15 Facts About Brad Will

Bradley Roland Will was an American activist, videographer, and journalist.

On October 27,2006, during a labor dispute in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, Will was shot twice, possibly by government-aligned paramilitaries, resulting in his death.

Brad Will was born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised in Kenilworth.

Brad Will pretended to marry another man in a ceremony conducted by Peter Lamborn Wilson, a Universal Life Church-ordained minister.

Brad Will fought the removal of community gardens, including the Chico Mendez Mural Garden on the Lower East Side, named after Brazilian activist Chico Mendes.

Brad Will gained some notoriety for his efforts to prevent New York City from demolishing a squat on Fifth Street in the Lower East Side.

Brad Will's efforts stalled the demolition, but the city eventually leveled the building, which housed a cafe, a meeting place and a performance space.

Brad Will later talked about the building in a program produced by Paper Tiger Television called "ABC Survives, Fifth Street Buried Alive".

Brad Will was a proponent of anti-corporate media, and he hosted his own program on Steal This Radio, a Lower East Side-based pirate radio station.

Brad Will filmed a street theater performance by the group A for Anarchy, organized in response to the release of the film V for Vendetta.

In 2000, while visiting the Czech Republic Brad Will attended a protest in Prague against the International Monetary Fund Summit.

Brad Will later traveled through South America while participating in anti-globalization.

Brad Will reached Ecuador, Argentina, Chiapas and Brazil in that trip.

Brad Will died while being carried from the area in search of medical help.

On November 11 and 12,2006, Friends of Brad Will organized a gathering in New York City to commemorate Will's life.