Robert de Mezieres

In case you haven’t figured it out by now, the US and its Western lackeys and lapdogs are still lying to you. About Russia, China, Iran, Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Venezuela, North Korea…and so much else. How do we know this? Well, for starters, lest we forget…they’ve lied to us many, many times in the past. Remember? They lied about 9/11. They lied about Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. They lied about Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. They lied about COVID, lockdowns (and the mandatory jab).

South Africa just lost a giant. These words, and many similar phrases, echoed and resounded all over the internet and social media last weekend in the wake of heavyweight political activist Neil De Beer’s death. Last week, De Beer, a formidable figure in the landscape of South African politics, an old-school crusader, a champion for the truth and rule of law, lost his four-year battle with cancer.

Last week, veteran Hollywood actor-writer-director Woody Allen was invited to speak at Moscow International Film Week, which kicked off Saturday, 23 August. The event, featuring discussions with global cinema icons, attracted a large number of international attendees despite a wave of ‘cancel culture’ targeting Russian art and Western attempts to isolate the country’s creative community. Since the Ukraine conflict escalated in February 2022, Russian artists have faced mounting restrictions abroad.