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HUMAN WRITES (4): Deconstructing the USA PATRIOT Act GABRIELA Network's 4th annual multi-media commemoration of international human rights day     with NINOTCHKA ROSCA, SUSAN ROSENBERG, and  more....     Friday, 17 December 2004, 6:30-9:30PM 330 W. 42nd Street, 13th Fl., Manhattan (bet. 8th & 9th Aves.)   Suggested Donation: $5  >featuring NYC launching of highly anticipated book Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World--Portrait of a Revolutionary with author NINOTCHKA ROSCA   >words from SUSAN ROSENBERG   >music & poetry with EMIL MCGLOIN, REBECCA DEAN, JENNIFER CEDANA ARMAS/MANGO TRIBE   >SILENT AUCTION {autographed writings by Prof. Sison, crafts from the Philippines, paintings}   >OPEN MIC Under the USA PATRIOT Act dissent is tantamount to terrorism;  women who root out the cause of their oppression are seen as terrrorist cells;  pro-choice Americans, as per top presidential advisor Karen Hughes, are comparable to "the terrorist network we fight;"  thinkers and revolutionaries like Prof. Jose Maria Sison are labelled terrorists. The USA PATRIOT Act violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  The USA PATRIOT Act violates our right to be human--conscientious and active in the fight for dignity, freedom and self-determination. Join GABRIELA Network in breaking down this policy of terror called USA PATRIOT Act...  Copies of JMS: At Home in the World will be available for sale, including ones signed by Prof. Sison Space Limited.  Reserve Your Seat NOW: [email protected] or (212) 592-3507   Subway directions: A/C/E/1/2/3/7/S to Times Square/42nd St.; OR N/R/F/V/B/D to 42nd St.   Note: Please bring an ID--building security may require you to show one for entry.