Residents of Mende Estate Villa in the Maryland area of Lagos State have decried the recent demolition of their multimillion naira houses in the area by the Lagos State Government while seeking compensation for a new shelter....
Despite efforts to save it, work has started to demolish the Art Deco Mecca cinema on Balmore Road in the Possil area of Glasgow. Designed by James McKissack in an Art Deco style and built in 1933, the Mecca (later the Vogue) originally seated over 1,500 people. It closed as a cinema in 1968, but has been used by many other businesses since.
The destruction of People's Park in #Berkeley, the eviction of the Camp Nenookaasi encampment in #Minneapolis, the bulldozing of Black Lives Matter Memorial Garden in #Seattle, and attacks on refugee families in #NewYork - all are being carried out by Democrats following a wave of misinformation surrounding encampments and "retail crime."
Both parties offer no solutions to the crisis of housing, the exploding cost of living, and the need to care for the most vulnerable in a society rocked by massive inequality and soaring corporate profits.
Today's attacks show why we must build power from below and our capacity to create an active material force based on mutual aid, community defense, and our ability to resist attacks by the State.
The second Ripper album #Demolition almost sounds like a hard rock album. Better than Jugulator, but still far away from the usual Judas Priest standards. 3/5
The demolition order and other paperwork listed the wrong address. Now they want him to pay for their expensive mistake?
“When I saw [the letter] came from the city, I was quite excited. Maybe it was a letter of #apology. Maybe it was a #check. Maybe they’re going to justly #compensate me. I opened it up and realized that they were suing me.”
Lagos homeowners decry demolition, seek compensation (punchng.com)
Residents of Mende Estate Villa in the Maryland area of Lagos State have decried the recent demolition of their multimillion naira houses in the area by the Lagos State Government while seeking compensation for a new shelter....