There’s limited seating at the upcoming talk and book-signing by Frank Gormlie on his new history, The May 1970 Rebellion.
It’s at 1 pm on Saturday, December 14, and the casual event will be in a back yard in northeast Ocean Beach. Wine and chips will be on hand.
People planning on attending are asked to RSVP to the Rag – obragblog@gmail.com and the address will be sent via email.
Also, Gormlie is putting this on himself and will not be able to handle credit or debit cards, but will be accepting checks and cash.
Here’s the formal announcement:
Frank Gormlie Book-Signing
and Talk on The May 1970 Rebellion
Saturday, Dec. 14, 1–3 pm
Frank Gormlie will be available for book-signing
and will give a short presentation on his book,
what led him to write it and
what it means for us today in the Trump Era.
Join neighbors and OBceans for a casual event
in the backyard of a private residence
in northeast Ocean Beach, for a glass of wine, salsa and chips.
Please RSVP to obragblog@gmail.com
and the address will be emailed to you.
Hey Frank, I have a check but I’m not going to be able to drive 1,534 miles and 22 hours 33 minutes, so will you please put one aside for me and I’ll send you a check?? Email me with the cost, and yes you have to sign it like I did my book to you!!!
sealintheSelkirks
That’s cool, dude. It’s so expensive to mail. And I know it’s tough for you to order a POD version.
Frank the 12th of December is today Thursday, that makes Saturday the 14th of December, 2024 You do have the correct date further down. You had me confused but that is easy to do.
Yeah, I know Stu, thanks. You’d think I’d get the date right, huh? It is on Saturday the 14th, yes.
I apologize; an earlier version of the headline said it was on the “12th” but it is on the 14th.
Sorry to miss the talk. Will be walking in the PB Christmas Parade with other RIMBYs, holding a sign against the proposed 266′ hi-rise. RIMBY =responsible in my backyard (versus yes or not). RIMBY.net links to neighborsforabettercalifornia.org
Hey you came to the other one!
Congrats Frank!
Frank Gormlie has documented a huge swath of American student protest in May of 1970, precipitated by Ohio National Guard troops shooting student demonstrators at Kent State University, for objecting to Richard Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia in the sixth lacerating year of the U.S. war on Vietnam. Frank has brilliantly unearthed the broader national record of militarized response to college student protest at the time — precursor to what’s happened once again on American campuses this year over the Israel/U.S./Hamas/Gaza conflict.
OB Rag’s EditorDude has made a real contribution to American History with this work, which includes 1970 happenings at UCSD when he was an undergraduate there.
Congratulations, Frank.