The Chronicle: U. of Michigan Press Will Stop Distributing Titles for ‘Radical’ Publisher
The University of Michigan Press is ending its controversial relationship with Pluto Press at the end of this year. As of December 31, it will no longer distribute titles for Pluto Press, a London-based independent publisher. Pluto counts Noam Chomsky among its authors and espouses what it calls a “radical political agenda.” The Michigan press took fire last year for one of Pluto’s books, Overcoming Zionism, by Joel Kovel, a professor of social studies at Bard College. The pro-Israel lobbying group StandWithUs spearheaded a vocal protest, attacking the book as “a polemic against Israel” and a “collection of propaganda, misquotes, and discredited news stories.”
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