To Eliminate Want and Ignorance is The Principal Thing
Mother and Child in Pakistan
by Chris Theodore
What makes humanity different from all other life? Is it not our power to communicate? When you consider how fundamental this ability is to our dominance what emerges is how great the threat when communication fails to inform and empower, and instead solidifies the power structure, because communication has been centralized into the hands of a few.
The very serious problems of the threat of nuclear war and the destruction of life on earth from climate change are evidence we must establish the means to bring honest information to all, so that we may respond to reality and make use of our principal gift, our ability to communicate, and avoid becoming the victim of its misuse.
All of this is possible and is what we are bringing into existence now through The Reader Magazine, using paper, words, imagery and the trump of truth.
An image from Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” showing a boy and girl signifying want and ignorance