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Joshua Clark Davis
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Author POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT (Oct. 2025) on civil rights activists vs. state violence, surveillance, undercover officer infiltration | Historian, University of Baltimore | Bylines at The Nation, Jacobin, Slate

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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · Sep 24
My new book, POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, comes out 10/7 and I'm going on a book tour in SF, LA, Baltimore, DC, NYC, and ATL!

10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse
10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton
10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson
10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson
Cover of Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis Police Against the Movement Book Tour October 7, 2025 City Lights Bookstore In conversation with Daphne Muse San Francisco, CA October 9, 2025 Skylight Books In conversation with Elizabeth Hinton Los Angeles, CA October 16, 2025, 7PM Red Emma’s In conversation with Judy Richardson Baltimore, MD October 18, 2025 Politics & Prose In conversation with Judy Richardson Washington, DC Police Against the Movement Book Tour November 6, 2025, 7PM The Word is Change Bookstore In conversation with Chenjerai Kumanyika Brooklyn, NY November 10, 2025, 7PM Zinn Education Project—Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online conversation with Jesse Hagopian Zinn Education Program December 2, 2025 Enoch Pratt Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium In conversation with Jill Carter Baltimore, MD December 4, 2025 Acapella Books at the Auburn Avenue Research Library Atlanta, GA
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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We know about police violence during CRM, but there was also COINTELPRO type surveillance by local dep'ts.

And resistance by CORE & SNCC who confronted police abuses head-on, with sit-ins at precincts, blocking streets to protest officer abuse, & more.

Join us Monday to learn more. Free class ⬇️
Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back
Scholar Joshua Clark Jackson will discuss his new book Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back. This session is part of the Zinn Educat...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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therealnews.com
“It’s just really, really bleak, and I don’t think people outside of Chicago understand the scope of it,” @codepink.bsky.social co-director Danaka Katovich says. “What I saw is Border Patrol agents barreling out of their vans, rolling up on two men who were working… and asking for their papers.”
We’ve reached the ‘show me your papers’ stage of American authoritarianism
“It’s just really, really bleak, and I don't think people outside of Chicago understand the scope of it,” CODEPINK co-director Danaka Katovich says. “What I saw is Border Patrol agents barreling out o...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Tomorrow (Nov 6) at 7:00pm EST, The Word Is Change welcomes @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social for a discussion with @chenjerai.bsky.social on his book, Police Against the Movement, shattering the myth that the civil rights movement endured police violence without fighting it

Learn more: buff.ly/OVXgWpc
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November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I'll be in Brooklyn to discuss POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT with @chenjerai.bsky.social next Thursday, 11/06 at the Word is Change!
Please join us as we help launch Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis in conversation with Chenjerai Kumanyika, Thursday November 6th. Police Against the Movement shatters one of the most pernicious myths about the 1960s: that the civil rights movement endured police violence without fighting it. Instead, activists confronted police abuses head-on, staging sit-ins at precinct stations, picketing department headquarters, and blocking traffic to protest officer misdeeds. In return, organizers found themselves the targets of overwhelming political repression in the form of police surveillance, infiltration by undercover officers, and retaliatory prosecutions aimed at derailing their movement.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I'll be in Brooklyn to discuss POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT with @chenjerai.bsky.social next Thursday, 11/06 at the Word is Change!
Please join us as we help launch Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis in conversation with Chenjerai Kumanyika, Thursday November 6th. Police Against the Movement shatters one of the most pernicious myths about the 1960s: that the civil rights movement endured police violence without fighting it. Instead, activists confronted police abuses head-on, staging sit-ins at precinct stations, picketing department headquarters, and blocking traffic to protest officer misdeeds. In return, organizers found themselves the targets of overwhelming political repression in the form of police surveillance, infiltration by undercover officers, and retaliatory prosecutions aimed at derailing their movement.
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Excited for this event on Policing and Counterinsurgency ft @chenjerai.bsky.social, @stschrader1.bsky.social, & @cheatherton.bsky.social next Thursday at NYU! Info & RSVP here: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
GALLATIN HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE SPEAKER SERIES ON LAW, AUTHORITARIANISM AND DISSENT: POLICING AND COUNTERINSURGENCY Chenjerai Kumanyika (New York University), Stuart Schrader (John Hopkins Univerisity), Christina Heatherton (Trinity College) THURSDAY, OCT 30 2025 IN-PERSON EVENT 5:00pm - 7:00pm Ettinghausen Library, Kevorkian Center 255 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The DC ACLU is suing on behalf of a man who was arrested by a National Guardsman and MPD officers for playing the Imperial March (from Star Wars) as an act of protest. www.acludc.org/app/uploads/...
Ohio National Guard member Sgt. Devon Beck was not amused by this satire. On September 11, 2025, Mr. O’Hara saw Sgt. Beck, along with several other Guard members, walking in uniform in the Logan Circle neighborhood, near the intersection of 14th and R Streets NW. Mr. O’Hara calmly walked behind the Guard members, began playing The Imperial March aloud on his phone, and started recording. In less than two minutes, Sgt. Beck turned around and threatened to call D.C. police officers to “handle” Mr. O’Hara if he persisted. Mr. O’Hara continued recording and playing the music. Sgt. Beck contacted the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Defendant MPD Officers Brown, Campbell, Reyes-Benigno, and Lopez Martinez came to the scene and, in essence, did what Sgt. Beck had threatened, putting Mr. O’Hara in handcuffs and preventing him from continuing his peaceful protest.
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Judges in every courthouse in the country should be doing this.
County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court, by the Associated Press
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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I'll be in conversation with Judy Richardson of SNCC tomorrow at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Avenue!
princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 29d
Tomorrow (October 18th) at 3:00 pm EDT, please join @politicsprose.bsky.social in welcoming @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social, who will be in conversation with Judy Richardson regarding his new book, Police Against the Movement.

Learn more about this free, in-person event here: buff.ly/u0EEqZr
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October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Read an excerpt from @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social’s “Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back.” www.hnn.us/article/sani... @princetonupress.bsky.social
Sanitizing the Civil Rights Movement
Contrary to the story being told in textbooks, media, and museums, the police were not neutral bystanders.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Paul Robeson’s house museum has reopened in Philadelphia after 8 months of renovations and nearly 50 years since his death.
Paul Robeson House in West Philadelphia set to reopen with mission to educate, inspire, story in Philadelphia Tribune.
October 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Discussing my new book tonight at Red Emma’s with SNCC veteran Judy Richardson!
princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Oct 15
Tomorrow (Oct 16) at 7:00pm EDT, join @redemmas.org in welcoming @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social for a discussion of his new book, Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back, in conversation with Judy Richardson.

RSVP here: buff.ly/gsGH7ko
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October 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Tomorrow (Oct 16) at 7:00pm EDT, join @redemmas.org in welcoming @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social for a discussion of his new book, Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back, in conversation with Judy Richardson.

RSVP here: buff.ly/gsGH7ko
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October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”

🚨 new from me 🚨

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could
ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.
“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most
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October 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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please contact the president of Texas State University, Kelly Damphousse, and urge him to respect academic freedom and the first amendment and restore Professor Tom Alter to teaching.

[email protected], 512-245-2121.

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Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors
AAUP champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty and staff to promote economic security and quality education.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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We should be putting up signs to mark these acts of state violence in every community in the country.
Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’ The neighborhood signs follow an older tradition of simply bearing witness — in this case, to the arrests by federal agents of immigrants who make up the fabric of some neighborhoods. By Anthony J. Rivera
October 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.
Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records by Joshua Clark Davis
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🚨 We wrote about Flock rolling out "distress detection" that monitored human voices on their gunshot detection devices & asked how it was lawful under eavesdropping laws.

Now, they've changed the ad to replace a "SCREAMING" alert with a "DISTRESS" alert. See below:

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
An add for flock raven with the title "safety you can see and now hear" with an alert for someone "screaming" An add for flock raven with the title "safety you can see and now hear" with an alert that says "distress"
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Tomorrow (October 9th) at 7:00 pm PDT, please join Skylight Books in welcoming @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social for a discussion of his book, Police Against the Movement, in conversation with @elizabethkai.bsky.social.

Learn more about this free, in-person event here: buff.ly/dBngfAS
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October 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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📢 Tuesday 10/7 7pm PT
@joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social in conversation w/ Daphne Muse
celebrating POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back
@princetonupress.bsky.social

In-person, or register for Zoom here: citylights.com/events/joshu...
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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A federal worker "told her that a time-stamped application for a 1st Amendment demonstration can be automatically permitted after 24 hours, if it isn’t explicitly denied.
She submitted another application...When no one responded directly to the permit by Thursday, the group reinstalled the statue."
Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Returns to National Mall
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October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Get found “in seconds”
ICE Records Confirm that Immigration Enforcement Agencies are Using Invasive Cell Phone Surveillance Devices | image: StingRay cell phone surveillance device LAPD Eyes ‘GeoSpy', an Al Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds JOSEPH COX • AUG 13, 2025 AT 8:55 AM Emails obtained by 404 Media show the LAPD was interested in GeoSpy, an Al tool that can quickly figure out where a photo was taken. INSIDE THE NYPD'S SURVEILLANCE MACHINE Your face is being tracked. Find out where. TAKE A WALK IN NYC See how policing tactics intersect (Image: black and white photo of a large crowd in New York City with red squares around their faces to illustrate surveillance) Truthout NEWS ANALYSIS | PRISONS & POLICING Campus Police Are Using Israeli Spy Tech to Crack Down on Student Protest Israeli-made surveillance technologies are accelerating the militarization of campus police departments across the US. By Tara Goodarzi & Brian Dolinar, TRUTHOUT February 24, 2025
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Today, I spoke w @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social about his new book, Police Against the Movement. Joshua recounts how local police infiltrated, surveilled, & sabotaged civil rights orgs, how those orgs fought back, & what it means for modern police reform movements

open.spotify.com/episode/1IVv...
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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princetonupress.bsky.social
By placing activism against state violence at the center of the civil rights story, @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social's Police Against the Movement offers critical insight into the power of political resistance in the face of government attacks on protest.

Out Oct 7: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back by Joshua Clark Davis. A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century later
October 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM