Mehran Khalili

Political consultant and photographer based in Athens. Host @DiEM_25. The revolution needs results! 🌉 bridged from https://mehrankhalili.com/ on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/

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The left needs better answers for scared people

By separating our demands from end goals, we can speak to the fears people are living with today.

1d ago·10 min read·1951 words

Audiences vanish, movements don’t

A reading list, and a conversation with Hasan Piker

6d ago·5 min read·904 words

Institutionalising resistance

The hidden cost of rituals in organising.

May 8·1 min read·9 words

What happens when you refuse to fight?

A Ukrainian conscientious objector on our present era of militarisation.

Apr 24·1 min read·17 words

Leica morning

How motivated reasoning works, from the inside.

Mar 31·1 min read·9 words

Iran: How we oppose this war

With Yanis Varoufakis and Grace Blakeley, on fighting back.

Mar 20·1 min read·15 words

Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?

A majority opposes the Iran war and it doesn’t matter – yet.

Mar 10·1 min read·19 words

“The problem is capitalism.” OK. Now what?

We’re paralysing people, not radicalising them.

Feb 22·1 min read·13 words

The two reflexes that are breaking the left

What if the way we organise is the reason we’re not winning?

Jan 30·1 min read·20 words

The US dropped the mask. Use it.

The new era of Open Empire should sharpen how we organise.

Jan 16·1 min read·18 words