Josiah Walrus
@josiahwalrus1.bsky.social
Class struggle guy. Infantile Communist. Product of non-Ivy League public schools.
I live on Oahu.
I live on Oahu.
I'm interested in the long history of radical opposition to gentrification, and business class capture of urban planning, and so on. I don't lump that all in with "NIMBYism" which I feel like you do from the way you interact. I appreciate you not blocking me as I have gained a sense of your views.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm interested in the long history of radical opposition to gentrification, and business class capture of urban planning, and so on. I don't lump that all in with "NIMBYism" which I feel like you do from the way you interact. I appreciate you not blocking me as I have gained a sense of your views.
I'd also be interested in what you think of the City Council's warnings about Mayor Adam's ballot proposals that I posted in the thread. YIMBYs here say Talia Jane voting against them is proof she's a NIMBY. No need for Weinberg as it's all in the City Council warnings.
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I'd also be interested in what you think of the City Council's warnings about Mayor Adam's ballot proposals that I posted in the thread. YIMBYs here say Talia Jane voting against them is proof she's a NIMBY. No need for Weinberg as it's all in the City Council warnings.
I'm not relying on Talia Jane. This thread is people saying her posts are NIMBY. I disagree. You seem to agree.
I just asked you about the two sources I offered you 1. Article by Rachel Brahinksy. 2."Redevelopment: A Marxist Analysis" doc. I actually thought you might appreciate both.
I just asked you about the two sources I offered you 1. Article by Rachel Brahinksy. 2."Redevelopment: A Marxist Analysis" doc. I actually thought you might appreciate both.
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I'm not relying on Talia Jane. This thread is people saying her posts are NIMBY. I disagree. You seem to agree.
I just asked you about the two sources I offered you 1. Article by Rachel Brahinksy. 2."Redevelopment: A Marxist Analysis" doc. I actually thought you might appreciate both.
I just asked you about the two sources I offered you 1. Article by Rachel Brahinksy. 2."Redevelopment: A Marxist Analysis" doc. I actually thought you might appreciate both.
I was hoping you would assess the article and documentary I offered in response to you, which seem to offer examples of what you say doesn't exist. If you don't want to consider them I'll assume you're not interested.
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I was hoping you would assess the article and documentary I offered in response to you, which seem to offer examples of what you say doesn't exist. If you don't want to consider them I'll assume you're not interested.
These props may end up biting NYC in the ass, especially on affordable housing.
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
These props may end up biting NYC in the ass, especially on affordable housing.
More on this here:
NYC Council Leadership Calls on Board of Elections to Reject Three of Mayor Adams’ Ballot Proposals for Using Language That Seeks to Deceive Voters by Concealing Their Effect, Violating State Law
New York City Council
council.nyc.gov
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
More on this here:
Is that supposed to prove she's a NIMBY? Bill Weinberg laid out how props 2-4 take power out of the hands of the city council and concentrate them in the hands of the mayor on housing development questions. A huge problem if you ever get a non-Mamdani type in there again. Starts around 20 min mark.
NYC turns up the volume!
The anarchist critique of Zohran Mamdani's election in the New York City mayoral race reminds us that
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November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Is that supposed to prove she's a NIMBY? Bill Weinberg laid out how props 2-4 take power out of the hands of the city council and concentrate them in the hands of the mayor on housing development questions. A huge problem if you ever get a non-Mamdani type in there again. Starts around 20 min mark.
Born and raised on Oahu. I don't own a house. I rent in a working class section of Moiliili. Last 10 years in SF was in the Tenderloin. Moved back to Hawaii to take care of my mom and teach at a community college in Pearl City and Waianae. Most students non-white, first in family to attend college.
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Born and raised on Oahu. I don't own a house. I rent in a working class section of Moiliili. Last 10 years in SF was in the Tenderloin. Moved back to Hawaii to take care of my mom and teach at a community college in Pearl City and Waianae. Most students non-white, first in family to attend college.
This documentary "Redevelopment: A Marxist Analysis" is a classic among radical housing advocates, activists, and others. It covers some of the same ground as the Brahinsky article and gives a feel for the working class/minority group community resistance to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
Redevelopment, A Marxist Analysis : Resolution Film collective : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
REDEVELOPMENT is the result of a three year collaboration [1971-1974] between the Resolution film group and a number of community groups struggling to save...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This documentary "Redevelopment: A Marxist Analysis" is a classic among radical housing advocates, activists, and others. It covers some of the same ground as the Brahinsky article and gives a feel for the working class/minority group community resistance to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
The origin of a lot of modern social housing strategy stems specifically from community battles to shut down business class dominated govt. urban planning and building. Rachel Brahinksy wrote an overview of resistance to displacement in the Western Addition/Fillmore of SF. I hope you'll read it.
www.invisiblesf.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The origin of a lot of modern social housing strategy stems specifically from community battles to shut down business class dominated govt. urban planning and building. Rachel Brahinksy wrote an overview of resistance to displacement in the Western Addition/Fillmore of SF. I hope you'll read it.
Ok, I don't see it that way so we disagree.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Ok, I don't see it that way so we disagree.
Stephen, can you send me a url to an interview, article, or social media post, where Talia Jane expresses a NIMBY position, that she doesn't want affordable housing built in her neighborhood, or city, or state, or country, and paste it here for me? I'd like to know if she has.
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Stephen, can you send me a url to an interview, article, or social media post, where Talia Jane expresses a NIMBY position, that she doesn't want affordable housing built in her neighborhood, or city, or state, or country, and paste it here for me? I'd like to know if she has.
I don't see any of the targets of this thread saying we don't need more housing. The issue is more social housing, more affordable housing, and a historically based skepticism of promises from capitalist developers with a centuries long record of using market logic to exclude rather than provide.
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I don't see any of the targets of this thread saying we don't need more housing. The issue is more social housing, more affordable housing, and a historically based skepticism of promises from capitalist developers with a centuries long record of using market logic to exclude rather than provide.
Also, I still don't get what is objectionable with Talia Jane, or anyone else saying they oppose gentrification and corporate capture of real estate/housing while supporting social housing and increasing the stock for people who need it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Also, I still don't get what is objectionable with Talia Jane, or anyone else saying they oppose gentrification and corporate capture of real estate/housing while supporting social housing and increasing the stock for people who need it.
I'm guessing that takes the conversation out of where you want it, which is fine but my point there is that the Yimby logic tends to rely mostly on market calculus to determine supply, distribution, etc. I think a real solution would be the working class determining production based on human need.
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm guessing that takes the conversation out of where you want it, which is fine but my point there is that the Yimby logic tends to rely mostly on market calculus to determine supply, distribution, etc. I think a real solution would be the working class determining production based on human need.
Supply is part of it, but this all takes place in a capitalist market. Housing is a commodity. Under capitalism developers build to affluent markets first. Commodity prices are determined partly by supply/demand, but also via a contest between classes over what share of value accrues to which.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Supply is part of it, but this all takes place in a capitalist market. Housing is a commodity. Under capitalism developers build to affluent markets first. Commodity prices are determined partly by supply/demand, but also via a contest between classes over what share of value accrues to which.
This gets at why I disagree with your position. I don't think history bears out the idea that capitalist/market logic based housing development leads to larger stocks of affordable housing. I agree with Talia Jane's SHIMBY position and critique of actual capitalist development outcomes.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This gets at why I disagree with your position. I don't think history bears out the idea that capitalist/market logic based housing development leads to larger stocks of affordable housing. I agree with Talia Jane's SHIMBY position and critique of actual capitalist development outcomes.
Do you have a basically SHIMBY position. That's my position and I think what Talia Jane argues for. I don't understand people attacking her as a villain for saying more social housing and be wary of developer conglomerates. Is that somehow controversial?
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Do you have a basically SHIMBY position. That's my position and I think what Talia Jane argues for. I don't understand people attacking her as a villain for saying more social housing and be wary of developer conglomerates. Is that somehow controversial?
To be clear I don't speak for her or presume to know all her views on anything, just what I see as a misrepresentation by you here. Other than that, the report noted the way that housing was being built in the city was favoring the rich. That's the big problem. A legitimate reality to call out.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
To be clear I don't speak for her or presume to know all her views on anything, just what I see as a misrepresentation by you here. Other than that, the report noted the way that housing was being built in the city was favoring the rich. That's the big problem. A legitimate reality to call out.
Talia Jane's SHIMBY (Social Housing IMBY) position focuses on the way "build baby build" doesn't ensure below market rate housing, govt. investment in affordable housing, etc. That seems to me her whole point. Just labelling anyone opposed to ongoing gentrification a "NIMBY" isn't persuasive.
Even well-paid union workers can’t afford SF housing, advocates say - The San Francisco Standard
The city’s housing stock lags behind jobs growth, continuing a long-term imbalance between employment and affordability.
sfstandard.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Talia Jane's SHIMBY (Social Housing IMBY) position focuses on the way "build baby build" doesn't ensure below market rate housing, govt. investment in affordable housing, etc. That seems to me her whole point. Just labelling anyone opposed to ongoing gentrification a "NIMBY" isn't persuasive.
I don't think Talia Jane has argued against "any new buildings" so it seems unfair to suggest she has. I have no stake in defending her and have no idea if I agree with her politics in general but I just don't think her views on housing are getting an accurate representation in this thread.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I don't think Talia Jane has argued against "any new buildings" so it seems unfair to suggest she has. I have no stake in defending her and have no idea if I agree with her politics in general but I just don't think her views on housing are getting an accurate representation in this thread.
I lived in San Francisco from 1988-2006 and learning the history of the city, "redevelopment" scams, the I-Hotel, The "Filmore Negro Removal," then being priced out of the city taught me about developers' promises of affordable housing. Market solutions don't seem to work out for the working class.
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I lived in San Francisco from 1988-2006 and learning the history of the city, "redevelopment" scams, the I-Hotel, The "Filmore Negro Removal," then being priced out of the city taught me about developers' promises of affordable housing. Market solutions don't seem to work out for the working class.
You're misrepresenting her views on housing and intentionally misinterpreting even this one post you post here. She's not a nimby or a left nimby. She wants truly affordable housing and opposes developers who gentrify neighborhoods thereby driving up rents for those who get priced out.
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You're misrepresenting her views on housing and intentionally misinterpreting even this one post you post here. She's not a nimby or a left nimby. She wants truly affordable housing and opposes developers who gentrify neighborhoods thereby driving up rents for those who get priced out.