“Why war?” is a question that haunts everyone, including both Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. For Einstein, it was a question that had no rational answer. For Freud, war was an expression of the “death drive” for violence and destruction that was inherent in every human. If Einstein was hoping for optimism, Freud was drawing from his theoretical insights into the human character, a conclusion confirmed by the unequivocal message of history.
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Behind the Campbell River Premiere of Yintah
21 people attended the premier of the feature documentary Yintah at the Campbell River Community Center on February 20th, 2025. This screening is sponsored by the North Island Powell River (NIPR) Federal Green Party Riding Association and follows the Wet’suwet’en land defender’s 10 year struggle to keep gas companies from building a pipeline through their territory. Cortes Currents interviewed two of the event organizers about the film and some of the deeper issues within the local community.
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Ann Mortifee: A South African Pilgrimage
Ann Mortifee was born in Zululand. While she’s been in Canada most of her life, the first 10 years were spent on a sugarcane farm where she was surrounded by the Zulu and Xhosa peoples.
“My grandfather had been in Africa during the Boer War. He had stayed on and had become a farmer. It was in KwaZulu, then called Zululand and I felt I owed a debt on behalf of our family,” she explained.
“Apartheid was a terrible thing. In fact that’s why my father left South Africa.”
The family moved to Vancouver, but Ann still felt connected to the land of her birth.
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