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the Friend INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843

CONTENTS VOL 169 NO 6

3 Editorial 4 Boycott, divestment and sanctions 5 Peace activist in prison again 6 Boycott of census 7 Letters

8-16 Fox report 8-9 An exploited generation? David Hencke 10-11 Let’s open up internships Kayte Lawton 12 Who’s afraid of the compliance officer? Alan Sealy 13-14 View from the front line Tanya de Grunwald 15-16 Give them a hand Sarah Feilden

Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.

George Fox, 1656 Quaker faith & practice 1.02

17 Friends & Meetings

Young Quaker graduates relaxing. What does the future hold for them and others like them?

Next Week: We look at Quaker employment practice.

Cover image: Two young people walking near the University College London campus. See pages 8-16. Photo: Trish Carn.

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