▁dos ▁Tra bal h adores ▁– ▁P T ) ▁is ▁considered ▁the ▁main ▁organization ▁to ▁emer ge ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁Left ▁in ▁Brazil . ▁According ▁to ▁Manuel ▁Lar rab ure , ▁" r ather ▁than ▁taking ▁the ▁path ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁Latin ▁American ▁left , ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁gu err illa ▁movement , ▁or ▁the ▁St alin ist ▁party ", ▁P T ▁decided ▁to ▁try ▁something ▁new , ▁while ▁being ▁a ided ▁by ▁C UT ▁and ▁other ▁social ▁movements . ▁Its ▁challenge ▁was ▁to ▁" comb ine ▁the ▁institutions ▁of ▁liberal ▁dem ocracy ▁with ▁popular ▁participation ▁by ▁communities ▁and ▁movements ". ▁However , ▁P T ▁has ▁been ▁critic ized ▁for ▁its ▁" str ateg ic ▁al li ances " ▁with ▁the ▁right - wing ▁after ▁Lu iz ▁In á cio ▁L ula ▁da ▁Silva ▁was ▁elected ▁president ▁of ▁Brazil . ▁The ▁party ▁has ▁dist anced ▁itself ▁from ▁social ▁movements ▁and ▁youth ▁organizations ▁and ▁for ▁many ▁it ▁seems ▁the ▁P T ' s ▁model ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁left ▁is ▁reaching ▁its ▁limits . ▁ ▁In ▁Australia , ▁the ▁New ▁Left ▁was ▁engaged ▁in ▁deb ates ▁concerning ▁the ▁legit im acy ▁of ▁heter odox ▁econom ics ▁and ▁political ▁economy ▁in ▁t ert i ary ▁education . ▁This ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁an ▁independent ▁department ▁of ▁Political ▁Econom y ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sydney . http :// s yd ney . edu . au / arts / polit ical _ e conom y / ▁viewed ▁ 0 3 / 0 5