Jeff Sparrow Type Author biography Jeff Sparrow is a Walkley Award-winning writer, broadcaster and former editor of Overland.
How can you run when you know? Fifty years after Kent State Type Article Category HistoryPolitics By Jeff Sparrow 4.May.20 2 Comments
What happened to Richard Dawkins? Type Polemic Category alt-right By Jeff Sparrow 18.Feb.20 12 Comments
What to make of the Groyper Wars Type Article Category Far rightPolitics By Jeff Sparrow 25.Nov.19 0 Comments
The great acceleration Type Essay Category Climate politicsradical history By Jeff Sparrow 236 Spring 2019
With friends like these: the deepening links between climate denial and conservative politics Type Article Category Climate politicsconspiracism By Jeff Sparrow 10.Oct.19 3 Comments
Looking for treasure in the censor's archive: Jared Davidson's Dead Letters Type Review By Jeff Sparrow 3.Jul.19 0 Comments
White Avengers: Civil War Type Article Category alt-rightPolitics By Jeff Sparrow 19.Jun.19 2 Comments
The raids on journalism – and why we need to show our solidarity Type Article Category JournalismPolitics By Jeff Sparrow 5.Jun.19 1 Comment
Where to now for the left? Type Polemic Category Federal Election 2019The future By Jeff Sparrow 19.May.19 26 Comments
When fascist despair leads to fascist terror Type Polemic Category Far rightLong read By Jeff Sparrow 2.Nov.18 0 Comments
On the fear of a ‘foreign invasion’ Type Polemic Category Far rightThe media By Jeff Sparrow 8.Aug.18 5 Comments
Scoundrel time: from the Rosenbergs to Russiagate Type Article Category LiberalismLong readRussophobia By Jeff Sparrow 1.Aug.18 3 Comments
From misery to misogyny: incels and the far right Type Polemic Category Far rightMisogyny By Jeff Sparrow 27.Apr.18 3 Comments
Rainbows, not media storms Type Polemic Category ActivismEqual marriage By Jeff Sparrow 26.Sep.17 3 Comments
‘Dr Goebbels’ mastheads’: on antisemitism and News Corp Type Polemic Category Far rightRacism By Jeff Sparrow 13.Jul.17 5 Comments
The fascists are organising Type Article Category ActivismTechnology By Jeff Sparrow 9.Feb.17 2 Comments
The hour of enormous walls has well and truly arrived Type Article Category RacismTrump By Jeff Sparrow 29.Jan.17 1 Comment
A short history of rocking against racism Type Article Category ActivismCultureRacism By Jeff Sparrow 22.Jul.16 11 Comments
Live in the moment: the Situationists & Pokemon Go Type Reflection Category Capitalism in declineCultureGaming By Jeff Sparrow 12.Jul.16 15 Comments
Brexit and the new hostility to participatory democracy Type Article Category ActivismBrexitClass By Jeff Sparrow 25.Jun.16 44 Comments
Political correctness gone right-wing Type Article Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 6.Jun.16 28 Comments
The problem with demanding a Dutton apology Type Article Category PoliticsRefugees By Jeff Sparrow 23.May.16 9 Comments
Ghosts at the borders Type Polemic Category ElectioneeringRacism By Jeff Sparrow 18.May.16 2 Comments
Black bans and blackmail Type Article Category ActivismLabour rights By Jeff Sparrow 7.Dec.15 14 Comments
Harry Potter and the apartheid state Type Article Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 5.Nov.15 3 Comments
Who’s afraid of the plebiscite? Type Polemic Category PoliticsThe plebiscite By Jeff Sparrow 27.Aug.15 2 Comments
White Australia is coming for you Type Article Category PoliticsRacism By Jeff Sparrow 30.Jul.15 1 Comment
Charleston’s violent white history Type Article Category PoliticsRacism By Jeff Sparrow 19.Jun.15 1 Comment
The last time they turned back the boats Type Polemic Category Racism By Jeff Sparrow 16.May.15 25 Comments
Another day, another SBS journalist sacked Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 8.May.15 0 Comments
Pyneing for the Right student politics Type Polemic Category ActivismPolitics By Jeff Sparrow 10.Sep.14 9 Comments
Sinking like a stone: the new generationalism in Australia Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 5.Jun.14 1 Comment
Fracking and drilling and fuels! Oh my! Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 29.Apr.14 10 Comments
Cowardice is contagious: on anonymous reviewing Type Article Category CultureReading By Jeff Sparrow 11.Apr.14 7 Comments
Lost at sea: why Abbott's winning against the ABC Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 5.Feb.14 33 Comments
Blame the politicians, not the voters Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 19.Nov.13 39 Comments
Why literary magazines: a response to Robyn Annear Type Polemic Category CultureReading By Jeff Sparrow 6.Nov.13 7 Comments
The fine art of gangsterism Type Article Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 10.Oct.13 11 Comments
How to lose a culture war: a response to Ben Eltham Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 25.Sep.13 19 Comments
The day after the night before Type Article Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 8.Sep.13 16 Comments
The good news behind that Telegraph headline Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 8.Aug.13 5 Comments
The PNG Solution and the ‘perspective of those who suffer’ Type Article Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 20.Jul.13 14 Comments
Anders Breivik, Norwegian black metal and fascism today Type Article Category Culture By Jeff Sparrow 19.Jul.13 5 Comments
Labor's leadership issue: it's not the media's fault Type Polemic Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 24.Jun.13 10 Comments
The most oppressed people since oppression began Type Polemic Category Culture By Jeff Sparrow 14.Jun.13 15 Comments
What does Gezi Park tell us about same-sex marriage? Type Article Category Activism By Jeff Sparrow 5.Jun.13 6 Comments
'What makes the green grass grow?' Type Article Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 3.Jun.13 6 Comments
On the 'we're all racist' deepity Type Polemic Category Activism By Jeff Sparrow 31.May.13 38 Comments
News from nowhere: on Labor's leadership woes Type Article Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 22.Mar.13 11 Comments
Thoughts on the Gillard-Abbott election Type Article Category Politics By Jeff Sparrow 4.Mar.13 24 Comments
Why don’t writers wear corpse paint? Type Article Category CultureWriting By Jeff Sparrow 11.Jan.13 28 Comments
Beyond Twibbons: thinking about politics and social media Type Article Category ActivismCulture By Jeff Sparrow 18.Oct.12 19 Comments
Eastwooding: Dirty Harry and rightwing populism Type Article Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 1.Sep.12 2 Comments
‘When the burning moment breaks’: gun control and rage massacres Type Article Category HistoryPoliticsViolence By Jeff Sparrow 6.Aug.12 26 Comments
A short history of Communist jazz Type Article Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 20.Jun.12 8 Comments
Memory and the anti-politics of Anzac Type Article Category ActivismPolitics By Jeff Sparrow 24.Apr.12 27 Comments
From Freethought to New Atheism Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 10.Apr.12 3 Comments
The abolition of the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards Type Article Category ActivismCultureReadingWriting By Jeff Sparrow 4.Apr.12 23 Comments
Occupy Melbourne: some initial thoughts Type Article Category Activism By Jeff Sparrow 15.Oct.11 60 Comments
Jay Rosen: ‘Don’t you think that’s a little strange?’ Type Article Category Culture By Jeff Sparrow 28.Aug.11 2 Comments
The Left, the Right and the New Atheism: a response to PZ Myers Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 14.Jun.11
The great carbon hypocrisy Type Polemic Category CulturePolitics By Jeff Sparrow 30.May.11 9 Comments
'Telling whites what they want to hear': Chris Graham on Noel Pearson Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 6.Sep.10 4 Comments
Gaza flotilla massacre: a Sharpeville at sea [UPDATED] Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 31.May.10 44 Comments
Neil James' proposal to imprison me for treason; my response to the same Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 18.Feb.10 6 Comments
The increasing weirdness of Melbourne’s ‘race debate’ Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 9.Feb.10 4 Comments
'we found ourselves tied up in a room containing a number of weapons and men in leather gimp masks' Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 29.Jan.10 2 Comments
ASIO, not the government, calling the shots on refugees Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 13.Jan.10 0 Comments
Subscriberthon prize announcement - the first of many... Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 17.Dec.09 0 Comments
they reform nothing; they seek to control everything Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 15.Dec.09 3 Comments
Subscriberthon guest post: Mark Bahnisch on the era of magical thinking Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 8.Dec.09 1 Comment
Subscriberthon guest post: Guy Rundle on Ruddism and the progressive patriots Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 8.Dec.09 2 Comments
Subscriberthon guest post: Antony Loewenstein on the state of the peace process Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 4.Dec.09 0 Comments
Nick Cave, Overland and sociology 101: a response to Anwyn Crawford Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 4.Dec.09 47 Comments
Subscriberthon guest post: Angela Meyer on perfect matches Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 3.Dec.09 0 Comments
Subscriberthon guest post: Sophie Cunningham on lost children, literary hauntings and Melbourne's underground Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 3.Dec.09 4 Comments
Overland, Judith Wright, Fiona Capp and emerging writers Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 3.Dec.09 0 Comments
why whites have a material stake in Aboriginal rights, part two Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 25.Nov.09 1 Comment
Australian Fabians Young Writers Competition - win a trip to London and an internship at Demos! Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 6.Nov.09 7 Comments
'uni made me dumb': guest post by Koraly Dimitriadis Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 28.Sep.09 2 Comments
winning at scrabble against people who are much better than you Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 21.Sep.09 3 Comments
from the twilight zone of Australia's terrorism debate Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 13.Aug.09 0 Comments
the internet is to readers what asbestos is to builders Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 11.Aug.09 15 Comments
American Flag Bikini Moments: What’s YOUR Favorite? Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 11.Jul.09 0 Comments
Time to study Australia's role in the tragedy of Iraq Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 29.Jun.09 0 Comments
the contemptous-rock-stars-versus-idiotic-journalists Youtube war is on Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 28.Apr.09 4 Comments
the CIA waterboarded a prisoner 183 times in a month Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 19.Apr.09 0 Comments
Louise Swinn on the state of the publishing industry Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 1.Apr.09 0 Comments
Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 23.Mar.09 7 Comments
more from the great derangement of the American Right Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 17.Feb.09 1 Comment
Gaza: Beating to the rhythms of the US electoral cycle Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 21.Jan.09 0 Comments
US, Australia back Gaza strike; rest of the world doesn't Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 4.Jan.09 0 Comments
Xmas card from hydrogen bomb tests, Marshall Islands, 1952 Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 26.Dec.08 0 Comments
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people Type Article By Jeff Sparrow 22.Dec.08 0 Comments