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Suffering and suffrage: how the First World War changed the lives of women
During 1914 and 1918 women learned skills and independence, and, in most Allied countries, gained the vote within a few years of the war's end.
Frank Hurley on the Western Front: One man's record of the war to end all wars
"Oh the frightfulness of it all. To think that these fragments were once sweethearts, maybe, husbands or loved sons, and this was the end."
How the First World War led to the race riots of 1919 - a pivotal moment in Black British history
A new history of the 1919 race riots locates the dynamics of racism in the context of class, imperialism and wider popular struggles.
How the First World War led to 100 years of Palestinian suffering
The endless dispossession of Palestinians from their own land, which continues today, was begun by decisions colonialists took in 1917.
The female First World War medic who refused to 'go home and sit still'
The remarkable Elsie Inglis worked among the poor, campaigned for votes for women, and organised Scottish women who went to the front line in WW1.
What does the red poppy really mean on Remembrance Day?
If we want to remember the war dead, perhaps we should spare a thought for the one-million plus dead in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere.
How Theresa May twists history to turn a human rights' catastrophe into a celebration
A century ago, the U.K.’s Balfour Declaration set in motion the human rights disaster of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but which Theresa May will hail as a brilliant success.
The red poppy has lost its original meaning – it's time to ditch it
With each year, the run up to Remembrance Sunday seems to become less about paying tribute to the fallen and more a litmus test for a particular sort of nauseating pub bore nationalism
