Journalist and author John Pilger called Radical Melbourne "a brilliantly original, long overdue unveiling of a great city's true past".

[10] The sequel, Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within (Vulgar Press, 2004), was described by reviewer Ian Morrison as "sparkl[ing] with furious wit ... the Sparrows are devastatingly funny.

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.

[15] 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".

[2] His work has appeared in The Age,[23] The Sydney Morning Herald,[24] Overland, Arena, Meanjin and other print publications; he contributes regularly to Crikey,[2] ABC The Drum Unleashed,[25] The Guardian Australia[26] and other online outlets.