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Jeff Sparrow (born 1969) is an Australian left-wing writer, editor and socialist activist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Jeff Sparrow on Killing , The Book Show, 2 July 2009. Accessed: 5 December 2009. He is the co-author of Radical Melbourne: A Secret History Radical Melbourne: A Secret History , Readings.com, 1 July 2009. Accessed: 5 December 2009. and Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within , Readings.com. Accessed: 8 January 2010. (both with sister, Jill Sparrow). He is also the author of Communism: A Love Story Communism: A Love Story , Readings.com, 1 July 2009. Accessed: 8 January 2010. and Killing: Misadventures in Violence. Killing: Misadventures in Violence , Readings.com, 1 July 2009. Accessed: 5 December 2009.
He was the winner of the 2019 Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism.
The sequel, Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within (Vulgar Press, 2004), was described by reviewer Ian Morrison as "sparkling with furious wit ... the Sparrows are devastatingly funny." Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within , The Australian Public Intellectual Network, August 2004. Accessed: 9 January 2010.
Communism: A Love Story (Melbourne University Press, 2007) is a biography of the radical intellectual Guido Baracchi, a founder of the Communist Party of Australia. The book traces Baracchi's political career from his support for the Industrial Workers of the World to his association with the Trotskyist Fourth International; it also examines his turbulent personal life and his relationships with writers such as Katharine Susannah Prichard, Lesbia Harford and Betty Roland. It was shortlisted for the Colin Roderick Award. 2008 Colin Roderick Award , Matilda, 6 November 2008. Accessed: 8 January 2010.
Killing: Misadventures in Violence (Melbourne University Press, 2009) is a study of the social and psychological consequences of executions, combat and animal slaughter. It was a finalist in the Melbourne Prize for Literature Best Writing Award 2009. Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009 , Melbourne Prize Trust. Accessed: 8 January 2010.
Left Turn: Political Essays for the New Left (Melbourne University Press, 2012) was co-edited by Sparrow and Antony Loewenstein.
Money Shot: A Journey into Porn and Censorship (Scribe, 2012) "probes the contradictions of our relationship to sex and censure, excess and folly, erotica and vice." Money Shot , Scribe Publications, September 2012. Accessed: 14 November 2012.
No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson (Scribe, 2017).
Trigger Warnings: Political Correctness and the Rise of the Right (Scribe, 2018) "draws lessons from contemporary debates and historical struggles to argue for an alternative to the seemingly oppositional binary of class or identity that dominates liberal discourse".
Fascists Among Us: Online Hate and the Christchurch Massacre (Scribe, 2019) demonstrates "the importance of confronting the truth rather than retreating from its horrors".
Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating (Scribe, 2021) proposes a counter-argument to ‘we are all to blame for global warming,’ providing a solution drawn from environmental history and peoples’ actions. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.
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