Hi 👋🏻. I'm Mehran, a political consultant based in Greece.
And I’m interested in questions like:
What tactics work best to confront power, and why?
How can we better equip ourselves in the jungle of modern-day discourse?
To what extent can other, unrelated skill-sets help us to make change happen?
This newsletter is a chance for me to explore these topics and more.
Whether you want to start a revolution or just be a bit more persuasive, I think you’ll get something out of it. Subscribe below!
The archive
There are 80+ posts in the archive. Here are some of most popular ones:
If you’re easily offended, you’re easily manipulated (7 min read)
Tech innovation has a hidden, human cost. You don’t have to pay it. (4 min read)
Reflections from the wild, on my first hike since the pandemic (4 min read)
Use the media’s own biases to get coverage for your cause (7 min read)
A list of must-have tools (8 min read)
Avoiding the tug of tribalism (5 min read)
How ideas go mainstream (5 min read)
Pick a side: on choosing who to support (7 min read)
People don’t really want to support you. They want the feeling that’s produced when they do (4 min read)
Building a nationwide rebellion — an interview with Don't Pay UK (4 min read)
Become an effective lobbyist in five minutes (5 min read)
A bit about me
For more than a decade I’ve been advising causes on how to increase their impact. From established organisations like WWF and the UNDP, to citizen media startups and local grassroots projects.
I’m British-Iranian, grew up in Luxembourg and currently based in Chania, Greece, working remote-first.
I co-founded the political consultancy Clearcase, work with the Democracy In Europe Movement (DiEM25), and host their fortnightly live debates on YouTube. I also run community projects and do black-and-white photography.
Previously I worked for the private sector, as a management consultant with Andersen, and a communications adviser to global tech companies, based in London.
Reach me by email. I'm also on Twitter (@mkhalili), although not that much.
