When the first chants rose up in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar at the end of December 2025, they came from merchants worn down by real, everyday suffering: inflation eating away savings, a collapsing currency, and the unceasing grind of uncertainty. Yet within days, what began as a grassroots protest against economic […]
“How Western Media Sells War” is a deep-dive conversation on how conflict is packaged, branded, and sold to the public through news and entertainment. We look at: All this and much more… Salt Cube Analytics host Thomas Karat talks with 21st Century Wire founder & editor Patrick Henningsen for an extended conversation about the state of the […]
In January 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled an indictment alleging that President Nicolás Maduro was complicit in international drug trafficking, referencing the September 2013 Air France Flight 385 cocaine seizure as purported evidence. On the surface, the seizure appears to implicate Venezuelan authorities. Yet, a deeper examination, through independent reporting, judicial records, and […]
In Tehran, the streets are tense, the internet is down in many places. In a bid to try and stem a foreign-backed destabilisation operation, Iranian government has imposed a nationwide blackout, cutting citizens off from information, communication, and the outside world. Yet while state authorities scramble to maintain control, Silicon […]
Account freezes, social and financial erasure, and political blacklisting, without trial or conviction. This is no longer the domain of distant authoritarian states but a growing feature of the European Union’s sanctions regime. Behind the rhetoric of liberal democracy, the EU has constructed a mechanism that can be turned inward, […]
21st Century WireNEW YEAR SPECIAL Looking forward into the New Year, here are some predictions and trends to keep an eye out for. This past year saw plenty of absolutely unprecedented world events. Things are definitely coming to the head. Everyone can sense it. The most notable area to look at this year […]
Our weekly documentary film, curated by the editorial team at 21WIRE. What if the very agency sworn to protect America’s most vulnerable children became the largest legally protected kidnapping network in the country? For decades, Child Protective Services was sold to the public as a shield for abused and neglected […]
What began as a brief political scandal around the possible appointment of Yair Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister’s son, quickly opened a window onto a much larger and largely hidden arena: Israel’s national Zionist institutions. The proposed role at the World Zionist Organisation was no ceremonial post; it came with a minister-level salary, generous […]
On a December evening in 2025, a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach turned into a scene of horror. Fifteen people were killed, dozens injured, and a community’s sense of safety was shattered. In the hours that followed, the story seemed clear: a terrorist attack, antisemitic in motive, connected to […]
For more than a decade, Israeli officials have warned of an alleged international campaign to “delegitimise” the Jewish state. The accusation has been repeated so often that it has hardened into dogma. A new investigation dubbed “Israel Files” reveals what this rhetoric was designed to obscure: not a besieged democracy […]