2026-09-09T05:06:18Z https://njump.me Aisha the R211A https://njump.me/npub17jz0dw2kv09zndal9mdhy97elaw4lmqy34k8deraln36rukc3vmsds5dxp https://kolektiva.social/system/accounts/avatars/111/365/457/414/616/331/original/a0ac537ba8f0899f.png https://kolektiva.social/system/accounts/avatars/111/365/457/414/616/331/original/a0ac537ba8f0899f.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp5fp5ynhxyju0sdt5g0nkazke997hqw6tqtftj3gmtpax367w0sczyr6gfa4e2e3u52dhhuhdkushm8l46hlvqjxkcahy0h7w8g0jmz9nwx8ge6t Wahhabism be damned. I said patriarchy made me abhor masculinity, but more specifically, I mean white supremacist patriarchy I have experienced in my life. Not to say that patriarchy did not exist in pre-colonial cultures, but those forms of patriarchy are probably somewhat different from the form we have today that is based on white supremacy and has spread all over the world. When I think about it, though not in an orthodox way, Islamic masculinity is actually very different from our kind of patriarchy. White supremacist patriarchy want men to hide their emotions and to be tough and competitive. Where did they get that? Definitely not Jesus. In contrast, some male prophets in the Quran were very emotional and caring, like Prophet Muhammad cried a lot, and Jacob cried for Joseph until he went blind. Nor was Jesus anything like the white supremacist macho man. 2026-04-19T20:51:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgzrx3tlnnq8glrzrze9n03jz4lt64wjmj8supe492xner5y2whpgzyr6gfa4e2e3u52dhhuhdkushm8l46hlvqjxkcahy0h7w8g0jmz9nwwvlr2w Just a rant about my hatred of the mainstream. Yeah, I hate conformity. The only mainstream thing I love is cats. Other than that... converted to Islam in an Islamophobic society, a heterodox form of the faith that makes sense. Especially in this day and age, orthodox everything sucks -- especially that mainstream Judaism is Zionist yet most mainstream Islamic and Christian institutions do nothing for Palestine or worse are zio. Because orthodoxy is defined by the ruling class. But I&#39;m still a religious person, as Islam made me not care about a lot of things the secular ruling class uses to fool us.<br/><br/>Orthodoxy or mainstream outside what&#39;s supposedly called &#34;religion&#34; also sucks. Say fascist mainstream media. Fuck mainstream social media owned by fascist Big Tech, yet why aren&#39;t more leftists using Fediverse? Please don&#39;t tell me to follow you on fucking IG! I rarely actually like music in the mainstream top charts. I don&#39;t care about mainstream fashion and still wear clothes that are more than 10 years old, though I wish that I look even more edgy. Fuck mainstream fashion when gender conforming clothes for women are too often impractical and uncomfortable. I mean Western fashion, though I don&#39;t wear the hijab either. I have refused to get a car in car dependent LA and considered every bike ride a protest. <br/><br/>Sometimes I do something weird just for the sake of weirdness in and of itself and eschew something just because it&#39;s too mainstream, especially when it&#39;s an important part of the national identity. Why? Turns out that a lot of things are mainstream because they are pushed by the ruling class for social control. As Chomsky says, mainstream media is mainstream basically because it&#39;s ruling class thought control. If this is generalizable, then it makes sense why most mainstream things suck and I already knew that before I radicalized. Now Gaza revealed that mainstream Western politics are a fascist pile of crap. Then being neurodivergent is a superpower. It puzzles me why most people still buy into the mainstream things that suck, thus keeping them mainstream. Come on, wake up! Is social conformity really so important that you will burn down the planet for the sake of conformity? 2026-03-29T16:35:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswuypu0mkkewq882cdee7lfggl0cu0vzr5lew9g9t4vl97kzutwwszyr6gfa4e2e3u52dhhuhdkushm8l46hlvqjxkcahy0h7w8g0jmz9nwz8ajjy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8kp8zeh38n44djm2quy24e2rsv88vhwldc56kfnztlmw4hvtytspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7m0qzny'>nevent1q…qzny</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyrws7fs47dvqnaka4ez2jvl7mwc2wrdqurvrq05pkplzynu9hlrhsy8k62u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyrws7fs47dvqnaka4ez2jvl7mwc2wrdqurvrq05pkplzynu9hlrhsy8k62u</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…k62u</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&gt; But sometimes they can happen more quickly, with less organizing, when people are fed up enough...<br/><br/>Yeah, I think many of us are fed up. Though I still think we need more organizing to get the general strike to be revolutionary, to build the new world. We still need to build the power to be willing to break laws and disobey business union leadership. Also, my workplace is very international. Most of us are international, including myself. Everyone is afraid right now, so many of my colleagues just avoid anything that could get them targeted to keep safe. Like avoiding politics. Some of them are too scared to fill out the bargaining survey or sign an internal union petition that is not directly related to Palestine or ICE. I dare not to go to public protests or even wear political shirts, so I focus on organizing under the radar which I think is more important than the publicity. My workplace is also too fragmented, by different realities in different departments, and by different ranks having different unions and some not having a union. Organizing isn&#39;t easy here. But yeah, I suppose when things get even worse, more of us might realize that there&#39;s no way to avoid a fight. Like California farm workers did a willdcat strike not approved by the UFW due to ICE raids. 2025-10-19T20:52:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswkv9aymey0z577vvawxt7rlpzucmwh992a04se42qdr55ypn34dqzyr6gfa4e2e3u52dhhuhdkushm8l46hlvqjxkcahy0h7w8g0jmz9nw5pd5sw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgael2k7m2fffu4aqpa9n45f5kv3qgflpkhz292m06pdjpttz7q5qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7tw5tqs'>nevent1q…5tqs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyrws7fs47dvqnaka4ez2jvl7mwc2wrdqurvrq05pkplzynu9hlrhsy8k62u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyrws7fs47dvqnaka4ez2jvl7mwc2wrdqurvrq05pkplzynu9hlrhsy8k62u</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…k62u</span>)</a></span> I sure want one, but I&#39;m not sure if we&#39;re ready for one, because I&#39;m not sure how many people are willing to lose paychecks and break the law. It takes a long time to build the power to be ready to strike when bargaining in business unions and the power wanes after we get a new contract. Also union density is very low right now in the US. I&#39;m pretty sure that business union leaders will try to undermine the general strike. Why do you think we&#39;re ready for a general strike? 2025-10-19T18:08:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs96s6gxwgdnzweqxkufrlyj5jtz7dt4486d9mlh6n2c6lgvghp8sszyr6gfa4e2e3u52dhhuhdkushm8l46hlvqjxkcahy0h7w8g0jmz9nwhu9eqe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszytch37dwwan3x9kkucvxmvcd2k78muzfryt55jf3nz5wxdk20jqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z75am8z9'>nevent1q…m8z9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyrws7fs47dvqnaka4ez2jvl7mwc2wrdqurvrq05pkplzynu9hlrhsy8k62u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyrws7fs47dvqnaka4ez2jvl7mwc2wrdqurvrq05pkplzynu9hlrhsy8k62u</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…k62u</span>)</a></span> He&#39;s still the ruling class though, so he will not stand for building a new world in the ashes of the old. The general strike won&#39;t work unless it&#39;s from below, not from the ruling class or from middle class activists. There have been many general strikes called but few responded. <a href="https://organizing.work/2019/08/no-more-fake-strikes/">https://organizing.work/2019/08/no-more-fake-strikes/</a> 2025-10-19T17:57:35Z