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Video: a behind-the-scenes look at a successful grassroots campaign

Video: a behind-the-scenes look at a successful grassroots campaign

What we did and what we learned -- from an activism project that had an impact in only four weeks.

Successful activism works like this

Successful activism works like this

A post-mortem of a recent, local campaign I worked on to save a piece of Portugal’s natural beauty from private development.

e04: The grassroots battle to eliminate COVID

e04: The grassroots battle to eliminate COVID

A dive into how grassroots groups are changing how we tackle COVID, with Vicky van der Togt, founder of the Zero Covid Alliance.

Introducing Campaign Accelerator

Introducing Campaign Accelerator

A new project I’m working on to support targeted, local, grassroots campaigns.

e03: Creative protest and how to build a movement

e03: Creative protest and how to build a movement

An inspiring, hands-on interview with the activist Radomir Lazovic, one of the founders of Don’t Let Belgrade Drown, a political movement that’s making big waves (!) in Serbia.

e02: Exposing the far-right

e02: Exposing the far-right

What do you do, when your country is holding the biggest trial of a Nazi party since Nuremberg, and the media can’t be trusted to cover it properly? I speak to Antonis Bougias of the Golden Dawn Watch grassroots journalism project in Greece, to find out.

e01: The state of digital activism

e01: The state of digital activism

A debate with news curator Asteris Masouras on what online activism today is getting right – and how it could improve.

A Life Less

A Life Less

A reflection on loss.

Minotaur Island

Minotaur Island

A study of parental anxiety in the wilds of Crete

Standstill

Standstill

Six years in Greece

The grassroots revival of Greece?

The grassroots revival of Greece?

A presentation I made on innovative citizens’ initiatives: how they work, and what we can learn from them.

I’m Mehran Khalili, a political consultant and photographer based in Athens. Get Subvrt — strategy and tactics for movements.