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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.
As antisemitism spread across Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, Benny Leonard and Jack ‘Kid’ Berg became symbols of hope and resilience, writes JOHN WIGHT
JOHN WIGHT meets the former British champion whose greatest battles have been fought outside of the ring
![Harry Pollitt (right) with International Brigade volunteer David Guest, who was killed at the Ebro in July 1938 [Pic: Marx Memorial Library]](https://msd11.gn.apc.org/sites/default/files/styles/desktop/public/2026-07/a-2_a_50b_Harry%20Pollitt_David_Guest.jpg.webp?itok=Ag0u-8n5)
ALEX GORDON applauds the leading role played by Harry Pollitt and the Communist Party in the fight against fascism in Spain and salutes the memory of the International Brigades
TONY FOX reports from a commemoration of the legendary Battle of Jarama in which four Stockton-on-Tees volunteers fell