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What we should remember about Armistice Day 100 years ago and the war they said would end all war
Every establishment voice in Britain is lining up to remember the sacrifice of those who died, while continuing to justify WW1, and current wars which have brought so much human misery.
I called my kids Somme, Trench and Mustard Gas so I'll never forget the war dead. What did you do?
One company has marketed a special Remembrance Bird House covered in pictures of poppies. Gestures like that make you realise 60 million didn't die in vain.
Oct & Nov touring nationwide | This Evil Thing | Play about WW1 conscientious objectors
Compelling, shocking and inspiring story of the men who said no to war
Forgotten black soldiers who served in the British army in WW1
Some of the Black servicemen made the ultimate sacrifice but, with the passage of time, with the exception of Walter Tull, their contributions have been forgotten.
British soldier in WW1 had to lie about being black to became an officer
Asked in a military interview in 1914, whether he was "of pure European descent", George Bemand said yes. His answer was accepted.
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.
