Joshua Clark Davis
@joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social
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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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
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
Baltimore and Atlanta: I'm doing two more talks in 2025. Two cities that have been home, and I'm looking forward to both. Tues, 12/02 at the Enoch Pratt Central Library with Senator Emerita @jillpc.bsky.social + Thur, 12/04 at Auburn Ave Research Library with @jduffyrice.bsky.social. Come say hello!
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Baltimore and Atlanta: I'm doing two more talks in 2025. Two cities that have been home, and I'm looking forward to both. Tues, 12/02 at the Enoch Pratt Central Library with Senator Emerita @jillpc.bsky.social + Thur, 12/04 at Auburn Ave Research Library with @jduffyrice.bsky.social. Come say hello!
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My latest: In 2015, a Cumberland police officer told his boss he'd had "filthy" conversations with a high schooler.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
He admitted ‘filthy’ chats with a teen. Cumberland kept it quiet and made him police chief.
He admitted to ‘filthy’ chats with a teen. Cumberland still made him police chief.
New records show a Cumberland, Maryland officer admitted “filthy” messages with a teen before becoming police chief — a case the city kept quiet.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My latest: In 2015, a Cumberland police officer told his boss he'd had "filthy" conversations with a high schooler.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
In 2020, Cumberland city leaders made that officer chief of police.
Shout out to Petey Pablo for standing up to ICE!
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Shout out to Petey Pablo for standing up to ICE!
Anticipatory obedience in "the city too busy to hate," where local council members have renamed the DEI office the "Office of One Atlanta.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Anticipatory obedience in "the city too busy to hate," where local council members have renamed the DEI office the "Office of One Atlanta.
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If you haven’t picked up a copy of Police Against the Movement yet, what are you waiting for? Essential for anyone who studies civil rights, political movements, surveillance, or policing.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you haven’t picked up a copy of Police Against the Movement yet, what are you waiting for? Essential for anyone who studies civil rights, political movements, surveillance, or policing.
Absurd how the Washington Post is normalizing federal troops occupying U.S. cities by describing opposition to occupation as a "challenge facing business leaders with roots in liberal communities."
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Absurd how the Washington Post is normalizing federal troops occupying U.S. cities by describing opposition to occupation as a "challenge facing business leaders with roots in liberal communities."
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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
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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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 ⬇️
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
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 ⬇️
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 ⬇️
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“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
“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.”
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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
Learn more: buff.ly/OVXgWpc
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
Learn more: buff.ly/OVXgWpc
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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!
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'll be in Brooklyn to discuss POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT with @chenjerai.bsky.social next Thursday, 11/06 at the Word is Change!
I'll be in Brooklyn to discuss POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT with @chenjerai.bsky.social next Thursday, 11/06 at the Word is Change!
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'll be in Brooklyn to discuss POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT with @chenjerai.bsky.social next Thursday, 11/06 at the Word is Change!
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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...
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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...
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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/...
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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/...
Judges in every courthouse in the country should be doing this.
October 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Judges in every courthouse in the country should be doing this.
I'll be in conversation with Judy Richardson of SNCC tomorrow at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Avenue!
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
Learn more about this free, in-person event here: buff.ly/u0EEqZr
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'll be in conversation with Judy Richardson of SNCC tomorrow at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Avenue!
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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
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
Paul Robeson’s house museum has reopened in Philadelphia after 8 months of renovations and nearly 50 years since his death.
October 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Paul Robeson’s house museum has reopened in Philadelphia after 8 months of renovations and nearly 50 years since his death.
Discussing my new book tonight at Red Emma’s with SNCC veteran Judy Richardson!
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
RSVP here: buff.ly/gsGH7ko
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Discussing my new book tonight at Red Emma’s with SNCC veteran Judy Richardson!
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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
RSVP here: buff.ly/gsGH7ko
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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
RSVP here: buff.ly/gsGH7ko
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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
🚨 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
“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
🚨 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
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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.
aaup-texas.org/blog?blog=y
[email protected], 512-245-2121.
aaup-texas.org/blog?blog=y
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.
aaup-texas.org
October 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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.
aaup-texas.org/blog?blog=y
[email protected], 512-245-2121.
aaup-texas.org/blog?blog=y
We should be putting up signs to mark these acts of state violence in every community in the country.
October 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We should be putting up signs to mark these acts of state violence in every community in the country.
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.
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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.