<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695</id><updated>2011-04-22T02:45:27.769+03:00</updated><title type='text'>random thoughts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113896709484911879</id><published>2006-02-03T13:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-02-03T17:52:02.526+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela Undergoes Nationalization</title><summary type='text'>Venezuela Launches 12 New State Enterprises to Substitute ImportsThursday, Feb 02, 2006By: Gregory Wilpert – Venezuelanalysis.comCaracas, Venezuela, February 2, 2006 — Venezuela’s President Chavez presented a board of directors on Monday, for a new state-owned holding company that will direct 12 new industrial enterprises that are to substitute numerous products Venezuela currently imports. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113896709484911879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113896709484911879' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113896709484911879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113896709484911879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2006/02/venezuela-undergoes-nationalization.html' title='Venezuela Undergoes Nationalization'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113896691846588210</id><published>2006-02-03T13:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-02-06T13:39:36.810+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Benjamin Dangl: Bolivia's Trial By Fire</title><summary type='text'>Net CommentaryBolivias Trial By Fire February 03, 2006By Benjamin DanglAfter winning a landslide election victory on December 18th, Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales announced plans to nationalize the country's gas reserves, rewrite the constitution in a popular assembly, redistribute land to poor farmers and change the rules of the U.S.-led war on drugs in Bolivia. If he follows through on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113896691846588210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113896691846588210' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113896691846588210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113896691846588210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2006/02/benjamin-dangl-bolivias-trial-by-fire.html' title='Benjamin Dangl: Bolivia&apos;s Trial By Fire'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113788232206165879</id><published>2006-01-22T00:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-22T00:25:22.790+02:00</updated><title type='text'>individualism in politics (unfinished)</title><summary type='text'>The relation between the individual and society is an organic and dialectical relatio, it is not a relation between 2 seperate entities but rather a relation like the relation between the human cells and the human organic structure.choices of individuals, the inter-indivudal relations creates the social dynamic, and the social dynamic sets the condition that an individual live within, so society </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113788232206165879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113788232206165879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113788232206165879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113788232206165879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2006/01/individualism-in-politics-unfinished.html' title='individualism in politics (unfinished)'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113787871116551874</id><published>2006-01-21T23:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-21T23:25:11.173+02:00</updated><title type='text'>random thoughts (1)</title><summary type='text'>they say everything evolves around the idea of death,we all aim for death,we all know one thing is certainbut as i draw these ideas into my head, i find no meaningif death is the only persisting truththen why is it only recognized through lifewhy is it so essential to live if we all long for deathin every minute of our lives, in every thought, word and sentencewe are only pushing death awaydo we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113787871116551874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113787871116551874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113787871116551874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113787871116551874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2006/01/random-thoughts-1.html' title='random thoughts (1)'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113750281054781792</id><published>2006-01-17T14:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-17T15:00:10.556+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Always Look on the Bright Side of Life</title><summary type='text'>"Monty Pythons"Some things in life are bad,They can really make you mad,Other things just make you swear and curse,When you're chewing life's gristle,Don't grumble,Give a whistle!And this'll help things turn out for the best.And...Always look on the bright side of life.[whistle]Always look on the light side of life.[whistle]If life seems jolly rotten,There's something you've forgotten,And that's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113750281054781792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113750281054781792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113750281054781792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113750281054781792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2006/01/always-look-on-bright-side-of-life.html' title='Always Look on the Bright Side of Life'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113715803314229724</id><published>2006-01-13T15:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T15:18:42.483+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ariel Sharon: Butcher of Beirut, not a man of peace</title><summary type='text'>article from the Socialist WorkerThe media is presenting critically ill Israeli leader Ariel Sharon as a peacemaker, but Palestinian Fatima Helou looks at his brutal record.The first time I heard of Ariel Sharon was the evening of 16 September 1982. I was ten and lived with my family in the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut.Our camp was surrounded by Israeli troops and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113715803314229724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113715803314229724' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113715803314229724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113715803314229724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2006/01/ariel-sharon-butcher-of-beirut-not-man.html' title='Ariel Sharon: Butcher of Beirut, not a man of peace'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113715507409116000</id><published>2006-01-13T14:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T14:24:34.096+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Chez Andre</title><summary type='text'>Chez Andre is a small bar in hamra street beirut, which has been closed down.this post is a small reminder of the place which has hosted many wonderful nights  with good music and  good company.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113715507409116000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113715507409116000' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113715507409116000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113715507409116000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2006/01/chez-andre.html' title='Chez Andre'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113714458208630909</id><published>2005-12-05T11:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T13:34:26.433+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The cost of US policies in Lebanon</title><summary type='text'>Bassem ChitWar on Iraq and the destabilization of the region: The war on Iraq was even by the words of the US administration a war for economic control and to keep the oil flow from the Middle East. Sunday Herald newspaper (UK) stated: "President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113714458208630909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113714458208630909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714458208630909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714458208630909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2005/12/cost-of-us-policies-in-lebanon.html' title='The cost of US policies in Lebanon'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113714272960154857</id><published>2005-03-05T10:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T10:58:49.603+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Lebanon protest backed by rich</title><summary type='text'>Bassem ChitThe US has hailed the resignation of the Lebanese government as part of a democratic wave sweeping the world. What they are calling the “cedar revolution”—modelled on the “orange revolution” in the Ukraine and the “rose revolution” in Georgia — is less a revolution and more a medium sized demonstration of the supporters of the opposition, which is mainly made up of right wing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113714272960154857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113714272960154857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714272960154857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714272960154857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2005/03/lebanon-protest-backed-by-rich.html' title='Lebanon protest backed by rich'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113714261746312037</id><published>2005-02-26T10:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T10:56:57.466+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The dangerous mood in Lebanon after the assassination</title><summary type='text'>Bassem ChitThe funeral of assassinated former prime minister Hariri saw hundreds of thousands take to the streets in a parade of strength by the Lebanese opposition.The word on the street was that Syria organised the assassination. Lebanon is filled with rage against the Syrian presence.The US is using the killing to weaken the Syrian regime. The US withdrew its ambassador after the assassination</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113714261746312037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113714261746312037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714261746312037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714261746312037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2005/02/dangerous-mood-in-lebanon-after.html' title='The dangerous mood in Lebanon after the assassination'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113714096617608591</id><published>2005-02-22T10:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T10:29:26.190+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Hariri's Assasination: US &amp; Europe</title><summary type='text'>US and Europe's increased pressure in the Middle East political scene after Hariri's Assassination.Since the 9/11 attacks on the US, the bush administration has declared a world-wide war on terror, and they decided that the word terrorist falls on anyone who disagrees with them or they have conflicting interest with the US.The bush administration set itself as the guardian of western values of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113714096617608591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113714096617608591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714096617608591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714096617608591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2005/02/hariris-assasination-us-europe.html' title='Hariri&apos;s Assasination: US &amp; Europe'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918695.post-113714147827910069</id><published>2003-08-16T10:36:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-01-13T14:04:13.213+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Aiming for Alternative Media</title><summary type='text'>by: Bassem ChitIntroductionIn the last few weeks there has been a lot of talking about "Alternative Media" as a notion and practice. The issue here is much more far than some specifications we can set and then we can say that this media outlet is alternative or not. Alternative by the English explanation is mainly something different from what is existent. but as for us leftist, Marxist Leninist,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/feeds/113714147827910069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20918695&amp;postID=113714147827910069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714147827910069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20918695/posts/default/113714147827910069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bassemc.blogspot.com/2003/08/aiming-for-alternative-media.html' title='Aiming for Alternative Media'/><author><name>bassem</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07150087195248436139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
