Mohanad Alsayed's memoir Scars and Medals traces his life from coming of age during the first Intifada to his search for his uncle in later life. A gripping read from start to finish, it is available now from Iskra Books to purchase or as a free PDF: http://www.iskrabooks.org/books/p/scars-and-medals Conversations is a video series drawing attention to broader contemporary Marxist theory. Instead of offering our own perspective, we will invite speakers to discuss with us, then treat their words as if they were our own in presentation.