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Knit your scarf for Palestine with these handy instructions
Six beautiful knitted Palestine solidarity scarves arrived at Morning Star HQ last week — with instructions on how to make your own
SCARFOLOGY: The scarf modelled by the Morning Star editor Ben Chacko
The Islamic Republic’s suddenly weakened regional position exposes the nation to grave threats from US imperialism
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Yanis Varoufakis and Jeremy Corbyn laid out a roadmap for peace, justice and equality as they celebrated the legacy of inspirational socialist Tony Benn, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The NEU’s annual conference promises heated debate, with motions on international politics, curriculum reform and union amalgamation likely to provoke strong reactions and challenge the status quo, writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE
MORNING STAR readers aren’t quite like readers of any other paper — not only do you own us and ensure we answer to you through our annual AGM tour (this year taking place in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Cardiff from May 29 to June 1 — details in due course) but our readers are militants and activists, united by our struggle for peace and socialism.
Readers deploying their particular skills to advance the struggle is nothing new — but the generous gift that arrived at our Ruskin House headquarters was a lovely surprise. Six beautiful knitted woollen scarves in the watermelon colours of the Palestinian cause, sent to six lucky members of staff by reader and supporter Sandra Hodgson.
Sandra’s daughter Kate says: “We hope the scarf gets maximum display so please lend to others going on support events, to wear and share at rallies and demonstrations and football matches etc — especially if any cameras likely to be around.
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