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	UoMI Press Stops Distributing for controversial press

jklugman

6-20-2008 1:03 AM

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michigan, academics, academic-freedom, zionism

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<P>In September, the University of Michigan Press faced <A target="_blank" href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/11/michpress">intense criticism</A> from pro-Israel groups — and questions from some regents — over its distribution of a book called <A target="_blank" href="http://www.plutobooks.com/cgi-local/nplutobrows.pl?chkisbn=9780745325699&mai"><I>Overcoming Zionism,</I></A> which argues that the creation of Israel was a mistake </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/18/pluto">Michigan wasn’t the publisher, but it distributed the book under a deal with Pluto Press, a leftist British publisher with extensive lists on the Middle East and international affairs.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/18/pluto"><P>Some critics of the book demanded that Michigan stop distributing the book, which it briefly did, and cut ties to Pluto immediately. The university declined to do so, and resumed distributing the book, citing both contractual obligations to Pluto and concerns that halting distribution because of content would raise <A target="_blank" href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/12/mich">issues of academic freedom.</A> By the end of this year, however, Michigan will no longer be distributing the book or have any ties to Pluto Press.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7C3B4759-4D7F-47D9-B0CA-2AC3A023B255/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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