Jeff Sparrow
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Are yellow stars next?
Jeff SparrowJan 28, 201611 Comments
Have things really changed all that much since the 1940s?
Poetry slam: the tragic tale of the straight, white, underprivileged man
Jeff SparrowSep 10, 20151 Comment
Poor white men, they never get any breaks, you know?
Abbott, like Menzies, is a trigger-happy hound dog, baying for blood
Jeff SparrowAug 25, 201517 Comments
Liberal Party leaders have a history of agitating for war. Why is that?
How the Liberals got from 'subsidies for sodomy' to 'let the people decide'
Jeff SparrowAug 13, 201512 Comments
Our old friend B.A. Santamaria was comfortable denouncing "aberrant sexual practices" and "sodomites" on national TV. His spiritual heirs are doing the same, if you listen closely enough.
Letting kids get raped on Nauru will not, in fact, help solve climate change
Jeff SparrowJul 9, 20158 Comments
Things that used to be considered political poison, such as same-sex marriage, are now mainstream party policies. Only through the actions of activists will the progressive agenda become mainstream.
Little children are sacred -- except in offshore detention
Jeff SparrowJul 7, 20156 Comments
If it was unconscionable not to intervene to prevent child abuse in 2007, how, in 2015, has it become acceptable to criminalise the reporting of that abuse?
Plastic sword the least of ASIO's bungles in 'terror raid'
Jeff SparrowOct 9, 201421 Comments
Is ASIO willing to let innocent people suffer in order to secure more draconian powers? Or is it just incompetent?
Critical thinking the first casualty of war
Jeff SparrowOct 6, 201424 Comments
Not only are we not getting satisfactory answers about the new conflict in Iraq -- no one is even asking the right questions.
The long history of DLP paranoia, treachery and anti-Catholic scaremongering
Jeff SparrowSep 5, 20142 Comments
John Madigan has quit the DLP after allegations of spying, factional intrigue and enemies in the ranks. Oh, the irony!
Katniss Everdeen is not turning your kid into a right-wing nutjob
Jeff SparrowSep 3, 20144 Comments
Some so-called progressives have worked themselves into a panic, warning that books like The Hunger Games could taint the minds of children with anti-welfare, anti-equality ideology.