Brad Will In His Own Words

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Mon, Oct 30, 2006 6:12PM

We turn to some archival footage of Brad Will, the U.S. journalist and activist shot dead in Oaxaca on Friday. We play a recording of Brad from the late 1990s at a time when he hosted a radio show on the pioneering microradio station "Steal This Radio" and a recording of Brad talking about efforts to prevent New York City from demolishing a squat on the Lower East Side.

We turn to some archival footage of Brad Will. The following was recorded in the late 1990s at a time when he hosted a radio show on the pioneering microradio station Steal This Radio.

* Brad Will, speaking in 1998. Courtesy of Paper Tiger Television.

Brad is also remembered by many for his efforts to prevent the city from demolishing a squat on the Lower East Side. When the city moved in to demolish the building on Fifth Street he stood atop the roof waving his arms. Brad's efforts stalled the demolition but the city eventually leveled the building which housed a cafe, a meeting place and a performance space. Brad later talked about the building in a program produced by Paper Tiger Television called "ABC Survives, Fifth Street Buried Alive."

* Brad Will, excerpt of program, "ABC Survives, Fifth Street Buried Alive." Courtesy of Paper Tiger Television.

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