Submitted to TBS by Cees J. Hamelink, professor of International Communication at the University of Amsterdam and initiator of the People's Communication Charter. For reactions: hamelink@antenna.nl For more information on this charter, its history and development, and the signatories, please see The People's Communication Charter: An Introduction, by Cees Hamelink. We, …

Disempowerment and Empowerment Today we observe, across the world, that people face pervasive worldwide governmental and commercial censorship; distorted and misleading information; stereotyped and damaging images of the human condition including gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexuality, physical and mental illness and disability; restricted access to knowledge, and insufficient channels to …