by the exiled intellectuals, but rather to highlight some experiences that certainly showed a remarkable practice of Chilean exile, indicating possibilities of joint action in order to resist the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.