Abolition journalist, educator, scholar of the Depression era. https://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mup2g6rqtk2s"ISP should immediately halt its expansion of its statewide surveillance infrastructure.” -- Matt Chapman @lucyparsonslabs.com #stoppolicespying BD https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-flock-police-cant-be-trusted-with-our-data/04 Sep 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup2g6rqtk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mstdhwocv22jMy friend said he spotted a police drone in Urbana, so I investigated and here's what I found. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/unidentified-flying-object-in-urbana11 Aug 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstdhwocv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mqktbvf2tk2r#sayhisname BD [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqktbvf2tk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mqkt3xyxyc2rMy follow up from a @truthout.org article earlier this year @ ICE warehouses. BD "For me, this is 100 percent a victory for grassroots groups," said William Angus who fought the ICE warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey. https://truthout.org/articles/community-activism-forced-federal-government-to-abandon-plans-for-ice-warehouses/13 Jul 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkt3xyxyc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mpeaapyy322fImportant read from the prolific and visionary @victorialaw.bsky.social BD [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jun 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeaapyy322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mnkexv26f22iA Substack about collaborations and report back from the "Bridging The Gap" conference in Chicago this past weekend. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/a-call-for-help-from-a-friend-at05 Jun 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkexv26f22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mnketjt6ss2iGreat collab w/ @victorialaw.bsky.social in this piece for @truthout.org following up on a call from my friend Mishunda at Logan women's prison in Illinois. BD [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnketjt6ss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mk3unxt6ys2dMy delve into weirdos like Stepen Miller and more. "Be afraid, be very afraid." BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/what-ive-been-reading-books-on-right22 Apr 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3unxt6ys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mj3btefgec2yPolice drones are used to chase Black youth across campus and spy on “unruly” protesters, as I found in my recent survey of local police for @smilepolitely.com https://www.smilepolitely.com/opinion/drones-over-c-u-urbana-should-pass-police-surveillance-ordinance/09 Apr 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3btefgec2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mitpdrl6rc2dCampus labor coalition launches "ICE OUT" campaign. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/campus-labor-coalition-launches-ice06 Apr 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitpdrl6rc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mienai6wt22oAngie Martin recounted the 2024 death of her fiancé George Christopher at the Champaign County jail. "We still miss him," she said. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/fiance-of-man-who-died-in-champaign31 Mar 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mienai6wt22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mi2l67c6pc2bI got on the bus for an amazing tour of the Underground Railroad in Urbana-Champaign with Angela Rivers and Barbara Suggs-Mason. Check out my write up! BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/bus-tour-of-underground-railroad27 Mar 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2l67c6pc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mgn4tqjqx22tMy report back from a trip to St. Louis to meet @austinkocher.com and my friends from Abide in Love in Missouri. BD “I make the distinction that what’s happening is [...] a whole suite of novel and creatively cruel new strategies that we’ve never seen before." -- Austin Kocher https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/organizing-against-the-arrest-to?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1264745&post_id=190320025&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=gf3sc&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email09 Mar 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn4tqjqx22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mfkay6ehsc2k“My ‘crime’ is leaving my country, Honduras, to be able to give a better life to my children and my parents,” Mary wrote. Read more at my Substack: https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/the-limits-of-sanctuary-laws-in-illinois23 Feb 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkay6ehsc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mdge7avvrs27On gentrification and Trump-type anti-homeless types in Champaign. BD https://www.smilepolitely.com/opinion/champaigns-attempt-to-criminalize-homelessness-fails-after-swift-public-outcry/27 Jan 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdge7avvrs27https://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mczhxflewk23Read about what I've been reading about. BD "For me Tupac’s life is a story about the arc of Black revolution from the 1960s to the present." https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/what-ive-been-reading-hip-hop-history22 Jan 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczhxflewk23https://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3mb7qfcyxwc2lAn update on my many outstanding FOIAs and ideas for #2026 BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/fun-with-foias-an-update-on-my-ongoing30 Dec 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7qfcyxwc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3m7ja3ajr522yMy latest for Truthout on local organizers resisting ICE #chingalamigra BD [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Dec 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ja3ajr522yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3m65nu3hs7c2yWatch a four-minute video of our AT&T rally in Champaign #AbolishICE BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/crushing-ice-champaign-urbana-shuts21 Nov 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65nu3hs7c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3m4b7obmu322aMy write up on Julio Cucul-Bol's sentencing, political pawns, and cats. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/guatemalan-man-at-the-center-of-trumps28 Oct 2025 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4b7obmu322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3m2wsiz2i4k22Going to the courthouse is always a learning experience. Read about my friend Shonda who was in court in Cook County this week. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/going-to-court-for-freedom11 Oct 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wsiz2i4k22https://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3lzgnxuzu7c2kThrough a FOIA request, I obtained 29 immigration detainers sent to the Champaign County jail. Read more at my Substack. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/wanted-immigration-detainers-sent22 Sep 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgnxuzu7c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3lz2dv5ql422xRead immigrant stories unique to those living in Champaign-Urbana. Thanks to my neighbor Greg Springer for sharing. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/stories-from-the-c-u-immigrant-community17 Sep 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2dv5ql422xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3lyikzmtyxc2lTrump's "Midway Blitz is connected to my hometown Urbana, and some more updates at my recent Substack. BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/survival-and-resilience10 Sep 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyikzmtyxc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bdolinar.bsky.social/post/3lxuh3hs6zc2sI went on a road trip to find my lost great-uncle who died in the coal mines of SE Kansas. Read more at my Substack! BD https://briandolinar.substack.com/p/digging-up-the-history-of-my-immigrant02 Sep 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:verdilb62dx43s4ltlz357rr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuh3hs6zc2s