Tell me Y?‪!‬ Festival Y?!

The final episode of our miniseries gives you a glimpse on the concept of intersectionality. This time we briefly come back to the sunny days in Estonia and talk to the Democracy Fitness trainer Teele Pahk. And finally, you can hear a bit from us - Festival Y?! Team! This episode marks the end of the miniseries, but worry not, there is more exciting content coming in 2021!

On the third episode of our podcast series we are discussing the topic of economic justice and how it applies to the context of the Baltics. For that purpose, we had a chat with Lilian Pungas about degrowth, and what it means for our societies. Stay tuned!

Climate justice is a term used to frame global warming as an ethical and political issue, rather than one that is purely environmental or physical in nature. This second episode focuses on the several facets and characteristics of Climate Justice, and happenings relating to it during Festival?!

Our first-ever episode of the season, introduces Festival Y?! The team, the concept and the aim. It focuses on the aspects and meaning of Social Justice. It encompasses the ideas, interviews and discussions from the festival. You can always reach out to us at politicalpotatoes@gamail.com if you would like to get involved with us as well! Here is a list with organizations to support if you’d like to get involved more with social justice.

 - Feministeerium (EE) https://feministeerium.ee/en/ - Feministeerium is an independent feminist publication that is active online as well as offline. They work to make Estonia a post-patriarchal society and to give the feminist community a room of its own. They love facts, nuance, passion, experiments, strong arguments and the rainbow (in Estonia also known as pink slime)

- Latvian Drag King Collective (LV) https://www.facebook.com/DragKingLV - Smashing patriarchy and bringing forth LGBTQIA+ rights in the Baltics! They make the Baltic Drag King Festival, create lectures, movie nights, workshops and educational materials to fight for LGBTQIA+ through the art of drag.

- Active Rainbow (LV) https://www.facebook.com/ActiveDiversity - They contribute to the creation of a world where diversity is welcomed and celebrated as a value. Active Rainbow is committed to strengthen the implementation of Human Rights and improve the quality of LGBT+ spectrum education, by offering learning opportunities for people to grow and thrive.

- Center “Marta” (LV) https://marta.lv/en/ - “Marta” is fighting and protecting women's rights in Latvia. MARTA’s goal is to strengthen civil society and to serve women and children, advocating for their rights as well as providing professional social, legal, psychological support.

- Tartu International House (EE) https://www.internationalhouse.ee/en/ - International House Tartu provides helpful information and advice to people who move to Tartu from other countries.

- “Protests” (LV) https://www.protests.eu/en - “Protests” is a youth organization, made by young people, who protest against the stagnating order of things (or rather, disorder), injustice, inequality, poverty, indifference etc. 

- Estonian LGBT Association (EE)  https://www.lgbt.ee/ - The mission of the Estonian LGBT Association is to support the LGBT + community and their relatives by providing support services and providing advocacy, and to improve the awareness of the society about LGBT + issues through information activities.

- Mano Teises (LT) - The human rights organization (do statistics, organize petitions and have a website with amazing articles about important topics)

- Gyvenimas Per Brangus (LT) - Media platform for leftist ideas, also covering various topics from social justice perspective (workers rights mostly, but also race, gender, sexuality) and its political impacts.

- G1PS - Workers trade union accessible for everyone (except the employers), also unemployed. Fighting for workers’ rights, organizing protests, giving consultations etc.