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 – and that’s what I write about in Subvrt, my newsletter. If you’re new to this site, start here.
I’m Mehran Khalili. For 15 years I’ve helped movements, campaigns and organisations confront power – from grassroots organisers to the UNDP and WWF. I took what works in the corporate world, where strategy is taken seriously, and turned it on the people who usually use it to get their way. I co-founded the political consultancy Clearcase.
I produce and host public conversations for DiEM25 with Yanis Varoufakis on resistance and how to confront power. Guests have included Hasan Piker, Naomi Klein, Jeffrey Sachs, Cory Doctorow, and organisers from mass movements who have made a difference. My writing has appeared in the organising publication Waging Nonviolence.
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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