Robert Lipsyte

New York

Culture Correspondent at TomDispatch

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Codger’s Shelter Island column: Past as prologue

1 day ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Robert Lipsyte

History comes joyously alive with a dozen old-timers around a long table chortling through stacks of antique postcards and photographs. They are finding pictures of grandparents and houses they once lived in. Codger leans in toward a woman waving a group portrait of a 1930’s Shelter Island high school basketball team. “A little before your time,” he says gallantly. “But I know the names, they were my neighbors.” She winks and begins a long story.
Codger: Cur III concurs

1 month ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Robert Lipsyte

Like so many people he’s been talking with lately, Codger is alarmed by the state of the nation and asks, “What should we do?”The answers have ranged from wearing a pin with the Walt Whitman line, “Resist Much, Obey Little,” which seems too little, to not paying this year’s income tax, which seems too much, considering the opposition’s capacity for revenge.
Codger’s column: Talking to Jules

2 months ago | shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s friend, Jules Feiffer, died six weeks ago, but they have continued talking, at least once a week, usually during their customary Sunday morning chats. Codger believes it’s essential to stay in touch with your besties.
It’s Time to Square up Against the Bullies of Trumpworld

2 months ago | smirkingchimp.com | Robert Lipsyte

— from TomDispatch In bad times—and these are bad times—I call up the spirit of Willie. Willie has seen me through cancer, divorce, and deaths in the family. His memory has given me the courage and strength to push on when I wanted to give up and hide. Willie reminds me that, even at 87, I can take it, get back up, survive, sometimes even win. Willie was my bully. When I was 12, he beat me up or at least threatened to do so almost every day. U.S. President Donald Trump is my bully now.
Tesla Protest Electrifies Activists

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Chris Hedges |Medea Benjamin |Robert Lipsyte

CORTE MADERA, CA (02-15) – At Tesla dealerships across the globe on February 15 protesters demonstrated and picketed the company’s showrooms in making their voices heard in defiance of the actions taken against the US government by Elon Musk.
The Mafia State| Countercurrents

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Chris Hedges |Medea Benjamin |Robert Lipsyte |Sally Dugman

First we got a mafia economy. Then we got a mafia state. We must rid ourselves of the ruling criminal class or become its victims. Kiss the ring. Grovel before the Godfather. Give him tribute, a cut of the spoils. If he and his family get rich you get rich. Enter his inner circle, his “made” men and women, and you do not have to follow rules or obey the law. You can disembowel the machinery of government. You can turn us and the natural world into commodities to exploit until exhaustion or collapse.
It’s Time to Square up Against the Bullies of Trumpworld | Common Dreams

2 months ago | commondreams.org | Robert Lipsyte

In bad times—and these are bad times—I call up the spirit of Willie. Willie has seen me through cancer, divorce, and deaths in the family. His memory has given me the courage and strength to push on when I wanted to give up and hide. Willie reminds me that, even at 87, I can take it, get back up, survive, sometimes even win. Willie was my bully. When I was 12, he beat me up or at least threatened to do so almost every day. U.S. President Donald Trump is my bully now.
Trump Gives Peace A Chance In Ukraine | Countercurrents

2 months ago | countercurrents.org | Medea Benjamin |Robert Lipsyte |Sally Dugman |Binoy Kampmark

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. DaviesAs we approach the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a monumental shift is taking place that might just lead to the end of this calamitous war. This is not a breakthrough on the battlefield, but a stark reversal of the U.S. position from being the major supplier of weapons and funding to prolong the war to one of peacemaker. Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine if he was re-elected as president.
How to Bump, Lump, Crumple, and Eventually Dump Donald Trump

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Robert Lipsyte

The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking NoticeKeep Up. Find news and analysis not found in the mainstream. The United States is imploding. The reign of Donald Trump is not only challenging and …
Bumping, Lumping, Crumpling, and Eventually Dumping Donald

2 months ago | laprogressive.com | Robert Lipsyte |Rob Maurer

If we knock off the whining and chattering among ourselves and listen carefully to our enemies, we might be able to figure out just what they’re doing and prioritize just how we need to respond. In bad times — and these are bad times — I call up the spirit of Willie. Willie has seen me through cancer, divorce, and deaths in the family. His memory has given me the courage and strength to push on when I wanted to give up and hide.