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FAMILIES of men who refused to fight in the first world war came together yesterday at memorials to mark Conscientious Objectors Day.
About 65 families were joined by 300 supporters in Tavistock Square, central London, to mark the sacrifice and bravery of those who stood by their principles, often at great personal cost.
Lord John Maxton told how his father John was dismissed as a school teacher and his pet dog stoned to death by an angry mob after he refused to fight.
TONY FOX reports from a commemoration of the legendary Battle of Jarama in which four Stockton-on-Tees volunteers fell
Remembering the 1787 Calton Weavers strike, MATT KERR argues that golden thread of our history needs weaving into the fabric of every community in the land
LYNNE WALSH reports from last weekend’s moving remembrance of the International Brigades in London’s Jubilee Gardens where anti-fascists gathered to hear how even in the darkest of times we can build a vision of a better tomorrow, as the Brigaders fought to do 89 years ago
When Patterson and Liston met in the ring in 1962, it was more than a title bout — it was a collision of two black archetypes shaped by white America’s fears and fantasies, writes JOHN WIGHT