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the Friend INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843

CONTENTS VOL 169 NO 37 3 Editorial: Too many lives

Ian Kirk-Smith 4 Protests against arms fair in East London 5 Witney Quakers meet David Cameron 6 Can we really be sustainable? Alan Tipping 7-9 9/11:

7 New York Yearly Meeting minute 8 In the shadow of the Tower of Siloam John Edminster

9 New York Friends and the attacks of 9/11 Rich Accetta-Evans 10-11 The need for housing Tony Crofts 12-13 Letters 14 A tale of two lectures Kevin Hogan 16 Q-eye 17 Friends & Meetings

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To mark the tenth anniversary and to launch the 9/11 London Project, this public work of art ‘After 9/11’ was commissioned on 5 September. It was designed by Miya Ando using steel columns from the World Trade Center. It will stand in Battersea Park throughout September. The steel remains exactly as it was recovered from Ground Zero but the steel panel (above) has been ‘transformed into a reflecting surface reflecting the light, the air and sky and the city – our defiantly vibrant multicultural standing city’. The sculpture is still seeking a permanent home. For more information on the 9/11 London Project visit: www.911londonproject.com or info@911londonproject. com Photo: Trish Carn. See pages 7-9.

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the Friend, 16 September 2011