I’m Mehran Khalili. My background is in management consulting and corporate comms. For the last 15 years, I’ve been using what I learned there to help movements, campaigns, and organisations confront power — from grassroots organisers to the UNDP and WWF. I co-founded the political consultancy Clearcase.
The people with power have better tactics, sharper messaging, and clearer strategy than the people trying to hold them to account. I think we can fix that. That’s what I write about in Subvrt, my newsletter. If you’re new to this site, start here.
I produce and host public conversations for DiEM25 with Yanis Varoufakis on resistance and how to confront power. Guests have included Naomi Klein, Jeffrey Sachs, Cory Doctorow, and organisers from mass movements who have made a difference.
I’m also a black-and-white photographer, exhibited across Europe and published in LensCulture and Vice. I'm based in Athens.
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