About the Author

Jeff Sparrow is Lecturer in the Centre for Advancing Journalism in the Faculty of Arts at Victoria University. He is a writer, editor, broadcaster and Walkley award-winning journalist.

Reviews

'Jeff Sparrow's writing makes me think, laugh and shake my fist at the sky with rage. He explains and critiques and illuminates our messed-up world with moral clarity and humour, allowing even a dum-dum like me to get my head around what the hell capitalism is doing to us all, and why it must be stopped.' --Tom Ballard 'Jeff 's writing is not always comfortable, but it's absolutely necessary, peering into the cracks too many of us pass by, and revealing them for the chasms they are. But what sets him apart is the unflinching hope he offers at the same time. Jeff shows us the world, our world, can be so much better if only we were more willing to face it as it is now and fight for what it could be. Drench yourself in his words and find your cause.' --Amy Remeikis 'Jeff Sparrow has a profoundly thought-provoking way of presenting the truth.' --Thomas Mayor 'Reading Jeff Sparrow is always like having a conversation with the smartest person in the room. He's essential.' --Chloe Hooper 'Jeff Sparrow is a critical voice for justice in an increasingly sparse field. As mainstream journalism teeters between commercial clickbait and dreary stenography, take a moment to celebrate the determined independence that he brings to his work. This is a timely retrospective, balancing a sharp eye for domestic political dynamics with an internationalist worldview; fresh, fierce and uncompromising.' --Scott Ludlam 'Sparrow is the most effective and consistent communicator of left-wing thought to a mainstream Australian audience of the past twenty years.' --Sydney Review of Books 'Sparrow is one of Australia's leading public intellectuals.' --SALIFE 'He's one of Australia's most crucial political thinkers.' --Saturday Paper