Culture of Confusion
Inside the Riots Reshaping Our Politics
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Sports Publishing LLC
Publishing:17th Dec '26
£25.00
This title is due to be published on 17th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The untold story behind protests, riots, political violence, and the struggle for truth in America's age of unrest.
“Fearless, meticulous, and unfashionably fair.”—Nadine Strossen | Past president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Senior Fellow at FIRE, and coauthor of The War on Words
Over five years of on-the-ground reporting, Jeremy Lee Quinn dissects the riot culture that reshaped U.S. politics from 2020–2026. Blending eyewitness livestreams, interviews, and case studies, he shows how mob psychology, decentralized militant tactics (black bloc, viral “diversity of tactics”), and social-media amplification turned protests into sustained cycles of violence.
Quinn traces parallel radicalization on left and right—from Minneapolis, Portland, and Kenosha to Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and January 6—documenting arson, targeted assaults, and political vigilantism (the Sonoma pig’s-head episode, WiSpa clashes, CHOP, Proud Boys/Oath Keepers). He critiques media framing, cancel culture, and activist purity politics that obscure complexity and fuel polarization, profiling intermediaries like masked livestreamers and embattled journalists.
Culture of Confusion argues militant escalation influenced elections, hollowed mainstream narratives, and left institutions unwilling to confront violence holistically—urging a clearer, less partisan accounting of political militancy and its civic consequences.
“Fearless, meticulous, and unfashionably fair. Jeremy Lee Quinn occupies the increasingly lonely ground where evidence matters more than allegiance. In a moment when much of journalism has retreated into the comfort of the like-minded, Quinn did the harder thing: went out, looked closely at political violence, and reported what was actually there. This book is the record of that work—and of the professional cost of doing it.” —NADINE STROSSEN | Past president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Senior Fellow at FIRE, and coauthor of The War on Words
“Grounded in gritty, street-level journalism, Jeremy Lee Quinn fearlessly scrutinizes extremist violence across the entire political spectrum. By resisting rigid purity politics and defending the uncomfortable necessity of free speech, this book embodies the true definition of modern intellectual heresy.” —DR. NAFEES ALAM | Senior Director of Policy and Research at the Institute for Liberal Values
“This kind of journalism—patient, dangerous, unaligned, and deeply human—has largely been pushed aside in favor of ideology and narrative safety. Quinn writes like a surgeon with a scalpel, intent on understanding the story from the inside out.” —ADAM WEBER | Media Technology Developer
“Culture of Confusion rips through media bias and the ideological rigidity of the right and left.” —MICHAEL CAPUTO | Hawaii Fire Captain
“Do not talk to Jeremy Lee Quinn.” —BLACK CAT WORKER’S COLLECTIVE | Minneapolis Anarchist Organization
"Culture of Confusion is an absorbing, often shocking, behind-the-scenes look at both far-left and far-right activism of the early 2020s. Jeremy Lee Quinn’s book is drawn from his remarkable on-the-ground reporting, encompassing Black Lives Matter riots, violent clashes between Antifa and the Proud Boys, and the storming of the U.S. Capitol. Culture of Confusion is more than just a cataloging of the chaos of those bizarre years. It’s also a meditation on the dangerous fracturing of America's shared reality." —MARGARET CRABLE | Associate Editor at the University of Southern California and Co-Chair of the Heterodox Academy at USC
“A fascinating read. Jeremy Lee Quinn delves into one of the strangest times in U.S. history.” —CLAYTON HURD | Kauai Island
ISBN: 9781683585589
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 455g
264 pages