ABSTRACT:
The Chilean student movement imposed itself as an important political actor. In 2011, it was a lead character in the most massive and sustained political strike since the end of the dictatorship, which repercussions continues until this date. In this paper, we will seek to explain the social necessity for the political action of this movement Anchored in the critical developments to political economy initiated by Marx and Engels, we will go through three cycles of class struggle during which the political consciousness of the student leaderships has taken different forms. Starting from understanding consciousness as a mode of social being, we hope to make a contribution to the objective knowledge of the aforementioned forms as a starting point to comprehend the current determinations and powers of the political action of the Chilean working class.
KEYWORDS: Political conflict; Student movement; Educative politics; Capitalism; Chile